Extremely Low Performance From My GTX 1070

[Arrent]

Alright, before I get into the issue and examples, let me give my specs.

 

Graphics Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FTW 8 GB GDDR5

CPU: Intel Core i5 4690K 3.50GHz

RAM: 16 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 799MHz

Motherboard: ASUS Z97-E

Power Supply: ANTEC 500w (EA-500d Green)

Operation System: Windows 7 Professional 64-Bit

BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. 0402, 11/12/2014

 

 

Alright, now, let's get into the beef of the issue.

 

So, not until recently, I've been playing more performance intensive games and I've noticed that I'm unable to keep up with my friend that has the completely same specs.

 

Example:

An example of this is when I was playing Black Ops III: Zombies with him and he was getting around 120 frames or so, I was stuck at 60 and constantly getting FPS drops that would drop around 20 - 40 frames and sometimes I'd get stuck there. (Yes, I'm aware that BO III is highly optimized, it's not just games like Black Ops III that I have this issue with.)

 

Things I've Tried:

1. I've tried cleaning my computer.

2. I've tried messing with some of the settings.

3. I've tried messing with the EVGA Precision settings as well as some NVIDIA settings.

4. I've tried updating the GeForce drivers.

 

 

I would love to get some help on this, I tried to be as informative as possible, but if there is any other information you'd like, please, ask away! I just want to be able to get my full extent out of my 1070.

 

Thank you, much love!

 

 

 

[nicobombai]

What PSU are you having right now? Make and model.

[Arrent]

4 minutes ago, nicobombai said:

What PSU are you having right now? Make and model.

Oh, crap, I actually got that wrong. I've got a antec 500w ea500d. I'll update that.

[Psittac]

Dry thermal compound?

[Herman Mcpootis]

run MSI afterburner, see if anything's running at low clock speeds and see if the CPU is constantly getting pegged near 100%.

[whoisit1118]

check temperature under load for diagnosis

[Arrent]

1 minute ago, Psittac said:

Dry thermal compound?

Shouldn't be, I don't have any sort of temperature issues.

[nicobombai]

Just now, Arrent said:

Oh, crap, I actually got that wrong. I've got a antec 500w ea500d. I'll update that.

From your specs, the pc should be fine actually. Although the ram is kinda outdated with those speeds but still ok for gaming.

A completely outside of the box opinion from my side, have you updated to the latest mobo bios?

Oh and is the PC overheating? like no air circulation in the PC?

[The Shust]

EVGA percision was giving me crazy frame rate drops and horrible input lag. Maybe try turning that off completely?

[Arrent]

1 minute ago, nicobombai said:

From your specs, the pc should be fine actually. Although the ram is kinda outdated with those speeds but still ok for gaming.

A completely outside of the box opinion from my side, have you updated to the latest mobo bios?

Oh and is the PC overheating? like no air circulation in the PC?

Temperatures are completely good, I'll have multiple things running at once my computer at times and have only about 55 F.

1 minute ago, The Shust said:

EVGA percision was giving me crazy frame rate drops and horrible input lag. Maybe try turning that off completely?

It shouldn't be it, I just installed it a couple days ago for the RGB LED stuff with my GPU. I've been having these issues for a little while now.

[nicobombai]

I might re-seat the VGA and also check whether Vsync is off cos you're capped at 60 iirc.

Other than that, i'm out of suggestions, will wait till some dude help you out

[Arrent]

1 minute ago, nicobombai said:

I might re-seat the VGA and also check whether Vsync is off cos you're capped at 60 iirc.

Other than that, i'm out of suggestions, will wait till some dude help you out

Alright, thank you so much for the help that you could provide. I'll continue to try to fix all this stuff.

[AlTech]

1 hour ago, Arrent said:

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What's your average CPU usage like in these games and average GPU usage?

 

Also, are you running anything at all in the background when playing those games?

[Arrent]

59 minutes ago, AluminiumTech said:

What's your average CPU usage like in these games and average GPU usage?

 

Also, are you running anything at all in the background when playing those games?

Actually, you know what? I think it might be one of two things, either my CPU is old and messed up, or it needs some thermal paste.

[AlTech]

3 minutes ago, Arrent said:

Actually, you know what? I think it might be one of two things, either my CPU is old and messed up, or it needs some thermal paste.

 

I asked the questions I did cos I was wondering if the 4690K was bottlenecking the 1070 because it can happen. Also, are you playing games at 4K for whatever reason?

 

You're either VRAM constrained, highly CPU constrained or something else constrained.

[Arrent]

2 hours ago, AluminiumTech said:

 

I asked the questions I did cos I was wondering if the 4690K was bottlenecking the 1070 because it can happen. Also, are you playing games at 4K for whatever reason?

 

You're either VRAM constrained, highly CPU constrained or something else constrained.

Nah, I'm not playing at 4K. Prolly CPU constrained.

[AlTech]

2 hours ago, Arrent said:

Nah, I'm not playing at 4K. Prolly CPU constrained.

What kind of CPU usage do you typically get when playing? 80-100% is basically your system being bottlenecked by the CPU