Performing below potential

[RXGT Recon]

Hey, does anyone know why my gpu is running below its potential? i finally got everything up and running after spending an extra like £500 

[Fasauceome]

userbenchmark is a pretty bad testing suite

[Mark Kaine]

23 minutes ago, Abyssal Radon said:

could be for a variety of reasons

Not really  userbenchmark is a pretty terrible "benchmark" 

 

Also if you look at this more thoroughly,  the card is still high / average... So that alone should show how useless this benchmark is. 

 

It's basically just to see "do my parts work, y/n" that's all it really is. 

Until we know if the OP has actually any kind of issues with their system, it's kinda hard to say if there is even anything wrong  

[Grays0n]

The main issue I have with UserBenchmark is that they put your performance and compare it to other people's benchmarks who also have overclocked cards. It's not a fair benchmarking tool and shouldn't be used as a reference if your card is performing up to snuff or not.

[Mark Kaine]

It's because they're trying to sell parts. 

 

Oh, look, your card is UNDERPERFORMING,  you better get some new parts - just "one click away!" 

 

It's shady as hell. 

 

[BTGbullseye]

1 hour ago, RXGT Recon said:

Hey, does anyone know why my gpu is running below its potential?

Because you didn't put on a custom BIOS and waterblock, then run it with an unstable overclock. That's why. That's about 1/3 of what you're competing against with Userbenchmark.

 

As long as you're not getting in the bottom 5-10%, you're doing just fine.

[RXGT Recon]

13 hours ago, Abyssal Radon said:

It could be for a variety of reasons. Overheating, throttling GPU frequency, etc. We need a bit more information to help you figure out your GPU problems. I think your CPU would not bottleneck a 1660 S. What games is your GPU underperforming in? What is the rest of your system specs? What resolution are you using?

My whole pc specs, i5-9400F, 1660s, 16gb RAM, Mobo Asrock B365M-HDV, PSU 600w EVGA and it doesn’t seem to underperform in games, stays below around 55° 90% of the time