LTT 3DMark Thread

[p5ych00n5]

The results would be around the same with an i5 4690k heavily overclocked. But after all this is just a bench mark and not a game.

I know, therefore I joke 

[Oshtro]

Benchmark: Fire Strike
CPU: i5 4670k oc 4.5GHz 
GPU:PNY GTX 980 SLI
GPU Core: 1347MHz
GPU Memory: 2003MHz

Score:17972
3DMark Link: http://www.3dmark.com/fs/3401576

 

Benchmark: Fire Strike Extreme

CPU: i5 4670k oc 4.5GHz 

GPU:PNY GTX 980 SLI
GPU Core: 1347MHz
GPU Memory: 2003MHz

Score: 10902
3DMark Link: http://www.3dmark.com/fs/3401607

 

Benchmark: Fire Strike Ultra

CPU: i5 4670k oc 4.5GHz 

GPU:PNY GTX 980 SLI
GPU Core: 1347MHz
GPU Memory: 2003MHz

Score: 6141
3DMark Link: http://www.3dmark.com/fs/3401662

PCPartPicker Link: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/TvmpNG

[Najuno]

 

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How am I supposed to add this ??

[Oshtro]

How am I supposed to add this ??

I pressed enter to skip a line and it decided to upload, but i edited it now.

[Najuno]

I pressed enter to skip a line and it decided to upload, but i edited it now.

No sweat I´ll add this, there are a couple of more scores to add .

 

This score´s actually a good example how much a i5 is holding back those 980s... if you had an i7 your score would be easily cracking 20.000 points in FireStrike.

 

But anyhow thanks for submitting .

[Oshtro]

No sweat I´ll add this, there are a couple of more scores to add .

 

This score´s actually a good example how much a i5 is holding back those 980s... if you had an i7 your score would be easily cracking 20.000 points in FireStrike.

 

But anyhow thanks for submitting .

Yeah I know, at the time of my build I didn't want to spend a whole lot on my cpu. But I do plan to get an i7 early next year.

[VideoFletcher]

First time using this software, think this is correct

 

 

Score 10367 with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970(1x) and Intel Core i7-4790K

Graphics Score 12150

Physics Score 12209

Combined Score 4457

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/4967565

[Najuno]

First time using this software, think this is correct

 

 

Score 10367 with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970(1x) and Intel Core i7-4790K

Graphics Score 12150

Physics Score 12209

Combined Score 4457

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/4967565

You should really OC this card . First guy to put base clocks with a GTX970 in here .

 

Sorry been kind of lazy this weekend. But EDITED and UPDATED now .

[Raudi_]

I'll have 2 new cards to play with next week so benchmarks will be coming for a Zotac GT640 and a HD6450(If I can get it to display a video signal)

Also my CPU won't hold 4.6 anymore for 3dmark :c

[Najuno]

I'll have 2 new cards to play with next week so benchmarks will be coming for a Zotac GT640 and a HD6450(If I can get it to display a video signal)

Also my CPU won't hold 4.6 anymore for 3dmark :c

Bring ´em on .

 

Hmm that´s weird, did you run something like the Aida64 system stability test? I know that you´ve got a big air cooler on your CPU but 4.6GHz is already a lot out of a 4770K (had the same issue with this CPU couldn´t go past 4.6GHz), but have you thought about an AIO for the CPU, something like a Corsair H105 will do a better job for OCing and benchmarking all the time .

[Raudi_]

Bring ´em on .

 

Hmm that´s weird, did you run something like the Aida64 system stability test? I know that you´ve got a big air cooler on your CPU but 4.6GHz is already a lot out of a 4770K (had the same issue with this CPU couldn´t go past 4.6GHz), but have you thought about an AIO for the CPU, something like a Corsair H105 will do a better job for OCing and benchmarking all the time .

Yeah I'm ordering the 360mm AIO from thermaltake for it gonna paint the rad to be white though.

[Najuno]

Cool that sounds good, then you can over volt the CPU more haha .

[VideoFletcher]

You should really OC this card . First guy to put base clocks with a GTX970 in here .

 

Sorry been kind of lazy this weekend. But EDITED and UPDATED now .

 

I just messed around with my card - http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/4968922

 

Any idea why the score went down?

[Najuno]

I just messed around with my card - http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/4968922

 

Any idea why the score went down?

Seems like you pushed too far. The result already tells you that due to the timer off you´re OC isn´t stable.

 

Did you OC CPU and GPU or was the CPU already @ 4.5 GHz? I´d take down the clock speed of the card a bit and run it again.

Seems like you´re going a bit to extreme here, because your first result was stock and then such a high OC. It´s better to do it step by step. Having the full version of 3D Mark helps in terms of shortening the benchmarking, because you can skip the demo. But most of the people don´t use benchmarking too frequently, so that´ll be always a matter of what you want .

[SkilledRebuilds]

I just messed around with my card - http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/4968922

 

Any idea why the score went down?

I could be wrong,  & PLEASE correct me if I am...

 

But if the TDP power is shared by both the Core/Memory clock, then reduce the memory clock and see if it boosts the Core back up (or boost it urself)

This may be the reason for lower scores.

 

^Based off reading, I don't own a Nvidia card. (Still, it sounds about right, reduce one to save power, more power for another counterpart)

[VideoFletcher]

Seems like you pushed too far. The result already tells you that due to the timer off you´re OC isn´t stable.

 

Did you OC CPU and GPU or was the CPU already @ 4.5 GHz? I´d take down the clock speed of the card a bit and run it again.

Seems like you´re going a bit to extreme here, because your first result was stock and then such a high OC. It´s better to do it step by step. Having the full version of 3D Mark helps in terms of shortening the benchmarking, because you can skip the demo. But most of the people don´t use benchmarking too frequently, so that´ll be always a matter of what you want .

