R Richie3000 macrumors member Original poster Jun 16, 2009 39 0 Jul 27, 2011 #1 Wondering what it is that I do not know about RAM that would cause my geekbench scores to improve so marginally after doubling the RAM to 8 gigs. Am I misreading the before and afters? Attachments Geekbench after RAM_7:72:11.pdf 42.2 KB · Views: 140 Geekbench_stock_7:27:11.pdf 42.3 KB · Views: 109
Wondering what it is that I do not know about RAM that would cause my geekbench scores to improve so marginally after doubling the RAM to 8 gigs. Am I misreading the before and afters?
srf4real macrumors 68040 Jul 25, 2006 3,001 26 paradise beach FL Jul 27, 2011 #2 Richie3000 said: Wondering what it is that I do not know about RAM that would cause my geekbench scores to improve so marginally after doubling the RAM to 8 gigs. Am I misreading the before and afters? Click to expand... Geekbench is designed to scale processor performance only. Extra ram shouldn't change much under their tests. If you want to see a big difference, go do the geekbench again in 64 bit mode.
Richie3000 said: Wondering what it is that I do not know about RAM that would cause my geekbench scores to improve so marginally after doubling the RAM to 8 gigs. Am I misreading the before and afters? Click to expand... Geekbench is designed to scale processor performance only. Extra ram shouldn't change much under their tests. If you want to see a big difference, go do the geekbench again in 64 bit mode.