PC running games terribly 3DMark running at 10fps

[naldo29]

I’ve been experiencing severely low game performance lately (for example, Marvel Rivals runs around 30–40 FPS). To diagnose the issue, I ran a 3DMark benchmark (Steel Nomad DX12) on my system, which has an RTX 3080 and Ryzen 9 5900X, and the results were unexpectedly poor—only about 9–10 FPS. According to the 3DMark report, the GPU was at 100% load during the test, but the GPU clock frequency averaged just around 300 MHz, which seems abnormally low. Meanwhile, CPU usage seemed minimal, and CPU temps were stable. The GPU temperature hovered around 66°C, which should be fine. I tried using DDU to clean and reinstall my GPU drivers, but it didn’t help. My BIOS is up to date and the system configuration is otherwise typical: 64GB DDR4 at ~3134 MHz, Windows 11, NVMe SSD storage, and Resizable BAR disabled. Any suggestions on what to try next or where to look for potential issues would be greatly appreciated.

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[PDifolco]

Something is wrong with your GPU, do you have same results in games?

I'd try reinstalling Windows

[Mark Kaine]

newest nvidia drivers seem buggy... 

 

a 3080 heh? wonder if its the memory overheating? 

 

6 hours ago, naldo29 said:

GPU clock frequency averaged just around 300 MHz

do you have msi afterburner or similar overclocking software installed? 

 

 

6 hours ago, naldo29 said:

The GPU temperature hovered around 66°C, which should be fine

yeah... but the weird part is at "mostly" 300mhz it should not be that hot... it should be more like 40c or lower... what's the cooling situation in your pc exactly?  would be good to know but i still think it may be some weird settings or a driver bug. 

 

i would consider installing windows 10, just to make sure its not that (windows 11 is basically an unfinished alpha version at this point) 

[naldo29]

3 hours ago, Mark Kaine said:

newest nvidia drivers seem buggy... 

 

a 3080 heh? wonder if its the memory overheating? 

 

do you have msi afterburner or similar overclocking software installed? 

 

 

yeah... but the weird part is at "mostly" 300mhz it should not be that hot... it should be more like 40c or lower... what's the cooling situation in your pc exactly?  would be good to know but i still think it may be some weird settings or a driver bug. 

 

i would consider installing windows 10, just to make sure its not that (windows 11 is basically an unfinished alpha version at this point) 

well, it is running a bit hotter cuz its a sffc pc so ive already accepted that my cooling isnt  gonna be perfect. 

i just dont wanna reinstall windows. but i guess itll have to do. Thank you!

[chasingy0u]

Did you figure out what was happening? Did re-installing windows help? I have a 3080FE and 13600k and have ~10FPS in 3dmark. Wondering if you found a fix?