Geekbench scores incredibly low... any ideas?

Hi,

I have an almost identical build to "Yo Mang's Hack Pro - 3930K / GTX670 / Sabertooth X79":
http://www.tonymacx86.com/user-buil...pro-3930k-gtx670-sabertooth-x79-56k-warn.html

Only differences is my RAM is 1866MHz frequency... instead of Yo Mang's 1600MHz. Also, my SSD's are 840 Pro's instead of 830's.

Before and after overclocking I've had incredibly low geekbench scores:
http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench2/1750212

This is my first time making a hacktintosh and overclocking. I followed a combination of OC guides including Tom Sawyer bios suggestions:
http://www.tonymacx86.com/user-buil...70-sabertooth-x79-56k-warn-11.html#post487085
and this one:
http://youtu.be/Kx2z07sFM2I

Overclocked to 4.8Ghz with steady cooling around the 40c-50c region. Thermal paste applied as suggested (grain of rice).

Starting to wonder if it's a bios/ram related problem. I keep coming across suggestions like, "experiment with the ram settings in bios"... but I don't know what that entails. Any guidelines or suggestions would go a long way.

Cheers,

Mark

marknotton said:

Hi,

I have an almost identical build to "Yo Mang's Hack Pro - 3930K / GTX670 / Sabertooth X79":
http://www.tonymacx86.com/user-buil...pro-3930k-gtx670-sabertooth-x79-56k-warn.html

Only differences is my RAM is 1866MHz frequency... instead of Yo Mang's 1600MHz. Also, my SSD's are 840 Pro's instead of 830's.

Before and after overclocking I've had incredibly low geekbench scores:
http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench2/1750212

This is my first time making a hacktintosh and overclocking. I followed a combination of OC guides including Tom Sawyer bios suggestions:
http://www.tonymacx86.com/user-buil...70-sabertooth-x79-56k-warn-11.html#post487085
and this one:
http://youtu.be/Kx2z07sFM2I

Overclocked to 4.8Ghz with steady cooling around the 40c-50c region. Thermal paste applied as suggested (grain of rice).

Starting to wonder if it's a bios/ram related problem. I keep coming across suggestions like, "experiment with the ram settings in bios"... but I don't know what that entails. Any guidelines or suggestions would go a long way.

Cheers,

Mark

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i had a similar issue at first as well i was only scoring a 4400 in geek bench now I'm scoring 19742 without over clocking. Can you boot normally or do you have to boot with a flag command???

From the very start (before even being able to install OSX) I would get stuck on the Apple loading screen. So I had to use the following flag commands:


Then after Mountain Lion was installed, I used Multibeast. That included "GraphicsEnabler=No" & "PCIRootUID=1" into the "org.chameleon.Boot.plist" file.

I still need to apply "npci=0x3000" & "cpus=1" flags every time I boot up. I've tried various combinations of including and excluding all four flags, but I get various results... all resulting in not being able to boot up. Maybe the problem is the "npci" and "cpus" flags?

Thanks

I'm happy to announce I found the solution. I've gone from a 4800 Geekbench score to 23301

http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench2/1756285

I learnt that by using "cpus=1" I was using just one singular cpu core! And I was doing benchmarks!

[SOLUTION]

I'm not sure why this isn't mentioned in Yo Mang's original and otherwise very detailed guide but basically I had to install "VoodooTSCSync.kext".

If you're using a 6-core CPU like the 3930K this is really simple.

1. Download the file from the voodooprojects.org

2. Make sure the file is unzipped and is on your desktop! (important)

3. Download and run KextBeast

4. Follow the KextBeast instructions, and your done. Restart your machine. No need to enter "cpus=1" or "npci=0x3000" flag commands.

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If you do not have a 3930K 6-core CPU, then you have to do a couple more things.

You could follow Steven La-France instructions... but to make it easier here are mine:

1. Download the file from the voodooprojects.org

2. Make sure the file is unzipped and is on your desktop! (important)

3. Right clicked the "VoodooTSCSync.kext" file and clicked "Show package contents".

4. In the "Contents" folder, and opened "Info.plist" with text editor.

5. Change the the string of the first entry depending on the type of CPU you have.

i3 CPU:

i5 CPU:

i7 CPU - 4 core:

i7 CPU - 6 core:

Once you have that changed. Save the file.

6. Download and run KextBeast

7. Follow the KextBeast instructions, and your done. Restart your machine. No need to enter "cpus=1" or "npci=0x3000" flag commands.

Hope this helps.

Mark

nice score was that on 64 bit or on 32 bit

Mikhail716 said:

nice score was that on 64 bit or on 32 bit

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Thanks, 23301 was on 64bit. I go 21179 on 32bit which I'm also happy with.

marknotton said:

Thanks, 23301 was on 64bit. I go 21179 on 32bit which I'm also happy with.

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yea i only tested 32 bit because i have not purchased the 64 bit test i only scored 19742 but im only clocked at 4.3Ghz do you mind posting a pic of your bios settings i cant seem to get it over 4.3 : i would really appreciate it btw what bios version are you on???

Mikhail716 said:

yea i only tested 32 bit because i have not purchased the 64 bit test i only scored 19742 but im only clocked at 4.3Ghz do you mind posting a pic of your bios settings i cant seem to get it over 4.3 : i would really appreciate it btw what bios version are you on???

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Hi Mikhail,

I just wrote up a pretty extensive guide on all my problems and solutions with the build. Including my overclock.

To help keep it all on one thread, I've put my instructions back on the original Yo Mangs guide. [post=570318]Here's my post.[/post] The OC stuff is step 8, good luck.

I had this problem and realised i forgot to turn of SpeedStep in the bios, that fixed the issue.

I honestly hope speedstep will be available on x79 boards for hackintosh!

Yeah, it's annoying. And I don't see any breakthroughs happening any time soon (ever).