Low 3dmark2001 score

[lopdog]

I know 3dmark2001 is quite old,but on my Athlon 2400+ (see system specs) I get only 4351 points, and 3Dmark is the only process running, I killed everything else. I think this is very low, because a quick google search revealed better scores with systems much inferior than mine

Example (from http://www.sysopt.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=85722)

AMD Athlon(tm) Processor 1402MHz
NVIDIA GeForce3
512MB PC2100 DDR
Abit KG7-RAID Motherboard

3DMark2001 Score: 5378

My system is not new anymore, but I expected a lot more than this. Does anyone know why it´s so slow?

 

[samjohnson]

I think your specs say it all.

 

[Supra]

The GeForce MX listed in your specs is basicly a low end GeForce 2, thats why you get a lower score than a system with a GeForce 3. 3DMark is meant to benchmark your video card mostly.

 

[technicalfury42]

For a second I had a flashback to 1999.