GTX 1080 bottleneck issue?

[ScarecrowBro]

Hello! So I realized recently that my friend who has a GTX 970 is getting better performance than my GTX 1080, and im having trouble identifying the issue. Here are my specs

 

Alienware Aurora R5

 

GPU: GTX 1080 Founders Edition

CPU: intel i7 6700

Memory: 16gb 

Monitor: Asus 27" 144hz 1080p 

 

Some benchmarks for average fps 

Arma 3: 30-40 fps

Sea of Thieves: 60-70 fps

PUBG: 80 fps 

 

Meanwhile my buddy is getting 100+ on these games. I've read that it might be bottlenecking from having a 1080p monitor? I know very little about computers which is why I bought a prebuilt. Do any of my parts need upgrading? 

 

[Himommies]

Are your settings the same?

[ScarecrowBro]

Yes we tested side by side.

[ZcanKal]

It may be a motherboard issue, since it's a prebuilt it's BIOS may be locking it down somehow, or, you know, the OEM board may just be https://youtu.be/FZUcpVmEHuk

[Himommies]

2 minutes ago, ScarecrowBro said:

Yes we tested side by side.

A lot of those games are CPU bound and really limted by your internet

What's you buddy's CPU?

[Valkyrie Lenneth]

set the games to 60hz mode, might be a glitch with high hz on the games

 

windows 10 doesnt truly fullscreen some games somtimes, could be that the game wants to run at 60hz , the windows at 144hz or vice versa causing low fps due to a bug in windows ( trust me windows has plenty of bugs like that )

[Ren Heika]

Have you monitored your CPU and GPU clock speeds when playing? That seems very slow for that setup and I'm curious if the CPU and or GPU clocks aren't getting to where they are supposed to.

[ScarecrowBro]

11 minutes ago, Himommies said:

A lot of those games are CPU bound and really limted by your internet

What's you buddy's CPU?

He has an i5 7600k

[XDXD_4U3IF1P]

check the CPU is running as it should with CPU-Z - when you open it up it should show the speed and temps, then benchmark and run the stress test to make sure it stays stable.

Your PUBG FPS seems about right, Arma seems low. I don't know about Sea Of Thieves.

Also RAM speed, is there a big difference between you and your friend?

[ScarecrowBro]

4 minutes ago, Renton577 said:

Have you monitored your CPU and GPU clock speeds when playing? That seems very slow for that setup and I'm curious if the CPU and or GPU clocks aren't getting to where they are supposed to.

 

I would monitor in Task manager and GPU and CPU would be at around 60% usage

[Himommies]

Just now, ScarecrowBro said:

He has an i5 7600k

Have you tried using DDU and reinstalling drivers

 

[Ren Heika]

This also may be silly but is the monitor plugged into the motherboard video output or the GPU output, it almost sounds like its plugged into the motherboard video which would be using the Intel HD Graphics it needs to be plugged into the GPU.

[Himommies]

1 minute ago, ShoshinUK said:

Your PUBG FPS seems about right, Arma a little low. I don't know about Sea Of Thieves.

You can get 80 on Ultra 1440p on a 1070,much less 1080(p)

[ScarecrowBro]

1 minute ago, ShoshinUK said:

check the CPU is running as it should with CPU-Z - when you open it up it should show the speed and temps, then benchmark and run the stress test to make sure it stays stable.

Your PUBG FPS seems about right, Arma a little low. I don't know about Sea Of Thieves.

I'll try running CPU-Z when I get home. What is the best program to do a stress test?

[Himommies]

Just now, Renton577 said:

This also may be silly but is the monitor plugged into the motherboard video output or the GPU output, it almost sounds like its plugged into the motherboard video which would be using the Intel HD Graphics it needs to be plugged into the GPU.

I highly doubt he would be getting 80 FPS on PUBG on a iGPU

[Himommies]

Just now, ScarecrowBro said:

I'll try running CPU-Z when I get home. What is the best program to do a stress test?

Aida 64

[XDXD_4U3IF1P]

Just now, Himommies said:

You can get 80 on Ultra 1440p on a 1070,much less 1080(p)

ah right, I havn't played it since launch so they have made things much better then!

[Himommies]

Just now, ShoshinUK said:

ah right, I havn't played it since launch so they have made things much better then!

Still runs worse than PUBG mobile

[ScarecrowBro]

1 minute ago, Renton577 said:

This also may be silly but is the monitor plugged into the motherboard video output or the GPU output, it almost sounds like its plugged into the motherboard video which would be using the Intel HD Graphics it needs to be plugged into the GPU.

I have it plugged into the GPU with a DVI-D cable

[ScarecrowBro]

Just now, Himommies said:

Still runs worse than PUBG mobile

Lmao too true

[XDXD_4U3IF1P]

Just now, ScarecrowBro said:

I'll try running CPU-Z when I get home. What is the best program to do a stress test?

It's solid and simple. I don't use anything else personally.

I believe the stress test is not to demanding but it's very easy to use and never let me down. 

[ScarecrowBro]

5 minutes ago, Himommies said:

Have you tried using DDU and reinstalling drivers

 

I will try this as well

[Mick Naughty]

Pubg runs pretty good. Went down to 1080p with my 1080. Ultra still gets over 100 frames. Quite nice of you have the ram for it.