tag:support.primatelabs.com,2011-01-31:/discussions/geekbench/316-new-hd-causing-much-slower-benchmarksPrimate Labs: Discussion 2013-02-25T05:56:27Ztag:support.primatelabs.com,2011-01-31:Comment/64049752011-04-04T15:23:42Z2011-04-04T15:23:42ZNew HD causing much slower benchmarks<div><p>Hi Hunter,</p>
<p>Geekbench 2 only measures processor and memory performance
(there are no disk benchmarks) so your hard drive should have no
effect on your Geekbench score. The fact that your Geekbench score
dropped so dramatically, though, indicates there might be a
different problem with your system (for example, a sensor might be
erroneously reporting that your processor is overheating, causing
it to underclock the processor, which would explain the drop in
your benchmark score).</p>
<p>It's easy to determine if this is the case with an application
like iStat Menus; just download it and see if it's reporting
higher-than-normal temperatures for your processor:</p>
<p><a href=
"http://bjango.com/mac/istatmenus/">http://bjango.com/mac/istatmenus/</a></p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>Cheers,<br>
John</p></div>Johntag:support.primatelabs.com,2011-01-31:Comment/64049752011-04-04T17:23:20Z2011-04-04T17:23:20ZNew HD causing much slower benchmarks<div><p>Thanks for the reply! Unfortunately overheating has been a
longstanding issue with this computer, but I am getting lower
benchmarks fresh after a cold boot than I was with the broken HD,
even when the laptop was scorching hot. I also tried blasting the
fans, but that didn't help either.</p>
<p>I have been using istat for a while and temperatures have
actually lowered since I installed the new HD, but more
importantly, high temperatures never had an effect on my benchmarks
before I installed the new hard drive.</p>
<p>The only change that I made was removing the old HD and
installing the new one. The computer is now running very well, the
only problem is that the geek bench scores are half of what they
used to be.</p>
<p>Do you have any other ideas as to what might be causing this?
Thanks again for the help.</p></div>Hunter Shankstag:support.primatelabs.com,2011-01-31:Comment/64049752011-04-06T23:12:37Z2011-04-06T23:12:37ZNew HD causing much slower benchmarks<div><p>Hi Hunter,</p>
<p>I did a bit more research on this and unfortunately I'm stumped.
Do you happen to have saved (or uploaded) your Geekbench results
for your laptop before you upgraded your hard drive? I'd also like
to see your results for your laptop after you upgraded the hard
drive.</p>
<p>Thanks,<br>
John</p></div>Johntag:support.primatelabs.com,2011-01-31:Comment/64049752011-07-25T19:05:00Z2011-07-25T19:05:00ZNew HD causing much slower benchmarks<div><p>Hey John! I noticed your post about the false overheating of the
processor, and I think that applies to me. My iStat temperatures
are unusually high sometimes (like 46 degrees) and my Geekbench
score dropped from 10k initially to now 7k. Is there any way to fix
this?</p></div>Johntag:support.primatelabs.com,2011-01-31:Comment/64049752011-07-26T06:49:31Z2011-07-26T06:49:31ZNew HD causing much slower benchmarks<div><p>Hi John,</p>
<p>When do your iStat temperatures hit 46C? What is the computer
doing (is it busy, or is it idle)? How hot is the room the
computer's in?</p>
<p>Thanks,<br>
John</p></div>John