I thought I'd run another benchmark now my CPU is sitting comfortably at 4.5ghz.
Cards still running at 1170/1600
My score has dropped by 250 points...benchmarking is as reliable as losing weight, one day you've put on 3lb the next lost 6lb
Does Windows 8 make a difference? That's all that is different.
I don't think this bench runs as good on Win8.
On the other hand 3dmark firestrike gets a boost out of using Win8.