Bad Game Preformance

[clifflewis360]

For some reason my games run well sometimes and poorly sometimes. Far Cry 5 stutters and freezes all the time, and Watchdogs 2 runs like trash even at 720p, my thought is that maybe it has to do with my hard drive which is failing, I look up gameplay of games with the same specs and they ALL run better, any ideas?
SPECS:EVGA GTX 1060 6gb SSC
1x8gb DDR4 Ram
Intel i5 7500 @3.4GHZ
MSI Gaming B150A Gaming Pro MB
1TB HD
240GB SSD (For OS)
Thank you

 

[Kashimi]

That's a low amount of RAM just FYI but try to reinstall all drivers for GPU and see if that helps.

 

[clifflewis360]

That's a low amount of RAM just FYI but try to reinstall all drivers for GPU and see if that helps.

I’ve tried reinstalling drivers, and I have more ram on the way but games still should run better, especially when I’m not playing 1080p, you think the hard drive is the issue it’s the oldest component in my pc

 

[Kashimi]

You can diagnose that yourself, try to install one of those games onto your SSD and see if you get similar results.

Also run a bench test and share the results. Look at voltage, temp, clock speed, and RAM usage.

 

[CRO5513Y]

Consider running a UserBenchmark. It's a benchmarking tool but it can be useful in identifying common issues or outlining what is performing far worse than it should be. Link > http://www.userbenchmark.com/. It may pickup that your CPU is running very poorly for some reason, for example. Hope this helps!

 

[clifflewis360]

You can diagnose that yourself, try to install one of those games onto your SSD and see if you get similar results.

Also run a bench test and share the results. Look at voltage, temp, clock speed, and RAM usage.

Tried Far Cry 5 it has a higher frame count but still dips hard on 1080p high

 

[Kashimi]

run the bench then. I like UNIGINE heaven 4.0

download MSI Afterburner

monitor your temp, ram usage, clock speed, and voltage. Then we can see if the card is performing up to expected standards.

 

[clifflewis360]

run the bench then. I like UNIGINE heaven 4.0

download MSI Afterburner

monitor your temp, ram usage, clock speed, and voltage. Then we can see if the card is performing up to expected standards.

I ran heaven twice first time
Min 9fps
Max 300fps
Second time
Min 32fps
Max 432fps
Both times gpu temp was 80 degrees most of the time

 

[clifflewis360]

Both were on 1366x768 resolution

 

[Kashimi]

Both were on 1366x768 resolution

What were your clock speeds and ram usage?

 

[Kashimi]

Also, why are you gaming at 1366x768?

What monitor are you using?

 

[clifflewis360]

Both were on 1366x768 resolution

What were your clock speeds and ram usage?

Gpu clock- Afterburner says 1936MHz but heaven says 2012
And ram usage is at 37%

 

[clifflewis360]

Ram usage is 3067

 

[Kashimi]

Check your power settings :
Change the power plan
To change the power plan in Windows 10, perform these actions:

At the desktop, click the Search the web and Windows box and type "sleep".
Select Power and Sleep settings, then select Additional power settings at the bottom of the screen.
The Power Options window appears.

Make sure you aren't in a power saving mode.

 

[clifflewis360]

Check your power settings :
Change the power plan
To change the power plan in Windows 10, perform these actions:

At the desktop, click the Search the web and Windows box and type "sleep".
Select Power and Sleep settings, then select Additional power settings at the bottom of the screen.
The Power Options window appears.

Make sure you aren't in a power saving mode.

It’s set to high performance

 

[Kashimi]

I don't know man, everything seems on the up and up other than the amount of RAM you have currently being low.

 

[clifflewis360]

I don't know man, everything seems on the up and up other than the amount of RAM you have currently being low.

My gpu got up to 82 degrees is that a problem before it was halfway done

 

[CRO5513Y]

I recommended running UserBenchmark not because it's a benchmark, but because at the end it compares your hardware against how it SHOULD perform and the program will notify if it detects an issue causing a low score. For example, if it finds your RAM is performing way below expectations, it might say "XMP Profile not in use" for example. So i suggest giving it a shot.

 

[Kashimi]

I recommended running UserBenchmark not because it's a benchmark, but because at the end it compares your hardware against how it SHOULD perform and the program will notify if it detects an issue causing a low score. For example, if it finds your RAM is performing way below expectations, it might say "XMP Profile not in use" for example. So i suggest giving it a shot.

I've never used UserBenchmark before. I think I'm gonna give it a try. Seems like a damn effective tool.