GTX 1070 Overclocking does not affect performance but does cause crashes

Bodvar

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I recently bought the OC version of the Asus ROG Strix GTX 1070. I wanted to start overclocking it, so I looked up some guides on how to do that, since it's my first time doing that. I followed this guide first (https://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?86398-Strix-GTX-1070-Overclocking-Guide), which should work because it's about the exact same card as I have. But whenever I do that, my system just randomly reboots after a few minutes, and I get the blue screen twice before it starts working properly again.

Even if I applied the OC and tested it in Valley before the system crashed, I received the same results as before the overclock. (Results: https://i.gyazo.com/9ac1c3d6f1b686d8b44cb208ff68e127.png)

I followed this guide afterwards (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwWY6mOsdL0), and I received similar outcomes (freezes etc.). This time the new values did show up (the first guide didn't show increased results in valley as in Clock and Memory speed), but I didn't get better results again(when testing before the system froze). I was at 2.15 gHz clock speed and 4.5 gHz memory speed in MSI afterburner this time, I didn't use the ASUS program.

Even if I compare my stock results to other people's stock results, I still get quite a bit below average.

Can anyone please help me?
 

Bodvar

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CPU: i7-6700k, overclocked to 4.4gHz
GPU: ASUS ROG Strix OC GTX 1070
MB: MSI Z170A Gaming M5
RAM: Corsair vengeance 16GB DDR4 running at 3000mHz (stock speed)
PSU: EVGA SuperNov NEX750G
Running Windows 10 Home