High End PC not working as expected

[picky33]

I have a fairly high end PC, that doesn't seem to be working correctly. I suspect it may be one of a number of potential issues but I'm not sure what it an issue and what's me being over-worried. I will try to get the ramblings to a minimum. At the start of the Pandemic i was running a AMD Ryzen 3600 and an AMD RX 580 GPU, since then I've been slowly upgrading.

 

My Current Setup.

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 3.4 GHz 16-Core Processor
CPU Cooler	Noctua NH-U12S 55 CFM CPU Cooler	$59.95 @ Amazon
Motherboard	Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) ATX AM4 Motherboard	$192.76 @ Amazon
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory	$92.99 @ Newegg
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory	$92.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Samsung 860 Evo 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$109.99 @ Adorama
Storage	Corsair MP600 Force Series Gen4 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$184.99 @ Amazon
Video Card	Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3090 24 GB AORUS MASTER Video Card	$2799.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply	EVGA G5 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$208.25 @ Amazon
Case Fan	Noctua F12 industrialPPC-3000 PWM 109.89 CFM 120 mm Fan	$25.95 @ Amazon
Monitor	Dell S2419HGF 24.0" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor	$319.99 @ B&H
Monitor	Samsung Odyssey G7 LC32G75TQSNXZA 31.5" 2560x1440 240 Hz Monitor	$699.99 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$4787.84
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-01-18 11:29 EST-0500

I mainly play Rainbow Six Siege and I've been noticing that my FPS is pretty low compared to when I first put the system together. I recently upgraded to a Gen4 NVMe drive and I did a fresh install of windows when I used R6 internal benchmarks I was hitting 454 FPS and now I'm doing 250 FPS (see attached before/current pics). i've been checking for updates on MB,GPU,NVIDIA,AMD,etc.

 

 

I suspected it had originally something to do with my power supply so I upgraded from a EVGA 750W to EVGA 1000W because my computer was shutting down from what I assumed was OCP (Over Current Protection). because my new 3090 was drawing too much power. that seemed to fix the random problems of my computer crashing but not the loss of performance over time. I next upgraded my CPU from a 3600 to a 5950x and upgraded my CPU cooler. (Note all the upgrades happened with weeks of another)

 

So I started investigating, First place I checked was my graphics card. Using HWiNFO i scrolled down to GPU and I looked at the performance limits and noticed Utilization was "Yes" i determined that was a Active High bit (When playing games it goes No), I also noticed "Reliability Voltage" was popping Yes and "Power" was also yes. so i started looking at my voltages and i noticed some of my +12Volts voltages were dipping below 12Volts. (see attached CSV) with mins to MB 11.884 Volts, GPU PCIe +12V going as low as 11.9V same as 2 8pin connectors.

 

I hooked up a Kill-A-Watt after my computer keep restarting on me before so I wanted to see what the actual Power Draw was, so I never go over 530W even when running with benchmarks. I noticed that the meter is shows my power at 116.4 Volts underload. I live in an old apartment building so i can't control the wiring in the house. I could get an UPS or AVR if that was the problem but I'm not 100% sure that's the problem. I've already moved the PC from a power strip with all my PC gear on it to it's own dedicated plug (same outlet though, i don't have many).

 

even after playing games for several hours my temps never get over 60 Celsius, but HWiNFO was reporting thermal performance limit hit, so I don't think its a thermal problem. The other train of thought of what my problem could be is my graphics card is defective. I've had a bunch of minor problems that feel like they are starting to compound, such as no longer being able to control the RGB or screen. so I thought maybe these aren't software/firmware issues but part a defective design. Aorus website talks about my GPU being a rev1.0 gpu and I swear I've seen a 3090 Master rev 2.0 with 3 8-pin input but it's no longer on there website for a 3090.

 

by then end of a 6 hour gaming session i was doing around 150+ FPS in game. it's really frustrating. I'm also afraid to RMA the GPU because of the current shortage of GPU's I'm afraid how long it's going to take to return to me.

 

Any help is appreciated, if you more info, let me know and I'll try and supply it

 

 

Siege Bench.CSV

[CADGuy23]

There is a lot of variables in play on this and is tough to diagnose imo.  The only constant here is Rainbow 6, is there another way to test your system to rule out the game being the culprit here? 

 

There are several recent bios updates for your board,  that may be something you want to try.

 

Are you running with PBO enabled on your bios?  That will help with keeping a higher FPS.

[picky33]

2 minutes ago, CADGuy23 said:

There is a lot of variables in play on this and is tough to diagnose imo.  The only constant here is Rainbow 6, is there another way to test your system to rule out the game being the culprit here? 

 

There are several recent bios updates for your board,  that may be something you want to try.

 

Are you running with PBO enabled on your bios?  That will help with keeping a higher FPS.

i'm all ears, for trying other software for testing purposes. I've ran some fur mark benchmarks at 2K and they seem to be all over the place, sometimes my avg FPS is 190's and other times it's 215. 

 

my bios according to Asus Armory Crate Software is up to date. I last updated it via the bios, when i installed my 5000 series CPU around Christmas. the 5950x is stock i haven't toyed with any sort of OC yet.

[TechNurd]

fairly high end

 

runs the best possible set up on the planet

[IkeaGnome]

A couple quick questions/ideas here. When you went from the AMD gpu to Nvidia, did you reboot in safe mode and use DDU?

Have you done a fresh install of windows at any point in all this? With all the new hardware, you might just be better off formatting drives and starting with a clean install.