Performance issue with GTX 1070 ASUS STRIX OC

Bun-Kebab · Jan 27, 2017

Greetings,
I have a problem pertaining to my GPU, where my PC's performance consistently ranks low compared to other GTX 1070 owners and owners of similar PCs.
Following are my results on Unigine Heaven and Valley(Extreme settings-ignore the Windows 8 and Windows NT thing, it's screwing up):

Heaven: https://s30.postimg.org/htu0y660x/Heaven.png

Valley: https://s30.postimg.org/kztmc6ma9/Valley.png

Not only that, but I am suffering severe FPS drops in almost all games- Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag(average 40 FPS), Assassin's Creed: Syndicate(average 45 FPS), Far Cry 4(average 40 FPS), GTA V(average 40 FPS), Total War: Rome II(varying between 35-75, although that's just the game). Strangely, Fallout 4 runs just fine. Note that I run all games maxed out, and while I understand that some of them suffer from optimisation issues, it does not mean that all should run at such low FPS. I run all games run at 1080p.

Now here is the most confusing part: I returned the GPU a few days ago to the store that I bought it from with the assumption that it was faulty, and they ran some benchmarks on it to see if there were any problems. Their test bench recorded above-average results overall, which are shown below:

Firestrike score: 19248
Time Spy score: 6166

The test bench itself had an old i3 CPU(don't know the model), and I don't know the rest of its specs.
So I took the GPU back and now I'm typing this thread as I am at a loss.

Some other noteworthy mentions: the GPU runs at stock speeds(not overclocked), so does the CPU. It was purchased in August 2016, and not much load has been put on it since, I haven't even stress-tested it that much, and I have not tried overclocking it yet. I have the latest drivers installed, and I have also tried running the stress-tests without MSI Afterburner and GPU Tweak II, so that is not the problem.
EDIT: I forgot to mention temperatures; they remain stable, both on the CPU and GPU, averaging 50 degrees Celsius(CPU) and 65 degrees(GPU) respectively. Also, CPU usage is stable in most games(Far Cry 4 and Total War: Rome II excepted as they are poorly optimized), almost never exceeding 50%.
Since the original post, I have flashed the BIOS and clocked the RAM at 3000 MHz, as it was previously running at 2133 MHz.
Far Cry 4 had multiple abnormalities, such as texture flickering, low Draw Distance, objects appearing right in front of me, a large shadow following me, as if there is a big door above me, sound bugs where certain sounds get muffled while the rest stay normal(if you ignore it it goes away eventually), strange texture bugs on dead animals
All hardware is fully updated(all drivers updated).

Specs:

CPU: i7 6700k

CPU Cooler: Corsair H110i CPU watercooler

Motherboard: ASUS Maximus VIII Hero

RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB(8GB X 2) 3000 MHz

GPU: Nvidia GTX 1070 ASUS STRIX OC

PSU: Corsair RM650 Gold

SSD: Samsung 950 PRO 256GB SSD(in which Unigine Valley and Heaven are installed-I have benchmarked the SSD and it showed average results, so there is nothing wrong with it)

HDD: WD 1 TB Blue 7200 RPM(games)

Case: Corsair 750D Airflow Edition

Monitor: BenQ 24" 1920x1080, 1 ms response time

OS: Windows 10 Pro

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

General_Cool · Jan 27, 2017

There could be multiple issues here.
1. The card is not seating properly.
2. Not enough power to the card or motherboard.
3. Motherboard is malfunctioning.
4. BIOS problems.
5. OS problems.
6. CPU problems.
7. Not enough cooling being delivered to the system.
8. Overvoltage.
9. Ram problems.

First, try reinstalling Windows fresh and see if it makes a difference. Next, try going into the UEFI/BIOS and seeing how much Ram the motherboard is detecting and make sure it is running at the highest possible clock speeds that the Ram and motherboard can handle. Come back once you've tried those two things.

Bun-Kebab · Jan 29, 2017

General_Cool :

Thanks for replying.

I've looked into most of your points, and have come up with the following:
1- The card is seated properly, I checked that both by looking at it and checking the BIOS.

2- I don't know how to check that, but the GPU Power Draw(using Afterburner) shows up almost always as over 80%, sometimes 104%.

3- Since I already tried returning the GPU only to discover that it(possibly?)works fine, I will keep hardware fault as the final problem, after looking at everything else.

4-Could you explain further? I flashed the BIOS since your post and it did not make a visible difference to the GPU's performance.

5- That is something I will deal with soon, hopefully. My current internet speed is slow, and I might be getting a new connection within the next two weeks. If I do, I will try a fresh reinstall of Windows.

6- The temperatures and usage look normal to me.

7- Again, the temperatures are stable.

8-That is something I have not yet checked, but definitely will.

9- If you mean that the RAM is not set to its highest clock speeds, then you were right. The BIOS showed the RAM running at 2133 MHz, where it should have been 3000 MHz; I resolved it.

