6700K score issues in 3D Mark 11

[GenotypeJim]

Hello people of the interwebs!

 

First post to this forum, but I've found it very useful in the past so thank you in advance for all/any who reply.

 

So I've just built my new rig with the following:

6700K

Asrock Extreme4 z170

2133 kingston 1x8gb ddr4 ram

120GB 850 EVO M.2

1250W Enermax

GTX 970 G1 x 2 in sli

 

Now a quick warning to all who buy an Asrock Extreme4 z170 or the + version. I had to upgrade from 1.0 to 1.6 bios in order to stop MEMORY_MANAGEMENT and IRQ_ NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL bsod from crippling my system (windows installed ONCE, then bsod loops, then Win 8.1 wouldn't reinstall).

 

OK, so my issue is with my 3D Mark 11 (P) physics and combined scores. Compared to my 2700K and other 6700K scores I've found online, it's a tad low for my OC (currently 4.7GHz preset in bios)

 

2700K @ 4.7 - Physics= 9719 Combined= 9083

6700K @ Stock - Physics= 8294 Combined= 8067

6700K @ 4.7 Physics= 8644 Combined=8395

 

Tests I've found online (top 10 3d mark 11 scores) put the 6700k in the 10-12k score range for each test... so why cant i get that score? Is there something in my rig holding me back? I doubt the motherboard is so cheap that it would put me down 2-4K in points. Could it be the Ram amount or speed?

 

But Jim... maybe your chip is just a little crap? Well I wondered that too so I looked up Cinebench R15 scores and mine are pretty damn good, even if I say so myself:

 

6700K @ Stock, Single Core= 180, Multi= 912

6700K @ 4.7, Single Core= 199, Multi= 1004

 

Any thoughts on what this could be?

 

Cheers,

 

Jim

 

P.S - I've created a Benchmarking Spreadsheet that might be pretty useful for people, you can find it here: doubleudoubleudoubleu.mediafire.com/view/4czn524z7c7mr9d (I cant upload it yet and not sure if I can post links yet)

[TheRower]

Hello people of the interwebs!

 

First post to this forum, but I've found it very useful in the past so thank you in advance for all/any who reply.

 

So I've just built my new rig with the following:

6700K

Asrock Extreme4 z170

2133 kingston 1x8gb ddr4 ram

120GB 850 EVO M.2

1250W Enermax

GTX 970 G1 x 2 in sli

 

Now a quick warning to all who buy an Asrock Extreme4 z170 or the + version. I had to upgrade from 1.0 to 1.6 bios in order to stop MEMORY_MANAGEMENT and IRQ_ NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL bsod from crippling my system (windows installed ONCE, then bsod loops, then Win 8.1 wouldn't reinstall).

 

OK, so my issue is with my 3D Mark 11 (P) physics and combined scores. Compared to my 2700K and other 6700K scores I've found online, it's a tad low for my OC (currently 4.7GHz preset in bios)

 

2700K @ 4.7 - Physics= 9719 Combined= 9083

6700K @ Stock - Physics= 8294 Combined= 8067

6700K @ 4.7 Physics= 8644 Combined=8395

 

Tests I've found online (top 10 3d mark 11 scores) put the 6700k in the 10-12k score range for each test... so why cant i get that score? Is there something in my rig holding me back? I doubt the motherboard is so cheap that it would put me down 2-4K in points. Could it be the Ram amount or speed?

 

But Jim... maybe your chip is just a little crap? Well I wondered that too so I looked up Cinebench R15 scores and mine are pretty damn good, even if I say so myself:

 

6700K @ Stock, Single Core= 180, Multi= 912

6700K @ 4.7, Single Core= 199, Multi= 1004

 

Any thoughts on what this could be?

 

Cheers,

 

Jim

 

P.S - I've created a Benchmarking Spreadsheet that might be pretty useful for people, you can find it here: doubleudoubleudoubleu.mediafire.com/view/4czn524z7c7mr9d (I cant upload it yet and not sure if I can post links yet)

Is your CPU  utilization hitting 100% during the test?

[i_build_nanosuits]

running windows 10?

[Lays]

Can you possibly test with firestrike?

 

I know those scores better and can tell you whether or not you're on par with what you should be getting.

[GenotypeJim]

Yep it's windows 10, just trying the test again to check utilization... downloading firestrike as we speak. Cheers!

[Lays]

Yep it's windows 10, just trying the test again to check utilization... downloading firestrike as we speak. Cheers!

 

 

You should get 12-14k or so in Firestrike physics score. If it's lower than that probably something is wrong with your windows install / CPU not being utilized properly or just general windows 10 problems.

 

It also could be because you only have 1 stick of RAM, and it probably has high latencies despite being 2133 mhz.

[GenotypeJim]

So during both the physics and the combined test the cpu utilization hovered around the mid 90%'s and 5/8 cores hit 100% but only for a fraction of a second. I'm starting to wonder if one stick of ram is holding the system back as ddr4 is really meant to be run in pairs. Where's another $80 when you need it?

[GenotypeJim]

Firestrike physics score = 14285 !!!!! - Damn i wasnt paying attention to cpu utilization but my max usage hadnt changed from last 3d mark 11 test where 5/8 hit 100% and 3/8 got to 98% - So still thinking something *ram* *cough* *ram* is holding the chip back.

 

I guess Cinebench wouldnt require all the ram bandwidth to run properly?!?!?!? 

 

UPDATE: So I bought another stick of ram and my 3D Mark 11 Score went up to P21452!!! Graphics: 31044, Physics: 11261, Combined: 10947. So the moral of the story is: Dual up your ram!!!