[SOLVED] Bad Benchmarks

Jan 20, 2021
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Hello, ever since I built my computer, I've been receiving some poor quality benchmarks. I would guess a big reason for it is because I hadn't been overclocking anything and had XMP off, but even my SSDs had bad benchmarks.

However, after downloading the new NVIDIA driver, downloading Kombuster, and using MSI Afterburner to try to overclock my build, the "plane gpu test" is failing and aborting all subsequent tests for my GPU.

Here is a run I did today before downloading the NVIDIA driver or overclocking: https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/38731145.

And here is the benchmark after overclocking and the new driver: https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/38732653.

Afterward, there is no GPU benchmark at all. Not to mention, my CPU benchmark is still mediocre and my SSD benchmarks are abysmal (the second SSD doesn't have the required space for the test).

Last time I tried running XMP, my computer was running incredibly slow and then bluescreened. I'm not sure if this is an issue with my motherboard or too little power.

Here is my pcpartpicker link to my build: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/jasonback/saved/2rwcHx.

Is it possible that 650W isn't enough for my build or XMP? Or is the issue likely the motherboard being subpar?

I really really appreciate any insight I can get into the questions I've asked as I'm at a loss for what is the issue and what I can do.

Thank you so much for reading.
 
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  1. userbenchmark is a poor tool.
  2. BUT, it does show you one thing - "32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz " Your 3200MHz RAM is only running at the base speed of 2133.

Enable XMP and boost that up to its 3200.
Jan 20, 2021
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  1. userbenchmark is a poor tool.
  2. BUT, it does show you one thing - "32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz " Your 3200MHz RAM is only running at the base speed of 2133.
Enable XMP and boost that up to its 3200.

When I enable XMP my computer ends up bluescreening, would this be more likely to be an issue with power supply or motherboard?
I will fix the pcpcartpicker list so you can see what parts I'm using.

Also, what is wrong with userbenchmark?