Gaming Computer Performing Worse in Games Than When I First Bought It

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BlazingAngels

BlazingAngels

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My computer has been performing worse in games since I overclock my i7 7700k to 4.5 GHZ. In DOOM I was getting 160-200 fps and now I'm getting 90-120 and at worst 70 fps. The GPU usage was dropping down %60 and used to be at %96 with v-sync off. I don't know how to revert my computer to how it originally was.
Here are my specs
Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64-bit
CPU
Intel Core i7 7700K @ 4.20GHz 38 °C
Kaby Lake 14nm Technology
RAM
16.0GB Dual-Channel Unknown @ 1066MHz (15-15-15-36)
Motherboard
ASRock Z270 SLI Xtreme (CPUSocket) 32 °C
Graphics
ASUS VS247 (1920x1080@60Hz)
4095MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (EVGA) 54 °C
Storage
223GB Western Digital WDC WDS240G1G0A-00SS50 (SSD) 23 °C
931GB Western Digital WDC WD10EZEX-08WN4A0 (SATA) 37 °C
7GB Lexar USB Flash Drive USB Device (USB)
Optical Drives
HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH24NSC0
Audio
High Definition Audio Device
 
Solution
gussrtk
well, you should be monitoring your CPU and GPU temperatures, to see that everything checks out during gaming. it could be that some components are overheating and just lowering performance to save the component from damage. another thing could be by chance that you have some malware on your PC right when you started OCing.

you could try and see to revert to original clock speeds, and since your motherboard is fancy, i think you should have AUTO OC in your motherboard utility app, try that out and see how that works (most of the utility apps for motherbaords have auto OC these days)
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well, you should be monitoring your CPU and GPU temperatures, to see that everything checks out during gaming. it could be that some components are overheating and just lowering performance to save the component from damage. another thing could be by chance that you have some malware on your PC right when you started OCing.

you could try and see to revert to original clock speeds, and since your motherboard is fancy, i think you should have AUTO OC in your motherboard utility app, try that out and see how that works (most of the utility apps for motherbaords have auto OC these days)
 
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Cioby

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Maybe you were unlucky and got a bad CPU that doesn't overclock. That's not Intel's fault or your seller's.

Go to bios and check the performance tab, or where it shows your CPU clocks. Set the speed to default there. Problem solved. Unless your fans on the case are now blowing too hard, then you need to go to the H/W monitor tab and set the fans to the specific fan curb you want or "default" if you have that. This should revert your CPU to your original settings.
 
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