- Jul 23, 2013
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So I just built a new computer with the following specs:
MSI Z170A SLI Plus
Intel Core i5-7600k (stock)
GIGABYTE GTX 1080 OC Edition
16GB DDR4 @ 2400MHz
Rosewill Quark 550W Gaming Power Supply
I'm using SSDs for OS and games
I'm not new to building and I've done it all before, but this time around I seem to be having issues. I had to borrow a friend's Skylake CPU to POST (running with Kaby Lake out of the box wouldn't POST) and update the BIOS to allow for the Kaby Lake i5. Once updating, I was able to boot into my Windows 10 and do what I normally do.
However, once I started up a game, I noticed that the performance is not what I should be getting. It's certainly better than my previous FX-8350 and GTX 1060, but running Battlefield 1 on Ultra at 1080p was only getting about 60-70FPS with frame drops reaching as low as 30FPS.
In CS:GO I was only (hah only) getting 180FPS average. It's certainly playable, but I was getting about 120FPS from my old rig, and I feel that I should be getting at least 300FPS.
The next game I tried was Rainbow Six Siege, which ran pretty well, but it was the same as my friend who's running a 970, which didn't seem quite right. 160FPS is good, but I feel that I should be getting more.
I tried a clean sweep and reinstalling the NVIDIA graphics drivers, which did nothing. From the benchmarks I've seen elsewhere, I should be getting upward of 120FPS in BF1 on Ultra at 1080p.
I really am open to any suggestions, but my friend and I have a theory that it could be the BIOS update, though supporting the new Kaby Lake CPU, isn't fully utilizing its power. So is it possible that the older Skylake motherboards don't work well with the new Kaby Lake CPUs?
Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you!
MSI Z170A SLI Plus
Intel Core i5-7600k (stock)
GIGABYTE GTX 1080 OC Edition
16GB DDR4 @ 2400MHz
Rosewill Quark 550W Gaming Power Supply
I'm using SSDs for OS and games
I'm not new to building and I've done it all before, but this time around I seem to be having issues. I had to borrow a friend's Skylake CPU to POST (running with Kaby Lake out of the box wouldn't POST) and update the BIOS to allow for the Kaby Lake i5. Once updating, I was able to boot into my Windows 10 and do what I normally do.
However, once I started up a game, I noticed that the performance is not what I should be getting. It's certainly better than my previous FX-8350 and GTX 1060, but running Battlefield 1 on Ultra at 1080p was only getting about 60-70FPS with frame drops reaching as low as 30FPS.
In CS:GO I was only (hah only) getting 180FPS average. It's certainly playable, but I was getting about 120FPS from my old rig, and I feel that I should be getting at least 300FPS.
The next game I tried was Rainbow Six Siege, which ran pretty well, but it was the same as my friend who's running a 970, which didn't seem quite right. 160FPS is good, but I feel that I should be getting more.
I tried a clean sweep and reinstalling the NVIDIA graphics drivers, which did nothing. From the benchmarks I've seen elsewhere, I should be getting upward of 120FPS in BF1 on Ultra at 1080p.
I really am open to any suggestions, but my friend and I have a theory that it could be the BIOS update, though supporting the new Kaby Lake CPU, isn't fully utilizing its power. So is it possible that the older Skylake motherboards don't work well with the new Kaby Lake CPUs?
Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you!
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