firestrike score questions

[the ginger gamer]

Alright so i bench marked my set up and i cant tell if my score was good or not. There were many people with higher scores than i had, with my same set up. My set up is as follows:

cpu: fx 6300, no oc

gpu: r9 280 asus (this is the part that i am worried about for my score the most, since i am not convinced i have been getting as good of frames as i feel i should be)

ram: 8gb corsair (2x4gb)

There is not ssd (yet) but i don't think that matters anyway. Also my score was about 5725. So over all my question is: Is this score good or not. Also if anyone out there has the same or very similar set up what was your score?

[Guest Kloaked]

If there's people with a higher score with the same setup, they're likely overclocking a lot.

[AMICLG]

cpu: fx 6300, no oc

gpu: r9 280 asus (this is the part that i am worried about for my score the most, since i am not convinced i have been getting as good of frames as i feel i should be)

There is not ssd (yet) but i don't think that matters anyway.

 

When you use an SSD you load textures/shaders MUCH faster meaning you don't get frame dips (most of the time) so that could be part of the problem could be that CPU heavy parts of the games/benchmarks your CPU is holding you back do to the lower single thread performance on AMD CPUs so depending on your motherboard/cooler I'd OC a bit.

[the ginger gamer]

When you use an SSD you load textures/shaders MUCH faster meaning you don't get frame dips (most of the time) so that could be part of the problem could be that CPU heavy parts of the games/benchmarks your CPU is holding you back do to the lower single thread performance on AMD CPUs so depending on your motherboard/cooler I'd OC a bit.

Ok i didn't actually think that an ssd increased performance with anything other than loading screen times. Also i have been contemplating oc'ing but i need to get a cooler first.

[the ginger gamer]

If there's people with a higher score with the same setup, they're likely overclocking a lot.

Thats what i thought at first too but they seem to have the same speeds (most of the time) i usually just ignore the oc ones when comparing. thanks for the help by the way.

[AMICLG]

Ok i didn't actually think that an ssd increased performance with anything other than loading screen times. Also i have been contemplating oc'ing but i need to get a cooler first.

It doesn't increase performance but unlocks the potential performance your parts have but might not be getting because your reading multible things off your OS drive at the same time and a HDD can only read so fast so it bottlenecks the rest of the system which is why everybody should have an SSD.

[the ginger gamer]

It doesn't increase performance but unlocks the potential performance your parts have but might not be getting because your reading multible things off your OS drive at the same time and a HDD can only read so fast so it bottlenecks the rest of the system which is why everybody should have an SSD.

Alright, thanks. I want an ssd but i don't plan on getting one until i change to a intel xeon 1230 v3 and asus maximus gene.

[Guest Kloaked]

Thats what i thought at first too but they seem to have the same speeds (most of the time) i usually just ignore the oc ones when comparing. thanks for the help by the way.

 

I don't think Firestrike reads overclocks, on the CPU anyways. My 2500k is at 4.3Ghz (only stable OC on this friggen motherboard so far) and Firestrike still reads it as 3.3 (I think it's 3.3 anyways, something like that).

[the ginger gamer]

I don't think Firestrike reads overclocks, on the CPU anyways. My 2500k is at 4.3Ghz (only stable OC on this friggen motherboard so far) and Firestrike still reads it as 3.3 (I think it's 3.3 anyways, something like that).

I dont know for sure if they do or not but i have seen some people where it says higher clock speeds that the cpu actually have. Also just out of curiosity what score did you get and what are your specs? 

[Guest Kloaked]

I dont know for sure if they do or not but i have seen some people where it says higher clock speeds that the cpu actually have. Also just out of curiosity what score did you get and what are your specs? 

 

I haven't ran it recently, but this is a run I did back in January.

 

http://www.3dmark.com/fs/1559455

[the ginger gamer]

I haven't ran it recently, but this is a run I did back in January.

 

http://www.3dmark.com/fs/1559455

Nice cards but does that cpu bottleneck them at all? 

[Guest Kloaked]

Nice cards but does that cpu bottleneck them at all? 

 

Nope. For gaming it performs about the same as newer CPU's.

[Cl2G]

1302 firestrike. 3770k 4.7ghz 780ti 1320mhz.

[the ginger gamer]

Nope. For gaming it performs about the same as newer CPU's.

Nice.

[the ginger gamer]

1302 firestrike. 3770k 4.7ghz 780ti 1320mhz.

1302? That is less than me and i have a much worse pc. 

[Guest Kloaked]

1302? That is less than me and i have a much worse pc. 

 

Probably missing a zero, haha.

[Cl2G]

13,002 I went full potato. 12,274 was my best with my 2500k @ 5.0ghz

[Cl2G]

Only my physx score changed from I5 - I7

[Cl2G]

But to the op it seems alright. My card comparable to the 280 got 6400 ish. I'd say your gpu is holding it back a bit

[AMICLG]

Alright, thanks. I want an ssd but i don't plan on getting one until i change to a intel xeon 1230 v3 and asus maximus gene.

Just out of curiosity, Why are you going for a Xeon? If your doing VM's ok but if not I'd just go for a 4690K or 4790K (if your video editing).

[the ginger gamer]

Just out of curiosity, Why are you going for a Xeon? If your doing VM's ok but if not I'd just go for a 4690K or 4790K (if your video editing).

It is actually only $250 and is the same performance as the 4770k, so i figured about $50 more than the i5 and %50 less than the i7, then why not? Also i do video editing, heavy multitasking, recording (sometimes),  streaming (sometimes), and gaming. So for the price i think it is a good choice.

[AMICLG]

It is actually only $250 and is the same performance as the 4770k, so i figured about $50 more than the i5 and %50 less than the i7, then why not? Also i do video editing, heavy multitasking, recording (sometimes),  streaming (sometimes), and gaming. So for the price i think it is a good choice.

Yeah that makes sense, just thought you were getting it and not having a full use for it.

[the ginger gamer]

Yeah that makes sense, just thought you were getting it and not having a full use for it.

No i actually do, but there are a lot of people who dont and still spend tons of money for nothing.