Hello! I built my first gaming rig a few months ago and now that I am home from travel I finally got a chance to use it. One of the first things I did after trying out some games was to bench mark my system. My frame rates seemed pretty abysmal compared to what I hear people talk about. I was getting 15-39 fps on 3d mark 11, this seems low seeing how I hear people with similar systems boasting 60-100! So my questions is, do i need to achieve this performance from overclocking? Games look fine to me when I play them, but after those results I am left to wonder if my system is not living up to its potential. I am new to this hobby so I do apologize if I get some terms wrong.
Here is my system:
CPU: Intel core i7 970 Gulftown
Motherboard: Asus Rampage III black edition
Memory: 6x4GB Corsair Vengence DDR3 1600 (Overkill I know, but I got a deal on 24gb for $75 at a local store that was closing)
Boot/OS drive: G.Skill sniper 120GB SSD
HDD: Seagate Barracuda XT 2TB @7200 RPM
Graphics: 2x EVGA GTX570 SC @ 797Mhz & 1280MB each
PSU: Corsair 1000HX, 1000 watt
Here is my system:
CPU: Intel core i7 970 Gulftown
Motherboard: Asus Rampage III black edition
Memory: 6x4GB Corsair Vengence DDR3 1600 (Overkill I know, but I got a deal on 24gb for $75 at a local store that was closing)
Boot/OS drive: G.Skill sniper 120GB SSD
HDD: Seagate Barracuda XT 2TB @7200 RPM
Graphics: 2x EVGA GTX570 SC @ 797Mhz & 1280MB each
PSU: Corsair 1000HX, 1000 watt