MBP i7 3DMARK06 benchmark question

Hi i just ran the 3DMARK06 benchmark on my 32-bit windows 7 ultimate with 4gb ram and the 512mb 330m and the i7 processor.
my score was 3137....shouldn't it be 7000's or whatever? can anyone help me diagnose my problems please.
my specs: windows 7 ultimate - 32bit
4gb ram, 330m 512mb, i7 processor, 5400rpm hd
edit: also I am using the nvidia 197.16 drivers (since the bootcamp ones provided were not great)
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NickDixon wrote:
Hi there,
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