Saving 1-4 times gives more score than not saving
Scores:
0 saves: 80164880
1-2 saves: 90114880
3-4 saves: 81114880
5+ saves: 80114880
Characters are completely identical other than the number of saves. There seems to be some score bonus for not having saved the game an excessive amount of times, but it is much less for characters that weren't saved at all.