6700k not performing as well as it should?

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Nickm812k

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Hello,
I've got the feeling that my 6700k does not perform as well as it should. I had issues with the temperatures, but I fixed it after manually entering a voltage for the CPU running at 4.5GHz, and enabling Turbo mode in the CPU Fan control (in the UEFI BIOS). According the HWMonitor, the temperatures do not exceed 65°C (CPU temps used to hit 75°C-80°C under heavy load).

About a week ago, I ran a 3DMark Demo Benchmark (Timespy 1.0), and got pretty dissapointing results. After applying a light overclock to the GPU, I got these results, which seemed dissapointing aswell. http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/18651118?

I ran another test today and got these results: http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/18817992?

I've come to the conclusion that there may be issues with my CPU. I do not care much about my GPU, since I intend to replace it within a year. But I will keep my CPU for another 4 years.

Specs:
Windows 10 64bit
i7 6700k OC @ 4,5GHz
ASUS Z170 Pro Gaming ATX
MSI GTX 970
500GB 850 EVO SSD
be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 Tower Cooler
2TB Seagate HDD
16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4-3200MHz
600Watt be quiet! 10-CM Modular 80+ Gold

Is there anything to be done? Why is it that my CPU performs poorer than other CPUs, according to tests?

Thanks in Advance
 
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synphul
Maybe it's an interpretation of the scores? 3dmark's timespy is a gpu benchmark more than a cpu benchmark. It stresses gaming and is likely limited by the gpu since the gpu is an older mid range card. For cpu results try something like passmark or geekbench.
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Maybe it's an interpretation of the scores? 3dmark's timespy is a gpu benchmark more than a cpu benchmark. It stresses gaming and is likely limited by the gpu since the gpu is an older mid range card. For cpu results try something like passmark or geekbench.
 
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3DMark is primarily a GPU benchmark, only score you really want to look at for testing your CPU is the CPU test. First result looks fine to me, I got pretty much the same thing (also have a 6700K at 4.5 GHz). 2nd result is worse, according to the test details the CPU wasn't going beyond 4 GHz. Did you remove your overclock prior to the 2nd run?
 
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Your Video card is 1300 Mhz and your CPU was 4000 Mhz
2 970's at 1500 each card pull around 7100-8000

IF you want your score at 4K you need to OC your CPU and your GPU to 1500+ This is limited on heat and your card.
If you want a 5500-6200 score get a 1070

Your score is fine I have a 2500k and a 970 and I am at 3300
 
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Nickm812k

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I redid the overclocking process in the BIOS and it applied the overclock now, did a benchmark. This is the best benchmark so far. However the CPU temperatures reached 75°C in the CPU Test, and the clock speed is constant at 4500MHz. Is that something I should be concerned about?
Here's the test I just did: http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/18822457?
Is everything alright then?

Thanks for the replies btw!
 
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