Same Specs Different Performance?

[Msuni]

So both me and a friend have an i7 8700k and a GTX 1070, I have the gigabyte and he has the EVGA. (From benchmarks that I've seen they are almost the same, performance wise) However, I have 16gb of RAM and he has 8, nine is also faster. 

But his PC seems to get better performance than mine. There aren't any programmes running in the background that would hinder performance and all drivers are up-to-date. So why does his perform better? His is like a year newer so could that be the case? 

 

Edit: 

Mine:

Coffee Lake i7 8700k @3.7ghz
Gigabyte GTX 1070 8GB
Corsair Vengeance LPX 2x8gb 3000MHz 
Cooler Master 212x 
MSI z370-A PRO
Kobink 600w
Toshiba 1tb
Seagate Barracuda 2tb
Samsung 970 EVO SSD 500gb
Phantek Enthoo Pro M Case

 

His:

CPU: Intel i7 8700k 3.7GHz
GPU: EVGA GTX1070 SC 8GB
Motherboard: MSI Z370 PRO 
SSD: Kingston 240GB
HDD: Seagate 1TB
HDD2: Seagate 2TB
RAM: 8GB Corsair Vengeance 2133MHz
External Disk Drive: ASUS ZenDrive
Power Supply: Corsair VS450
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Pure Rock Slim
Case Cooling: be quiet! Pure Wings 2 x3
Case Lighting: Cablemod RGB
Case: NZXT H500

[Jurrunio]

check the actual frequencies both GPUs are running

[LukeSavenije]

could be turboboost?

[Turretgaming]

2 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

check the actual frequencies both GPUs are running

and cpu too

[Turretgaming]

1 minute ago, LukeSavenije said:

could be turboboost?

is the cooling setup the same so it can turbo boost higher?

[Fasauceome]

4 minutes ago, October22nd said:

However, I have 16gb of RAM and he has 8, nine is also faster. 

have you enabled XMP and whatnot

[.Apex.]

7 minutes ago, October22nd said:

So both me and a friend have an i7 8700k and a GTX 1070, I have the gigabyte and he has the EVGA. (From benchmarks that I've seen they are almost the same, performance wise) However, I have 16gb of RAM and he has 8, nine is also faster. 

But his PC seems to get better performance than mine. There aren't any programmes running in the background that would hinder performance and all drivers are up-to-date. So why does his perform better? His is like a year newer so could that be the case? 

How much faster? you didn't disclose any performance numbers, could be margin of error

 

Also same resolution?

[Tristerin]

I own two nearly identical computers (my ryzen rigs), specs wise - but hardware wise they are different and you have to dial things in.  Use CPU-Z to ensure your RAM is running correctly at the advertised speed.  Ensure you aren't thermal throttling.  Ensure your Power Performance Profiles in both Windows 10 and NVIDIA are not holding you back.  STuff like that

[Mira Yurizaki]

9 minutes ago, October22nd said:

 So why does his perform better? His is like a year newer so could that be the case? 

How much better are we talking? If it's within 5%, you could write that off as a margin of error.

 

Also if you both have different cases and cooling setups, this could affect performance. If your system has less cooling capability than your friend's, then it's not going to run as fast.

[Findiculous]

First, understand that no 2 components are created equal. It can simply be "luck of the draw" where 1 system has better internal cooling than another (e.g better cpu paste application etc).

 

You also lack some specs here (mentioning only that you both have 8700K and GTX 1070 cards which are still different brands so that can cause a performance difference). Though you say that you have the same stuff running in the background, you MOBO bloatware may be different. Keyboards, Mice, anything with software can also be running in the background without you always knowing it. 

 

In addition, the amount of storage used/remaining can affect performance in some cases. 

[Msuni]

10 minutes ago, Findiculous said:

First, understand that no 2 components are created equal. It can simply be "luck of the draw" where 1 system has better internal cooling than another (e.g better cpu paste application etc).

 

You also lack some specs here (mentioning only that you both have 8700K and GTX 1070 cards which are still different brands so that can cause a performance difference). Though you say that you have the same stuff running in the background, you MOBO bloatware may be different. Keyboards, Mice, anything with software can also be running in the background without you always knowing it. 

 

In addition, the amount of storage used/remaining can affect performance in some cases. 

Mine:

Coffee Lake i7 8700k @3.7ghz
Gigabyte GTX 1070 8GB
Corsair Vengeance LPX 2x8gb 3000MHz 
Cooler Master 212x 
MSI z370-A PRO
Kobink 600w
Toshiba 1tb
Seagate Barracuda 2tb
Samsung 970 EVO SSD 500gb
Phantek Enthoo Pro M Case

 

His:

CPU: Intel i7 8700k 3.7GHz
GPU: EVGA GTX1070 SC 8GB
Motherboard: MSI Z370 PRO 
SSD: Kingston 240GB
HDD: Seagate 1TB
HDD2: Seagate 2TB
RAM: 8GB Corsair Vengeance 2133MHz
External Disk Drive: ASUS ZenDrive
Power Supply: Corsair VS450
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Pure Rock Slim
Case Cooling: be quiet! Pure Wings 2 x3
Case Lighting: Cablemod RGB
Case: NZXT H500

 

[Msuni]

29 minutes ago, Mira Yurizaki said:

How much better are we talking? If it's within 5%, you could write that off as a margin of error.

 

Also if you both have different cases and cooling setups, this could affect performance. If your system has less cooling capability than your friend's, then it's not going to run as fast.

Yeah its not a massive difference so i was just wondering. Both of our specs are posted above. Thanks for the reply.