kzinti1

Every computer I've built, that I tested with Aida and Everest, has always been at the top of each benchmark. How is that possible? I'm no super computer builder or tweaker. I just slap together whatever parts I can afford and set the operating parameters to whatever works for me. How could I possibly build better computers than anyone else in the lists under the Benchmark tab? I am NOT that good! It seems as if the other computers ratings have been chosen to fall under my own ratings, thus not giving me an accurate representation of my own computers. I don't want some kind of an ego boost. I want actual results so I can start tweaking my computers to make them better than they actually are. IF I trusted just what Aida says, then I have no inducement whatsoever towards trying to better the operating environment of my systems. IF I choose to trust what the FutureMark programs indicate I should start selling off my computers piece by piece, use the money to buy myself a Dell and just forget about ever having a high-performance computer. The only Aida benchmarks I can actually trust are under the Tools tab, the Cache and Memory Benchmark and Aida64 CPUID. Both of which are confirmable using other programs. Under the Benchmark tab itself, all of the scores are not confirmable and, according to the various benchmark programs I own from FutureMark, do not have anything to do with the extraordinarily low scores I have with all of the FutureMark programs. Aida64 implies that my computers are absolutely top flight in performance, while the FutureMark benchmark programs say the complete opposite and cannot even compare to their lowest rated computers. Which am I to trust? Aida64 EE or FutureMarks 3DMark'03, '06, '11 and Vantage, plus, PCMark'05, PCMark Vantage 64 and PCMark 7? Aida64 EE says I have some of the best computers in existance, while the FutureMark programs say I have some of the worst. I'm not even going to mention the results from SiSoft's SANDRA program. I'm completely convinced that everybody there is quite insane. I'm almost there myself just trying to figure out if my computers are trash or treasure. Aida64 and FutureMark are either both sides of schizophrenia or a case of manic/depression.