r9 280x under performing?

[Jared133]

Recently got a new processor so I decided to run the unigine benchmark, and the results seemed pretty low, am I missing something or is this normal?

[enthalpy]

Yes. It is slower than usual. I got with the same settings 1777 Points with a 7970

[harrynowl]

is that the disk driver or from website? 

[Jared133]

is that the disk driver or from website? 

From the website.

[harrynowl]

From the website.

nothing running in background?

[Jared133]

nothing running in background?

I had afterburner, cpu-z, teamspeak, and thats about it.

[FellTheSky]

what are the clocks while running¡?

[JeffBurnsRed]

Which drivers are you using?

 

14.4 (stable release) or 14.7 (beta/mantle)

[Jared133]

what are the clocks while running¡?

stock 1020/1500

Which drivers are you using?

 

14.4 (stable release) or 14.7 (beta/mantle)

14.7

[Spannerhands]

You should be getting around 1800 - 2000 depending on what R9-280X you are running.... 

 

Note: if you have loads of crap running in the background when you run valley it does kill the results, so make sure all programs are closed before you run the benchmark...

[JeffBurnsRed]

You should be getting around 1800 - 2000 depending on what R9-280X you are running.... 

 

Note: if you have loads of crap running in the background when you run valley it does kill the results, so make sure all programs are closed before you run the benchmark...

This plus try using the 14.4 drivers and see what happens. It is also important to do a clean uninstall of the AMD software every time you switch between stable and beta drivers. 

[Jared133]

You should be getting around 1800 - 2000 depending on what R9-280X you are running.... 

 

Note: if you have loads of crap running in the background when you run valley it does kill the results, so make sure all programs are closed before you run the benchmark...

It's the MSI version, and this is literally all I had running(it's a fresh windows install)

[Spannerhands]

It's the MSI version, and this is literally all I had running(it's a fresh windows install)

 

How fresh is the install, windows installs stealth updates that cripple performance for the quite a few reboots...   

[Jared133]

How fresh is the install, windows installs stealth updates that cripple performance for the quite a few reboots...

A week ago

[Jared133]

This plus try using the 14.4 drivers and see what happens. It is also important to do a clean uninstall of the AMD software every time you switch between stable and beta drivers.

Installing the driver right now.

[Jared133]

You should be getting around 1800 - 2000 depending on what R9-280X you are running.... 

 

Note: if you have loads of crap running in the background when you run valley it does kill the results, so make sure all programs are closed before you run the benchmark...

Closed all programs, and it ran the same score at 1491.

This plus try using the 14.4 drivers and see what happens. It is also important to do a clean uninstall of the AMD software every time you switch between stable and beta drivers. 

Installed the drivers, and still had a low score.

[JeffBurnsRed]

Recently got a new processor so I decided to run the unigine benchmark, and the results seemed pretty low, am I missing something or is this normal?

To be clear, were these low benchmark scores were experienced after installing a new processor? Or a new 280x? 

 

Also, did you have better scores before the hardware change?

[Jared133]

To be clear, were these low benchmark scores were experienced after installing a new processor? Or a new 280x? 

 

Also, did you have better scores before the hardware change?

I believe I actually had these same scores with my old fx-6100, and just thought I was getting bottlenecked, and decided to run the benchmark with the new processor, and the scores are pretty much the same.  Also, it doesn't seem to perform bad in games for example in arma 3 I get around 40-80fps, bf4 is around ~60 at ultra, so i'm not really sure.

[JeffBurnsRed]

I believe I actually had these same scores with my old fx-6100, and just thought I was getting bottlenecked, and decided to run the benchmark with the new processor, and the scores are pretty much the same.  Also, it doesn't seem to perform bad in games for example in arma 3 I get around 40-80fps, bf4 is around ~60 at ultra, so i'm not really sure.

Those in-game numbers look pretty good. Is your Valley Benchmark the only real indication you have for the possible under-performance?

[Jared133]

Those in-game numbers look pretty good. Is your Valley Benchmark the only real indication you have for the possible under-performance?

I do get as low as 25 fps actually in arma 3 but that could just be the game, and some stutters, but besides that it is the only indication I just don't understand why my score is so bad.

[JeffBurnsRed]

Short of GPU hardware malfunction, I don't understand why your scores are low either. How old is your card?

[Briggsy]

what is your power limit % set to? max it out if its not already. (unless you have an underpowered PSU, than maybe not).

[Jared133]

what is your power limit % set to? max it out if its not already. (unless you have an underpowered PSU, than maybe not).

Theres are my settings, should i max out the %? 

Short of GPU hardware malfunction, I don't understand why your scores are low either. How old is your card?

I bought it about a month or two after it came out.

[Briggsy]

yeah max it out. the card will only pull what it needs.

[Jared133]

yeah max it out. the card will only pull what it needs.

Same results