Better Geekbench scores from lower resolution monitor?

[RadicalxEdward]

I ran several Geekbench tests yesterday before I returned a 4K monitor. Then I re-ran them today using an old 1280x1024 monitor temporarily. 

Considering Geekbench isn't using on-screen tests, why would BOTH CPU and GPU numbers go up almost across the board in a not-insignificant amount just from the lower monitor resolution? Results below. All I ran before returning monitor was Geekbench so i can't compare with anything else as precisely.

 

 

System
OS:          Windows 10 64bit
Mobo:        Asus ROG Strix X570-E Gaming (Latest BIOS 1405)
CPU:         AMD Ryzen 5 3600
RAM:         Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB

             4x8GB 3200 C16 - CMT32GX4M4C3200C16
Storage:     Sabrent Rocket Q 1TB M.2 NVME SSD
GPU:         Sapphire Nitro+ RX 5700 XT

 

Parameters
Stock:         2666Mhz RAM, 1333Mhz FCLK, 3840x2160
3840x2160:     3600Mhz RAM, 1800Mhz FCLK, 3840x2160
1280x1024:     3600Mhz RAM, 1800Mhz FCLK, 1280x1024
(All other settings identical. Important comparison is 2nd test vs 3rd moreso than 1st.)

Geekbench 5:   CPU

                 Single  vsStock    Multi   vsStock
1. Stock - 4K:   1186    +00.00%    6570    +00.00%
2. 3840x2160:    1167    -01.60%    7138    +08.64%
3. 1280x1024:    1205    +01.60%    7122    +08.40%

Geekbench 5:   Compute - OpenCL
                 Multi   vsStock
1. Stock - 4K:   71452      +00.00%
2. 3840x2160:    77251      +08.12%
3. 1280x1024:    78618      +10.03%

Geekbench 5:   Compute - Vulkan
                 Multi      vsStock
1. Stock 4K:     47263      +00.00%
2. 3840x2160:    47126      -00.30%
3. 1280x1024:    55534   +17.50%

[Guest]

That's very inconsistent benchmarking. You have then no baseline, you just pick the score you like best and roll with it! 

[RadicalxEdward]

On 2/11/2020 at 10:45 PM, ShrimpBrime said:

That's very inconsistent benchmarking. You have then no baseline, you just pick the score you like best and roll with it! 

How is it not consistent?

Test 1: 3840x2160, 3200Mhz RAM (Stock)

Test 2: 3840x2160, 3600Mhz RAM (little faster than stock)

Test 3: 1280x1024, 3600Mhz RAM (only change is resolution, but it's still faster than Test 2)

Edited February 27, 2020 by RadicalxEdward
fixed typo on test3 3500Mhz > 3600Mhz

[Guest]

2 hours ago, RadicalxEdward said:

How is it not consistent?

Test 1: 3840x2160, 3200Mhz RAM (Stock)

Test 2: 3840x2160, 3600Mhz RAM (little faster than stock)

Test 3: 1280x1024, 3500Mhz RAM (only change is resolution, but it's still faster than Test 2)

Oh I dunno. Probably just being a smart ass that day. 

 

But wait, if you only changed the resolution, why do you have all these different memory speeds??

[RadicalxEdward]

On 2/19/2020 at 9:31 PM, ShrimpBrime said:

Oh I dunno. Probably just being a smart ass that day. 

 

But wait, if you only changed the resolution, why do you have all these different memory speeds??

IDK why this forum won't send me notifications. Anyway, the 3500 was a typo. 3200 was what I was calling "stock" because that's the XMP speed of the memory (though i didn't enable XMP timings at the time, just set the speed manually to 3200)

 

So my initial test was at 3200Mhz and everything else was at 3600Mhz. But the memory speed/timings are the same between the 4K and sub-4K tests. I literally ran some tests with one monitor, unplugged it, plugged in another, ran them again and got better scores. Resolution is the only thing that changed after the stock one.

[Guest]

3 hours ago, RadicalxEdward said:

IDK why this forum won't send me notifications. Anyway, the 3500 was a typo. 3200 was what I was calling "stock" because that's the XMP speed of the memory (though i didn't enable XMP timings at the time, just set the speed manually to 3200)

 

So my initial test was at 3200Mhz and everything else was at 3600Mhz. But the memory speed/timings are the same between the 4K and sub-4K tests. I literally ran some tests with one monitor, unplugged it, plugged in another, ran them again and got better scores. Resolution is the only thing that changed after the stock one.

Used more than one monitor? 

What are the exact specs of each monitor? 

Are they all different size resolutions and response times too??