Poor (compared to what I've seen on benchmarks) GTX 770 Performance

zer0ez

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Jan 8, 2014
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I built a pc over Christmas and I've been noticing significant frame drops (10-20 below 60 fps) in games on medium-ish settings, that I shouldn't have any trouble running on my rig from what I understand. I am frequently dropping below 50 fps on games like saints row 3 (which is certainly not a new game and, from what I hear, seems to be very well optimized). Here is my build:

AMD FX 8350 cpu
ASUS GTX 770 Direct CU II OC gpu
G. Skill Ripjaws 2x4 GB SDRAM DDR3 2133 (PC3 17000)
ASUS m5a97 R2.0 m/b
Corsair TX650 Enthusiast Series psu

Could the problem possibly be my cpu? Do I need to send anything back?
All help is VERY much appreciated. I just want to reliably play some games in 1080p at 60 fps! Thanks in advance.