 

 

My CPU came in a 4.ghz and my included bios boosted it to 4,5ghz, it seems to be "variable" like, if it doesn't need it, it will sit at 4,3ghz, then if it needs more it will automatically raise to 4.5ghz, do you think I should lower the CPU clocks and raise the GPU? My old CPU program made more sense, if I put it to 41, It would be 4.1ghz, however in this one it says that setting the ratio to 53 Means it's 4240mhz, not sure on this, I might need some help

[Najuno]

My CPU came in a 4.ghz and my included bios boosted it to 4,5ghz, it seems to be "variable" like, if it doesn't need it, it will sit at 4,3ghz, then if it needs more it will automatically raise to 4.5ghz, do you think I should lower the CPU clocks and raise the GPU? My old CPU program made more sense, if I put it to 41, It would be 4.1ghz, however in this one it says that setting the ratio to 53 Means it's 4240mhz, not sure on this, I might need some help

Nah sorry my bad I was reading to quick . Of course with an i7 4790K your Turbo is 4,4GHz. I just saw 47... and thought about the 4770K .

I´d just take the heavy OC of you GPU back a little bit.

[VideoFletcher]

Nah sorry my bad I was reading to quick . Of course with an i7 4790K your Turbo is 4,4GHz. I just saw 47... and thought about the 4770K .

I´d just take the heavy OC of you GPU back a little bit.

 

I removed the OC on the GPU but now I am confused - http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/4969459

 

Doesn't that say that my stock clock is 3.6ghz? that isn't right? My cpu is 4.0ghz, clocked to 4,5ghz I am sure. I am usually really good with PC's but haven't really tried Overclocking before so I might need a run down on these basics. When I use CPU-Z it says its 4,500, maybe the website is incorrect?

[SkilledRebuilds]

I removed the OC on the GPU but now I am confused - http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/4969459

 

Doesn't that say that my stock clock is 3.6ghz? that isn't right? My cpu is 4.0ghz, clocked to 4,5ghz I am sure. I am usually really good with PC's but haven't really tried Overclocking before so I might need a run down on these basics. When I use CPU-Z it says its 4,500, maybe the website is incorrect?

3Dmark's site commonly does that to a lot of people.

Doesn't always read clocks right.

[Najuno]

I removed the OC on the GPU but now I am confused - http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/4969459

 

Doesn't that say that my stock clock is 3.6ghz? that isn't right? My cpu is 4.0ghz, clocked to 4,5ghz I am sure. I am usually really good with PC's but haven't really tried Overclocking before so I might need a run down on these basics. When I use CPU-Z it says its 4,500, maybe the website is incorrect?

Hm... I don´t know what you did, but first things first. With your i7 4790K you are having a base clock of 4GHz and a Turbo clock of 4.4GHz. This is given by the CPU when using default BIOS settings.

 

What I would do here is, set all your BIOS back to default. And stop messing with the BIOS. Second, when back to stock settings run a benchmark, and take the result as is. Then start cranking up your base clock of the GPU step by step. A good OCing takes time! Don´t try to go from zero to hero in one turn. Next thing you OC the card until you see it run not stable anymore in the benchmarks or you get some artifacts. Then take the clock speed back a bit and raise your memory speed step by step until you run in the same issues by leaving the OC on the base clock. You will benefit a lot more from OCing the base clock than OCing the memory of the card.

Not every chip no matter GPU or CPU has the same OCing potential, based on your ASIC or VID you can determine how good this chip is overclockable. So never take other peoples OCs and try to make them yours.

One more thing though, when your OCing a GPU set temp and power target with a software like EVGA´s Precision X or MSI Afterburner to maximum. You can´t kill the card with a standard BIOS. Worst case is a system crash.

[Raudi_]

Hm... I don´t know what you did, but first things first. With your i7 4790K you are having a base clock of 4GHz and a Turbo clock of 4.4GHz. This is given by the CPU when using default BIOS settings.

 

What I would do here is, set all your BIOS back to default. And stop messing with the BIOS. Second, when back to stock settings run a benchmark, and take the result as is. Then start cranking up your base clock of the GPU step by step. A good OCing takes time! Don´t try to go from zero to hero in one turn. Next thing you OC the card until you see it run not stable anymore in the benchmarks or you get some artifacts. Then take the clock speed back a bit and raise your memory speed step by step until you run in the same issues by leaving the OC on the base clock. You will benefit a lot more from OCing the base clock than OCing the memory of the card.

Not every chip no matter GPU or CPU has the same OCing potential, based on your ASIC or VID you can determine how good this chip is overclockable. So never take other peoples OCs and try to make them yours.

One more thing though, when your OCing a GPU set temp and power target with a software like EVGA´s Precision X or MSI Afterburner to maximum. You can´t kill the card with a standard BIOS. Worst case is a system crash.

I can second this because I've spent almost 800hours fine tuning my GTX 770's and they still aren't 100% dialed in.

[Jumper118]

whats going on here?

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/4972940?

http://hwbot.org/submission/2693717_

[Raudi_]

whats going on here?

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/4972940?

http://hwbot.org/submission/2693717_

Seems like your GPU's might of Throttled due to power or settings in the Nvidia Control Panel. 

This is my SLI 770 score http://www.3dmark.com/sd/2569795

[Jumper118]

Seems like your GPU's might of Throttled due to power or settings in the Nvidia Control Panel. 

This is my SLI 770 score http://www.3dmark.com/sd/2569795

ok i've changed a few things. ill try again

[Raudi_]

ok i've changed a few things. ill try again

Make sure to keep GPU-Z open to see if the cards throttle down cause of TDP or not.