System underperforms in games

Szynergy · Feb 28, 2014

Hello there,
I recently bought a new PC with these specs:
INTEL i7-3770k @ 3.5 Ghz (Stock)
EVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780
AsRock Fatal1ty Z77 Professional
Alpenföhn Matterhorn
Samsung SSD 840 Pro
Western Digital Velociraptor
16 GB Corsair Vengeance RAM
Corsair AX 860
But now I am confronted with an issue I hoped I would not face anytime. It underperforms and I don't know why.
I benchmarked my GPU to see if it was working properly - It did.
But now I am struggling to verify the performance of the other components (RAM, CPU and maybe the motherboard itself).
I hope you could help me out here!

[Edit:
some Weird framerate
ArmA 3 on
Ultra = 20-30 fps
Low = 30-35 fps

I should get more out of it, shouldn't I ?]

tinmann · Feb 28, 2014

Hi, I don't own ArmA 3 but from what I've read it can be very demanding. You didn't mention what you clock speeds were on the i7 3770K but from the frame rates they look to be stock. If you were to overclock the i7 to say, 4.4Ghz you see considerably better frame rates.

woltej1 · Feb 28, 2014

Sounds like a driver problem. Go into control panel>uninstall a program. Find everything with nvidia or geforce in the name and get rid of it. Restart the computer and go to nvidia's website and download the latest drivers.

woltej1 · Feb 28, 2014

tinmann :

His rig is still very high end. If it cannot handle arma 3 on high because of hardware caps then 90% of computers out there won't even come close to maxing it.

Szynergy · Feb 28, 2014

woltej1 :

Okay, I will do that.
Is it possible that the CPU isn't using itself properly? I have been playing Assetto Corsa and I can't play with more than 11 AI cars. I asked the steam community and they replied they are able to run with 24 without a problem.

woltej1 · Feb 28, 2014

download CPUz or another program and monitor your CPU usage. I doubt it would be a faulty CPU, but you never know. Also could be your RAM, try running with only 1 stick of RAM at a time.

Szynergy · Feb 28, 2014

tinmann :

I am not completely familiar with Overclocking, but I will try that. Can you recommend me a proper guide for doing it?

Szynergy · Feb 28, 2014

woltej1 :

What would be a sign of a faulty CPU?

woltej1 · Feb 28, 2014

Not exactly sure, never heard of a CPU just "acting up", usually the computer won't work as the data the bad core is trying to handle will be lost. I'd think abnormal core usage, like random spikes, or one core is hardly being used while the others are at max.

To be honest I really doubt it's your CPU, I'm putting my money on a driver issue.

Szynergy · Feb 28, 2014

woltej1 :

Well, then you lost your bet. I am still getting low fps.
I had CPU-Z running in the background whilst playing ArmA 3, what should it show me?

woltej1 · Feb 28, 2014

i believe you can monitor cpu usage with it, otherwise speedfan is another one you can use.

Szynergy · Feb 28, 2014

woltej1 :

Well, the only thing I was able to read off of CPU-Z was that the clockspeed moved up from 1,5 Ghz (before starting the game) to 3-3,5 Ghz (whilst playing ArmA)

Szynergy · Mar 1, 2014

woltej1 :

I am running now Dual Channel 4x2 instead of 4x4. I am getting 10-20 fps more out of ArmA, depends on where I am heading. Thank You!

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