why the hell is my score so low? it runs like crap.. cant figure it out.. i deleted that file so my cpu usage wasent at 100%..

Athlon64 3000+ @ 2.4GHz
1GB Corsair PC3200 RAM
DFI Lanparty NF3 250Gb mobo
ATi X800XT
7200RPM 8mb cache western digital hdd

i should not be scoring a 9

look at this crap

See if you have Cool-And-Quiet activated on the bios.
If yes, deactivate that.

Well thats real weird... I got a touch above 40 with a 3000+ A64 winchester running stock clock speed, half the amount of ram, a slower video card (256mb 5700), and a 5,400 rpm drive.

Can't understand why you would score so low, but the cpu and memory section are both a lot lower than mine were from what I can remember.

I get varied results with xBench as well. Running inside of VMware on a Pentium-M 2.0Ghz I've seen scores ranging from 24 to 48. I attribute this to the fact that Pentium-Ms vary their speed for more effective power consumption.

Note, I am talking about the CPU score only -- I figure the graphics and disk benchmarks are not too reliable with VMware.

nah i dont run cool and quiet

I had the same problem with my athlon 64 go here SpeedBoost and follow the directions for the first problem. Now im scoring in the 40s

That only works if a driver is installed.

As a point of reference, my PowerMac G3 300Mhz scores about a 9 on XBench. My eMachines scores about 27.