Underperformance on PC despite good specs.

[YukiBelle]

Hi, I've been having a lot of issue and seek insight at this point on what it could be.

My Specs:

Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8700K CPU @ 3.70GHz, 3696 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 12 Logical Processor(s)

Motherboard: ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

GPU: EVGA Geforce GTX 1080 ti SC2

RAM: 32GB 3000mhz

 

I've been struggling to run games in general but the most glaring issue I have is when I play VRchat. My friends with worse gpus have no problem with frames in many worlds while i'm lucky if I pull 45 fps in VR. In certain worlds I'm lucky to pull 22 fps. I used to have no problem with FPS in VRchat or any other game. But now with FFXV I've noticed how pervasive this issue is. I even have times where I drop below 60 fps on league. Uncapping my framerate seemed to help. But I can no longer run Minecraft with shaders on without massive framedrops. I have had this computer since 2018, so it is older and some of my stuff is still under warranty but I have no idea what I'd even call a warranty on because I don't know which piece of hardware (or software) is causing this.

 

I've considered hard resetting my PC but I wanted some insight before I do. I'll post some newer bench scores I've done to maybe help pin-down the issue.

 

The 3305 on Heaven is my most recent bench compared to the 3712 in December 2018

 

All my drivers and bios are up-to-date and i've run diagnostics on my CPU with the Intel diagnostic tool and everything comes back normal.

 

Thank you and any help is appreciated!

 

[RadiatingLight]

Most graphics card issues can be solved by uninstalling and reinstalling your GPU drivers. If you haven’t done this yet (or haven’t used Display Driver Uninstaller to remove drivers), I’d recommend using Display Driver Uninstaller, found here: https://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html (download links at bottom of page) and I’d recommend using the “Clean and Restart” option.

 

Once this is done, you can download new drivers by clicking on the links below and selecting your hardware.

Nvidia: http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx

AMD: https://www.amd.com/en/support

[YukiBelle]

1 hour ago, RadiatingLight said:

Most graphics card issues can be solved by uninstalling and reinstalling your GPU drivers. If you haven’t done this yet (or haven’t used Display Driver Uninstaller to remove drivers), I’d recommend using Display Driver Uninstaller, found here: https://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html (download links at bottom of page) and I’d recommend using the “Clean and Restart” option.

 

Once this is done, you can download new drivers by clicking on the links below and selecting your hardware.

Nvidia: http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx

AMD: https://www.amd.com/en/support

Hi, I tried this out in safe mode like it said was best and I got better results on cinebench and userbenchmark but the Heaven and FFXV benchmarks went poorly in comparison. What do you think about this?

[Nena Trinity]

Ouch that looks bad, have you tried I dunno a fresh install of Windows? Improve the airflow? Could maybe be a Thermal issue or software bug... Why not set a more aggressive fan curve on graphics card with MSI Afterburner?

[YukiBelle]

28 minutes ago, Nena360 said:

Ouch that looks bad, have you tried I dunno a fresh install of Windows? Improve the airflow? Could maybe be a Thermal issue or software bug... Why not set a more aggressive fan curve on graphics card with MSI Afterburner?

My temps are never really that bad so I dont think its airflow. I'm probably gonna try a fresh install pretty soon after I find my portable hard drive. I thought about my GPU maybe having dust but I'm not sure how to go about cleaning it properly, plus it doesn't get super hot so I don't know if it's that.

 

[YukiBelle]

23 hours ago, Nena360 said:

Ouch that looks bad, have you tried I dunno a fresh install of Windows? Improve the airflow? Could maybe be a Thermal issue or software bug... Why not set a more aggressive fan curve on graphics card with MSI Afterburner?

 

On 5/29/2020 at 8:44 PM, RadiatingLight said:

Most graphics card issues can be solved by uninstalling and reinstalling your GPU drivers. If you haven’t done this yet (or haven’t used Display Driver Uninstaller to remove drivers), I’d recommend using Display Driver Uninstaller, found here: https://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html (download links at bottom of page) and I’d recommend using the “Clean and Restart” option.

 

Once this is done, you can download new drivers by clicking on the links below and selecting your hardware.

Nvidia: http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx

AMD: https://www.amd.com/en/support

Well, I did a fresh reinstall of windows and didnt get better results really. But I did take notice to this.

Is it possible that this SSD is really holding me back? I didnt think it would be that since its a drive and my games are on my other drive but maybe such a bad ssd is starting to wear on my PC? What do you guys think?

[Nena Trinity]

24 minutes ago, YukiBelle said:

 

Well, I did a fresh reinstall of windows and didnt get better results really. But I did take notice to this.

Is it possible that this SSD is really holding me back? I didnt think it would be that since its a drive and my games are on my other drive but maybe such a bad ssd is starting to wear on my PC? What do you guys think?

If the drive is old, bad or defective then maybe? I know for a fact some games ran like potato on a 2.5" HDD...

[YukiBelle]

35 minutes ago, Nena360 said:

If the drive is old, bad or defective then maybe? I know for a fact some games ran like potato on a 2.5" HDD...

I think I got a solution but it's kind of dumb. I tried moving my graphics card to my pci e x8 from the x16 (i also swapped the ram cards from b d to a c because swapping the ram has helped with other non-frame issues before and it couldnt hurt) and it has immensely helped. my cinebench scores are the same but my heaven and FFXV benchmarks came back great!

 

Whats weird is this motherboard is the one they sent me back after an issue with the first one (freezing) so it's not old or anything. I remember trying both pci e slots on the old motherboard and they were similar, but the x8 had more reliable frames. Perhaps this Asus motherboard commonly has pci e x16 issues?

 

I don't know but I'll keep testing and thank you for the help. I'll keep the SSD in mind too. I should look to get a better one eventually.