What am I missing?
I have a lowly e5200 that gets 21255 (cpu points) @ 3.5GHz and 29703 @ 4.0 on what appears to be the same benchmark (3d Mark Vantage) My fsb is also lower than yours, @ 1333. My gfx card is a 9800GT so that shouldn't be giving me any advantage either, esp in CPU test...