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GTX 1070 Underperforming while folding

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I've noticed that while folding, my Gigabyte 1070 G1 Gaming isn't performing at the speed that I would like it to.

 

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As you can see from the screenshot, I'm only getting around 440k PPD whereas I would usually be getting around 650-700k.

 

I had a look into MSI Afterburner and I saw that my core clock is sitting at only 1595MHz. Under a normal gaming load, this will normally go up to 1974MHz or higher (thanks GPU Boost :3).

Does anyone know why this is happening and if there's any way to fix this? Thanks in advance :)

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38 minutes ago, Insp1r3 said:

I'm only getting around 440k PPD whereas I would usually be getting around 650-700k.

You'd normally get 700k on Core 18 Project 9151, or would those 700k apply to a different Core + Project combination?

39 minutes ago, Insp1r3 said:

I saw that my core clock is sitting at only 1595MHz. Under a normal gaming load, this will normally go up to 1974MHz or higher

It would be nice to know how temps are, or if it's hitting a power limit.

41 minutes ago, Insp1r3 said:

(thanks GPU Boost :3)

Keep in mind, Nvidia doesn't care much for GPGPU users. Just a heads up in case you haven't made yourself aware of that fact by now.

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6 minutes ago, Imakuni said:

It would be nice to know how temps are, or if it's hitting a power limit.

Max temps are 43C with fans at 45%, power is at around 40-45%.

 

7 minutes ago, Imakuni said:

You'd normally get 700k on Core 18 Project 9151, or would those 700k apply to a different Core + Project combination?

I would be getting between 650k and 700k PPD in ALL projects, no matter what the core was.

 

8 minutes ago, Imakuni said:

Keep in mind, Nvidia doesn't care much for GPGPU users. Just a heads up in case you haven't made yourself aware of that fact by now.

I can't believe that you took that seriously. I was ironically thanking a piece of software to allow my GPU to perform faster than advertised. You must be German ;)

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Just now, Insp1r3 said:

I can't believe that you took that seriously. I was ironically thanking a piece of software to allow my GPU to perform faster than advertised. You must be German ;)

I did understand the irony, though I didn't know if you knew about it or not.

2 minutes ago, Insp1r3 said:

Max temps are 43C with fans at 45%, power is at around 40-45%.

 

I would be getting between 650k and 700k PPD in ALL projects, no matter what the core was.

You sure? Even within the same cores, there are different projects going on.

 

Still, those numbers are weird. How's usage, is it close to 100%?

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Just now, Imakuni said:

You sure? Even within the same cores, there are different projects going on.

 

Still, those numbers are weird. How's usage, is it close to 100%?

It's incredibly abnormal. I used to be able to push 1974MHz through the GPU and it would run 24/7 at around 55C no problem. It's only a recent problem.

 

Usage is fluctuating between 88-100%, just like any game or GUI mining software.

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Just now, Insp1r3 said:

It's incredibly abnormal. I used to be able to push 1974MHz through the GPU and it would run 24/7 at around 55C no problem. It's only a recent problem.

 

Usage is fluctuating between 88-100%, just like any game or GUI mining software.

Hmm... okay, since I don't have a 10xx, do me a favor.

 

Grab Nvidia inspector -> Show Overclocking. Then, click on the dropdown at the top, just to show the available options; take a print of it and post it here please. I want to check a few things regarding P-States...

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4 minutes ago, Imakuni said:

Hmm... okay, since I don't have a 10xx, do me a favor.

 

Grab Nvidia inspector -> Show Overclocking. Then, click on the dropdown at the top, just to show the available options; take a print of it and post it here please. I want to check a few things regarding P-States...

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3 minutes ago, Insp1r3 said:

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Click on the "Performance level" dropdown please. I need to see which options it shows.

 

Still, I think I know where this is going already... did you apply any OC to the card, other than GPU boost doing it's thing?

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1 minute ago, Imakuni said:

Click on the "Performance level" dropdown please. I need to see which options it shows.

 

Still, I think I know where this is going already... did you apply any OC to the card, other than GPU boost doing it's thing?

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These are the options.

 

Regarding overclocking, I have done a small amount, maybe around +80MHz offset on top of GPU Boost to see what it could do. Since then, I haven't done any and left it to GPU Boost. I never had my GPU overclocked while folding.

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12 minutes ago, Insp1r3 said:

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These are the options.

 

Regarding overclocking, I have done a small amount, maybe around +80MHz offset on top of GPU Boost to see what it could do. Since then, I haven't done any and left it to GPU Boost. I never had my GPU overclocked while folding.

And I need yet another print from you :P.

 

I just realized this, but you took the first one while the cards was idling, which doesn't tell me anything about how the card it's running under load. So, uh... yeah. Start folding again and take the print please (no need to reprint the dropdown, though).

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4 minutes ago, Imakuni said:

And I need yet another print from you :P.

 

I just realized this, but you took the first one while the cards was idling, which doesn't tell me anything about how the card it's running under load. So, uh... yeah. Start folding again and take the print please (no need to reprint the dropdown, though).

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Hmm... so the good news is that this doesn't seem to be the dreadful P5 bug that plagues Maxwell. That's a start already.

 

Unfortunately, this makes me clueless as to why the card is doing poorly. Boosting into P2 is expected when Folding (thx Nvidia...), but the clocks shouldn't be that low. Something is wrong, and I have absolutely no idea what it is.

 

Grasping at straws, but did you recently change drivers? Did the Windows Anniversary update fall upon you?

 

Oh, one more thing, do you have a free CPU core to feed the GPU?

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1 minute ago, Imakuni said:

did you recently change drivers?

I believe that this started happening after the 368.81 driver was released. I recently downgraded to 368.69 in hope that it would help, but to no avail.

 

3 minutes ago, Imakuni said:

Did the Windows Anniversary update fall upon you?

I honestly have no idea if it has or not. Is there any way to check? And if I have been cursed, is there any way to get rid of it?

 

4 minutes ago, Imakuni said:

do you have a free CPU core to feed the GPU?

I do. Always made sure of that.

 

Just a quick note, I can't do any F@H testing atm because it's updating itself ):<

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2 minutes ago, Insp1r3 said:

And if I have been cursed, is there any way to get rid of it?

Nothing, outside of installing an older version of windows and modifying the registry to prevent Windows Update from downloading the newer one.

 

If that's the cause of the issue, though, it would at least be enough to file a bug to Nvidia and ask for a fix.

4 minutes ago, Insp1r3 said:

Is there any way to check

Windows+S Winver

 

Should say 1607 if you've got it, 1511 otherwise.

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