Hey people.
First allow me to express my issue.
I feel like I have tried everything
I built a PC back in December and was surprised by the low frames I got on my GTX 760. I played games like Battlefield 4 @1080p. I could not even hit 60 FPS on low but remained between 40-60 FPS. First I believed that just was how a 760 performed. I then recently got Overwatch and can’t hit 60fps on that either on lowest settings with only 75% texture rendering. So I figured something is actually wrong.
My system is:
Silverstone ML08 case (mini ITX) <- I believe this plays a crucial part as to WTF is going on.
Asus Direct CU2 GTX 760 2gb
I5 6500
8g DDR4
Asus H110i Plus Mini ITX
Chieftec SFX-L 500W 80+gold PSU (sfx-500gd-c)
120gb kingston SSD
1tb HDD Hitachi
Now to the troubleshooting:
I tried running 3DMark firestrike benchmark and got a score of 3600 which is very low. People with similar systems (cpu/gpu wise) get between 5500 to 6000 on average. I tried taking out the GPU and the riser card, which it is placed on, and reassembled. Not much happened.
Getting more desperate I then tried to remove the panel on the GPU side and instantly got a score of 5300.
Then in an attempt to remove the panel on the CPU side, while the GPU panel remained on, I received the same results 5300. Very odd indeed. Note that GPU and CPU are chamber separated. GPU temps with the panel on, max out at around 75C and without the the panel at around 69C. Well bellow throttling limit. The core clock is constant at 1176 MHz.
I tried running the firstrike stress test and noticed that frames are fine in the beginning but drop quickly. In MSI afterburner I also noticed that the %Power of my GPU drops from around 75% to 60% and even further. The drop is consistent with the FPS drop. (there are links to the graphs bellow)
The first graph shows firestrike stress test with both panels on
http://puu.sh 1
Note how the GPU Power drops gradually as temps rise and this is consistent with the FPS drop. Also note the core clock being constant. Max GPU temp at 76C.
The second graph shows firestrike stress test with the GPU side panel off.
http://puu.sh 2
Same as before but much less power drop and FPS drop, but it still happens. Max GPU temp 70 C
The third graph shows the firestrike stress test with both panels off
http://puu.sh 3
Max GPU temp 71C. Notice how the GPU power % rises and the FPS actually remains constant?
Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions as to what is going on? Anything is welcome. Could it be the HDD and SSD? They get to around 55C under usage for longer periods. They are also the only components which I can see would gain anything from both panels being open, as they are placed in the CPU chamber, but are right behind the plate which the GPU is behind. It is just a desperate thought but I doubt it. Is it the GPU? The Riser card? The MB? Is it the PSU? Is it sorcery?
Thanks!
First allow me to express my issue.
I feel like I have tried everything
I built a PC back in December and was surprised by the low frames I got on my GTX 760. I played games like Battlefield 4 @1080p. I could not even hit 60 FPS on low but remained between 40-60 FPS. First I believed that just was how a 760 performed. I then recently got Overwatch and can’t hit 60fps on that either on lowest settings with only 75% texture rendering. So I figured something is actually wrong.
My system is:
Silverstone ML08 case (mini ITX) <- I believe this plays a crucial part as to WTF is going on.
Asus Direct CU2 GTX 760 2gb
I5 6500
8g DDR4
Asus H110i Plus Mini ITX
Chieftec SFX-L 500W 80+gold PSU (sfx-500gd-c)
120gb kingston SSD
1tb HDD Hitachi
Now to the troubleshooting:
I tried running 3DMark firestrike benchmark and got a score of 3600 which is very low. People with similar systems (cpu/gpu wise) get between 5500 to 6000 on average. I tried taking out the GPU and the riser card, which it is placed on, and reassembled. Not much happened.
Getting more desperate I then tried to remove the panel on the GPU side and instantly got a score of 5300.
Then in an attempt to remove the panel on the CPU side, while the GPU panel remained on, I received the same results 5300. Very odd indeed. Note that GPU and CPU are chamber separated. GPU temps with the panel on, max out at around 75C and without the the panel at around 69C. Well bellow throttling limit. The core clock is constant at 1176 MHz.
I tried running the firstrike stress test and noticed that frames are fine in the beginning but drop quickly. In MSI afterburner I also noticed that the %Power of my GPU drops from around 75% to 60% and even further. The drop is consistent with the FPS drop. (there are links to the graphs bellow)
The first graph shows firestrike stress test with both panels on
http://puu.sh 1
Note how the GPU Power drops gradually as temps rise and this is consistent with the FPS drop. Also note the core clock being constant. Max GPU temp at 76C.
The second graph shows firestrike stress test with the GPU side panel off.
http://puu.sh 2
Same as before but much less power drop and FPS drop, but it still happens. Max GPU temp 70 C
The third graph shows the firestrike stress test with both panels off
http://puu.sh 3
Max GPU temp 71C. Notice how the GPU power % rises and the FPS actually remains constant?
Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions as to what is going on? Anything is welcome. Could it be the HDD and SSD? They get to around 55C under usage for longer periods. They are also the only components which I can see would gain anything from both panels being open, as they are placed in the CPU chamber, but are right behind the plate which the GPU is behind. It is just a desperate thought but I doubt it. Is it the GPU? The Riser card? The MB? Is it the PSU? Is it sorcery?
Thanks!
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