Lower than Expected Pugetbench Score - Any Ideas?

Question

I have recently upgraded my system from an AMD 7700X to a 9700X and my Pugetbench score is lower than expected.

The System scores between 8300 and 8500 points after a fresh reboot and with nothing running in the background with the best run coming in at 8537 (general 87.2, filter 83.6). In the results list on Pugetbench's website I can find one comparable system using the same CPU, iGPU and slightly faster RAM (6000 vs my 5800) scoring 9083 (general 99.3, filter 83).

Does anybody have an explantion for my 10% lower general score? All my drivers are up to date and I have tried running my system with unlocked power limits so the CPU can clock higher. Can it really just be the slightly faster RAM, a potentially faster SSD and maybe better cooling for the CPU (although my CPU at no point during the benchmark goes >90C, I confirmed this in a seperate benchmark run with HWMonitor open)? My system specs are as follows and I have attached two screenshots of my best run and the reference run scoring 9083 showing the exact result for the 21 different tests Pugetbench performs.

My system is as follows:

AMD Ryzen 7 9700X 8-Core
AMD Radeon Graphics (iGPU)
Corsair 64GB (2x32GB) 5800MHz CL40
Microsoft Windows 11 Pro 24H2
B650M GAMING X AX
WD Blue SN570 3500mb/s

lukasb79690852 · Answer

To everybody wondering about this in the future: SSD performance matters hugely. Going from an M.2 SSD with read/write speeds of 3500/3000mb/s to one with 7400/6600mb/s (both pci-e 4) lifted my results by almost 1000 points. Interestingly, some tests also seem to perform better with the default Windows Display Driver for the iGPU.

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