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December 6, 2013 11:12:51 AM

Hi TH Community,

I'm not a computer genius but I understand quite a bit about them and for the past several years have been building my rigs from scratch. The newest rig I built was in Dec of 2012 and to me, since it's completion, has felt like the rig is just under performing. (The under-performing department is mainly in games)

Specs as follows:

i7-3930k 3.5 ghz (No Oc) (Oc'd Once, Got BSOD) (CPU is on corsair liquid Cooling)
32gb ddr3 1600 corsair dominator RAM
nvidia gtx 680 (EvGA)
1 samsung SSD 100 gb for OS
2x WD Raptors Raid 0 - For Gaming
1 WD Black 1tb HD - Storage
Gigabyte z77x mobo (Went with this for Upgrade Capability)
Windows 7 Home

I guess my question is, is there really anyway to tell. I understand benchmarks are a good way to gauge performance. Any website where you guys can direct me to do comparisons? And what or which benchmarks should I run?

Thanks a Bunch

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December 6, 2013 11:19:50 AM

Google "GTX 680 review" and several reviews will come up. Then, compare your performance at the same settings they benchmarked at in those specific games.
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December 6, 2013 11:19:55 AM

I usually run one of the FutureMark benchmark pgms: http://www.futuremark.com/benchmarks/3dmark/all
3DMark is the latest, but I still use 3DMarkVantage for a couple reasons. 1) All my older builds are benched with this app and 2) it has a CPU benchmark where the newer ones don't.
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December 6, 2013 11:34:01 AM

also with your mb make sure it has the newest bios code and your ram using xmp profile. in windows make sure your using the newest intel chipset drivers and drivers for sound and the Ethernet port.
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December 6, 2013 11:39:52 AM

Something you can try...
There has been a discussion here lately about the effects of Intel's Hyper Threading on gaming. A poster had poor results and stuttering with his 2 x GTX 680s and his i7. He found that turning off H-T in BIOS solved the stutter problem and his results improved.
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