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I have my system fully operational with Tony's UD2 DSDT and GraphicsEnabler=Yes. When I download and run Geekbench it gives me a score of only 3000-3500. I see other people with the exact specs as me running in the 7-8k range. Things seem to be running well but there are a few choppy glitchy items occasionally. Should I be concerned? What might be the cause of this?
 
Update your BIOS to latest version (F8) and double check your settings.
Use proper DSDT.

Well, that should do the trick. Mine scores about 8500 (overclocked).
 
I've done all those things. Here is what I get:

Platform: Mac OS X x86 (32-bit)
Compiler: GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Inc. build 5493)
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6.2 (Build 10C540)
Model: MacPro4,1
Motherboard: Apple Computer, Inc. Mac-F221BEC8 x.x
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU 750 @ 2.67GHz
Processor ID: GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 30 Stepping 5
Logical Processors: 4
Physical Processors: 1
Processor Frequency: 2.72 GHz
L1 Instruction Cache: 32.0 KB
L1 Data Cache: 32.0 KB
L2 Cache: 256 KB
L3 Cache: 8.00 MB
Bus Frequency: 640 MHz
Memory: 4.00 GB
Memory Type: 1600 MHz DDR3
SIMD: 1
BIOS: Apple Inc. MP41.88Z.0081.B07.0903051113
Processor Model: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU 750 @ 2.67GHz
Processor Cores: 4

Integer (Score: 2515)
Blowfish single-threaded scalar -- 874, , 38.4 MB/sec
Blowfish multi-threaded scalar -- 3704, , 151.8 MB/sec
Text Compress single-threaded scalar -- 937, , 3.00 MB/sec
Text Compress multi-threaded scalar -- 3572, , 11.7 MB/sec
Text Decompress single-threaded scalar -- 1024, , 4.21 MB/sec
Text Decompress multi-threaded scalar -- 4136, , 16.5 MB/sec
Image Compress single-threaded scalar -- 946, , 7.82 Mpixels/sec
Image Compress multi-threaded scalar -- 3643, , 30.7 Mpixels/sec
Image Decompress single-threaded scalar -- 835, , 14.0 Mpixels/sec
Image Decompress multi-threaded scalar -- 3261, , 53.2 Mpixels/sec
Lua single-threaded scalar -- 1540, , 593.0 Knodes/sec
Lua multi-threaded scalar -- 5712, , 2.20 Mnodes/sec

Floating Point (Score: 5231)
Mandelbrot single-threaded scalar -- 1212, , 806.3 Mflops
Mandelbrot multi-threaded scalar -- 4848, , 3.17 Gflops
Dot Product single-threaded scalar -- 1973, , 953.4 Mflops
Dot Product multi-threaded scalar -- 8251, , 3.76 Gflops
Dot Product single-threaded vector -- 2354, , 2.82 Gflops
Dot Product multi-threaded vector -- 10581, , 11.0 Gflops
LU Decomposition single-threaded scalar -- 315, , 280.6 Mflops
LU Decomposition multi-threaded scalar -- 1263, , 1.11 Gflops
Primality Test single-threaded scalar -- 2346, , 350.5 Mflops
Primality Test multi-threaded scalar -- 7445, , 1.38 Gflops
Sharpen Image single-threaded scalar -- 2856, , 6.66 Mpixels/sec
Sharpen Image multi-threaded scalar -- 11231, , 25.9 Mpixels/sec
Blur Image single-threaded scalar -- 3746, , 2.96 Mpixels/sec
Blur Image multi-threaded scalar -- 14820, , 11.7 Mpixels/sec

Memory (Score: 2148)
Read Sequential single-threaded scalar -- 2572, , 3.15 GB/sec
Write Sequential single-threaded scalar -- 1298, , 909.2 MB/sec
Stdlib Allocate single-threaded scalar -- 1630, , 6.09 Mallocs/sec
Stdlib Write single-threaded scalar -- 2201, , 4.56 GB/sec
Stdlib Copy single-threaded scalar -- 3041, , 3.14 GB/sec

Stream (Score: 2626)
Stream Copy single-threaded scalar -- 2280, , 3.12 GB/sec
Stream Copy single-threaded vector -- 3894, , 5.05 GB/sec
Stream Scale single-threaded scalar -- 2508, , 3.26 GB/sec
Stream Scale single-threaded vector -- 3957, , 5.34 GB/sec
Stream Add single-threaded scalar -- 743, , 1.12 GB/sec
Stream Add single-threaded vector -- 3958, , 5.51 GB/sec
Stream Triad single-threaded scalar -- 797, , 1.10 GB/sec
Stream Triad single-threaded vector -- 2874, , 5.38 GB/sec
 
did you change your memory speed to 1600 in BIOS?

I had the same prob and took me a while to find the solution

when I leave thing at stock setting (bios default to 1333MHz) geekbench gives good score

but if I change the memory speed to 1600 geekbench score drop in half (on the OSX side)

my solution is here viewtopic.php?f=7&t=862

I had to put the NullCPUPowerManagement.kext back into /Extra/Extensions

Somehow without NullCPU I will loose 1/2 performance (not only with geekbench, bench test with photoshop too) if I set my memories at 1600 MHz

Currently am using both DSDT from here and NullCPU
 
Interesting, Thanks. I tried that Kext and jumped to 6115. Going to try some Bios Changes instead of the kext and see if that helps.
 
tjsadler said:
Interesting, Thanks. I tried that Kext and jumped to 6115. Going to try some Bios Changes instead of the kext and see if that helps.
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Hi, I suspect you've got the same problem several of us have had. It is a quirk of the BIOS which basically seems to interpret Auto in different ways.

If you 'Load Optimized Defaults' and make no changes Auto will enabled EIST, Turbo etc etc. You can find all these settings in the same sub-menu in the BIOS. I think it is called 'Advanced CPU features' or something like that.

Once you make changes to the clocking, memory speed, etc; the BIOS with DISABLE all these features because I thinks you want full control due to your over-clocking efforts.

You will need to go into that submenu and forcibly ENABLE all the options. Then your scores should be normal.

You will not need NullCPUPowerManagement if you have the correct DSDT edits.

Either follow Tony's blog for the steps required, or just download his fully edited DSDT for your board and bios compination - Tony's guide is here: http://tonymacx86.blogspot.com/2009/12/advanced-dsdt-fixes-enable-sleep-on-p55.html

Let us know that this has worked!

IB
 
I had the same problem with teh Geekbench Score i was getting a score of 4560. Running Snow Leopard in 64 Bit with Memory speed at 2000mhz(which is what the memory supports). Loading just loading 'Load Optimized Defaults' which made the memory run at 1333mhz i get a score of 9560 so double.

I wish i could figure out exactly why this happens in the first place as in theory Memory running at 2000mhz should be alot faster than 1333mhz.
 
level5 said:
don't feel like i wasted my money on my performace memory modules.
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Same here ;)

Glad it helped !
 
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