[Question] GTX 970 3DMark benchmark score help

[isurvivorz]

Hi, so I finally decided to benchmark my system with 3DMark Firestorm and this is the result.

 

Is this normal for this setup? None of the components are OC, all stock.

 

CPU: i5 4690k @ Stock no OC
GPU: ASUS STRIX GTX 970
GPU Core: 1,114 MHz
GPU Memory: 4,096 MB

Score: 8979
3DMark Link: http://www.3dmark.com/fs/3941375

[Aniallation]

Seems about right. 

[Lewellyn]

Yep. That's normal.

[ApolloX75]

Hi, so I finally decided to benchmark my system with 3DMark Firestorm and this is the result.

 

Is this normal for this setup? None of the components are OC, all stock.

 

CPU: i5 4690k @ Stock no OC

GPU: ASUS STRIX GTX 970

GPU Core: 1,114 MHz

GPU Memory: 4,096 MB

Score: 8979

3DMark Link: http://www.3dmark.com/fs/3941375

Looks like a damn healthy score to me.

[MrBucket101]

http://www.futuremark.com/hardware/gpu/NVIDIA+GeForce+GTX+970/review

[Imakuni]

Yeah, your score is normal. I've got about the same score on my 970, in the graphics section.

[SteveGrabowski]

Hi, so I finally decided to benchmark my system with 3DMark Firestorm and this is the result.

 

Is this normal for this setup? None of the components are OC, all stock.

 

CPU: i5 4690k @ Stock no OC

GPU: ASUS STRIX GTX 970

GPU Core: 1,114 MHz

GPU Memory: 4,096 MB

Score: 8979

3DMark Link: http://www.3dmark.com/fs/3941375

 

That's a normal score. About 11000 graphics score for a factory overclocked GTX 970 is what one should expect. You need an i7 or a good overclock on your i5 to improve the physics score.

[isurvivorz]

Ah nice, thanks for all the feedback, I was always suspected that my i5 is a bit behind, which puzzled me considering the i5 lines are very, very good for gaming and as far as I can see, it can handle any GPU that is thrown at it up til now, perhaps I will upgrade to an i7 in the near future, again thanks for all the feedback guys!

[SteveGrabowski]

Ah nice, thanks for all the feedback, I was always suspected that my i5 is a bit behind, which puzzled me considering the i5 lines are very, very good for gaming and as far as I can see, it can handle any GPU that is thrown at it up til now, perhaps I will upgrade to an i7 in the near future, again thanks for all the feedback guys!

 

11000 graphics seems about right for a stock 970. Here is mine at stock (EVGA GTX 970 SC ACX 2.0):

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/5725759

 

My graphics is slightly higher than yours since the EVGA SC models come with a bit higher of a factory overclock, but you might end up with a better overclock overall than I do by using MSI Afterburner. My physics score is higher because a Xeon E3 is really similar to a locked i7 (there are a few small differences like no integrated graphics, ECC memory support, lower TDP). You can probably really juice your physics score up with an overclock.

 

I wouldn't upgrade an i5-4690k for a long time. It's a monster gaming CPU and you have a pretty killer system.

[Briggsy]

you need to overclock you cpu to 11, to get a really good score.

[Najuno]

That score is normal for stock speeds but a bit on the lower side due to the stock i5. No worries you can OC all of it get better scores.

 

EDIT: Look here, that´s our LTT official 3D Mark thread .

 

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/212222-ltt-3dmark-thread/

[isurvivorz]

Thanks for the feedback guys, I really appreciated it all, as for OC, I probably won't OC my CPU anytime soon, perhaps maybe a year or 2 down the line, but I wanna keep my stuff as "stock" as possible.

 

I kinda, sorta, and half regretted getting the ASUS STRIX variant, it clock speed ain't impressive to any standard, it only have ONE, yes, ONE 8-pin power plug, so extreme or even high OC aren't even an option, and it came with literally no extra goodies, like, I mean nada, zero, you get the card and ASUS' OC software, that's it, THEY DIDN'T EVEN INCLUDE A MANUAL GOD DAMN IT!!!! not that anyone would read them lol.

 

But on the upside, the ASUS STRIX is such a good looking card!!! I couldn't resist D: