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EVGA GTX 980 SC ACX 2.0 not performing as expected in benchmarks and games

I currently have a stock GTX 980 SC ACX 2.0 on an Asus X99-A motherboard. My CPU is a 5930K @4.5 GHz. Also, I have two monitors, but all benchmarks were run on one monitor @60Hz.

Base Clock: 1266 MHZ

Boost Clock: 1367 MHz

Memory Clock: 7010 MHz

 

I'll first give you guys my average FPS in some benchmarks, and then I will give you benchmark scores ASAP. All benchmarks were run on max settings with no supersampling:

Grid Autosport: 53 FPS

Unigine Valley: 59 FPS

Unigine Heaven: 62 FPS

Advanced Warfare (not a benchmark, I know): 39 FPS <--- something is very wrong here

Minecraft (with Optifine): 121 FPS (unlimited FPS rate, shouldn't I be getting at least 300?)

Black Ops 2: 80 FPS *when aiming down the sights, it drops to about 41 FPS 

Evolve: 41 FPS

 

Compared to other results online, my GTX 980 seems to be underperforming. My driver version is: 355.82 running on Windows 10 64 bit. All the games are installed on my 512 GB Samsung EVO SSD.

 

And help with getting my GTX 980 to perform like the benchmarks online?

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Could you try some games such as battlefield / gta / other games that are usually benched ?

minecraft with optifine won't get you more than 100-150fps no matter what ( for me at least )

Recommend what is best, not what you preffer.

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Check your nvidia driver 3D configuration, you probably have useless stuff enabled that is making it underperform. Specially in Unigine valley/heaven.

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Could you try some games such as battlefield / gta / other games that are usually benched ?

minecraft with optifine won't get you more than 100-150fps no matter what ( for me at least )

thats because optifart isnt very good...

my 4790k w/ gtx970 peeked the 1000 FPS on minecraft before.

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You never said your resolution, if it's 4k then your good.

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Here is my Firestrike 1080p score http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/8547118?

11k on firestrike is a normal score for stock 980.

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