I have yet to reinstall Windows(due to slow internet connection), although it was last installed only two months ago, and the entire system bought in August. Hence, it seems highly unlikely that reinstalling Windows(or the graphics drivers) will make a difference, although I will try both.
Attached is a screenshot from Far Cry 4 with the OSD of MSI Afterburner, sorry that it does not show the usage and temperature of all cores, I will update that soon, although the rest of the cores are at around 25-30%, with the exception of Core 0, which is at 100% usually, due to the poor optimisation of the game(as it does not happen with other games, except Total War: Rome II).
https://s29.postimg.org/ex2369fdz/16009785_1204336956270161_1343339226_o.png

Again, thanks very much for the reply.

General_Cool · Jan 30, 2017

Bun-Kebab :

General_Cool :

Thanks for replying.

I've looked into most of your points, and have come up with the following:
1- The card is seated properly, I checked that both by looking at it and checking the BIOS.

2- I don't know how to check that, but the GPU Power Draw(using Afterburner) shows up almost always as over 80%, sometimes 104%.

3- Since I already tried returning the GPU only to discover that it(possibly?)works fine, I will keep hardware fault as the final problem, after looking at everything else.

4-Could you explain further? I flashed the BIOS since your post and it did not make a visible difference to the GPU's performance.

5- That is something I will deal with soon, hopefully. My current internet speed is slow, and I might be getting a new connection within the next two weeks. If I do, I will try a fresh reinstall of Windows.

6- The temperatures and usage look normal to me.

7- Again, the temperatures are stable.

8-That is something I have not yet checked, but definitely will.

9- If you mean that the RAM is not set to its highest clock speeds, then you were right. The BIOS showed the RAM running at 2133 MHz, where it should have been 3000 MHz; I resolved it.

I have yet to reinstall Windows(due to slow internet connection), although it was last installed only two months ago, and the entire system bought in August. Hence, it seems highly unlikely that reinstalling Windows(or the graphics drivers) will make a difference, although I will try both.
Attached is a screenshot from Far Cry 4 with the OSD of MSI Afterburner, sorry that it does not show the usage and temperature of all cores, I will update that soon, although the rest of the cores are at around 25-30%, with the exception of Core 0, which is at 100% usually, due to the poor optimisation of the game(as it does not happen with other games, except Total War: Rome II).
https://s29.postimg.org/ex2369fdz/16009785_1204336956270161_1343339226_o.png

Again, thanks very much for the reply.

It seems that the issue lies within the motherboard. I highly doubt that the SSD or CPU is the issue here but it is not impossible. Do you have access to another computer that you feel confident enough to modify?

Bun-Kebab · Feb 4, 2017

General_Cool :

Bun-Kebab :

General_Cool :

Thanks for replying.

I've looked into most of your points, and have come up with the following:
1- The card is seated properly, I checked that both by looking at it and checking the BIOS.

2- I don't know how to check that, but the GPU Power Draw(using Afterburner) shows up almost always as over 80%, sometimes 104%.

3- Since I already tried returning the GPU only to discover that it(possibly?)works fine, I will keep hardware fault as the final problem, after looking at everything else.

4-Could you explain further? I flashed the BIOS since your post and it did not make a visible difference to the GPU's performance.

5- That is something I will deal with soon, hopefully. My current internet speed is slow, and I might be getting a new connection within the next two weeks. If I do, I will try a fresh reinstall of Windows.

6- The temperatures and usage look normal to me.

7- Again, the temperatures are stable.

8-That is something I have not yet checked, but definitely will.

9- If you mean that the RAM is not set to its highest clock speeds, then you were right. The BIOS showed the RAM running at 2133 MHz, where it should have been 3000 MHz; I resolved it.

I have yet to reinstall Windows(due to slow internet connection), although it was last installed only two months ago, and the entire system bought in August. Hence, it seems highly unlikely that reinstalling Windows(or the graphics drivers) will make a difference, although I will try both.
Attached is a screenshot from Far Cry 4 with the OSD of MSI Afterburner, sorry that it does not show the usage and temperature of all cores, I will update that soon, although the rest of the cores are at around 25-30%, with the exception of Core 0, which is at 100% usually, due to the poor optimisation of the game(as it does not happen with other games, except Total War: Rome II).
https://s29.postimg.org/ex2369fdz/16009785_1204336956270161_1343339226_o.png

Again, thanks very much for the reply.

It seems that the issue lies within the motherboard. I highly doubt that the SSD or CPU is the issue here but it is not impossible. Do you have access to another computer that you feel confident enough to modify?

Reinstalling Windows 10 somehow fixed the problem. It seemed unlikely as it was only installed 2 months ago.
Thank you so much for your help, I learned a lot from you.

General_Cool · Feb 5, 2017

Bun-Kebab :

General_Cool :

Bun-Kebab :

It seems that the issue lies within the motherboard. I highly doubt that the SSD or CPU is the issue here but it is not impossible. Do you have access to another computer that you feel confident enough to modify?

Reinstalling Windows 10 somehow fixed the problem. It seemed unlikely as it was only installed 2 months ago.
Thank you so much for your help, I learned a lot from you.

Thank you very much, I am always happy to help out a fellow gamer and tech enthusiast! If you need anything, feel free to message me, I am always free to help out! Otherwise, good luck with your build!

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