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yvgpio

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My games aren't achieving the FPS they should be according to benchmark videos. I have tried doing a slight overclock (I assume it was an overclock) which barely helped (+10-20 fps in games). Any ideas on what could be the cause?

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PC Specs
Intel core I5 11400f
Powercolor fighter radeon rx 6600
Cooler master elite v3 500w
Adata xpg spectrix d41 3200mhz cl16 2x8
Kingston NV2 512gb
Toshiba P300 1tb

Note: if needed, the FPS difference in games is approximately 100 FPS less than what I should be getting according to benchmark videos.
 
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Welcome to the forums, newcomer!

Intel core I5 11400f
How are you cooling the processor? Make and model of your case?

Cooler master elite v3 500w
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Scroll down to Tier-E, that might be the root of your issues.

besides that I'd see if you can use DDU, remove all GPU drivers(intel, Nvidia and AMD) in Safe Mode, then manually reinstall the latest GPU driver sourced from AMD's support site in an elevated command.

On a note: if needed the fps difference in games is approximately 100 fps less than what I should be getting in games according to benchmark videos
Might want to elaborate on these videos by providing links.
 
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I wouldn't be suprised if it is motherboard is holding you back on clock speed to avoid cooking itself. That board has 0 vrm heatsinks, and the vrm design isn't great either. How full are your storage drives. Are you playing off the SSD or HDD? I 2nd getting a beter PSU. That one is a terrible quality unit.
 
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logainofhades said:
I wouldn't be suprised if it is motherboard is holding you back on clock speed to avoid cooking itself. That board has 0 vrm heatsinks, and the vrm design isn't great either. How full are your storage drives. Are you playing off the SSD or HDD? I 2nd getting a beter PSU. That one is a terrible quality unit.
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The storage is fine, I've got somewhere around 100gb left on the ssd. Both games are on the ssd drive.
 
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yvgpio said:
My computer isn't getting the fps it should be getting according to benchmark videos. I have tried doing a slight overclock (I assume it was an overclock) which helped barely (+10-20 fps in games). Any ideas on what could be the cause?
H0H03Gu.png
rD8WhJG.png


My pc parts are:
Intel core I5 11400f
Powercolor fighter radeon rx 6600
Cooler master elite v3 500w
Adata xpg spectrix d41 3200mhz cl16 2x8
Kingston NV2 512gb
Toshiba P300 1tb

On a note: if needed the fps difference in games is approximately 100 fps less than what I should be getting in games according to benchmark videos
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Run this with the browser closed and post a link to the results page.

 
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You have a lot of monitoring to do to figure out if and why your computer underperforms. Get HWMonitor and let it run in background when you play a game. Then check for max CPU clock speed, CPU max temperature, average and max GPU load, max GPU clock, max ram usage. The goal is to figure out if you are CPU or GPU limited. For example, a low average GPU usage combined with a high CPU temperature and a CPU clock that doesn't reach its boost target on any cores would mean that your CPU throttles down because it's overheating.

Also make sure your GPU is in the top PCIe slot, not the bottom one.
 
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JayGau said:
Userbenchmark should be banned from any serious forums. Those guys lost all credibility in the last few years. They became a joke and I wouldn't trust anything coming from this site.
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They can be useful for diagnosing where something can be possibly underperforming. Often it has helped users here catch stuff like the fact they forgot to enable XMP, or we find that their storage drives are full. Yes it sucks for comparisons, though. It's just a tool in the toolbox kinda thing.
 
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logainofhades said:
They can be useful for diagnosing where something can be possibly underperforming. Often it has helped users here catch stuff like the fact they forgot to enable XMP, or we find that their storage drives are full. Yes it sucks for comparisons, though. It's just a tool in the toolbox kinda thing.
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Yes, I used to like them for this very reason (identying problems with underforming hardware), but their childish war against AMD that took laughable proportions in the last 3 or 4 years makes me doubt of everything they say now. Who knows if an underperforming GPU (or CPU), according to them, is really underperforming or the results are not just tweaked to make AMD look bad. I mean, it's not just some subtle bias, it's totally insane how much they openly express their hate for AMD.
 
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Yea their hate for AMD is pretty bad. But when you are using the tool as we are, it's comparing it to other cpu's of the same model. Their stupid scoring system doesn't really matter for troubleshooting. All we care here is everything performing as good, worse, or better of the same components of benches run by others. Anyway, we are getting off topic here, and should come back to the OP's problem at hand.


OP, you might want to get hardware monitor, and check all temps. CPU, GPU, and motherboard VRM.
 
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logainofhades said:
Yea their hate for AMD is pretty bad. But when you are using the tool as we are, it's comparing it to other cpu's of the same model. Their stupid scoring system doesn't really matter for troubleshooting. All we care here is everything performing as good, worse, or better of the same components of benches run by others. Anyway, we are getting off topic here, and should come back to the OP's problem at hand.


OP, you might want to get hardware monitor, and check all temps. CPU, GPU, and motherboard VRM.
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Im confident about the cpu not overheating. Under full load its somewhere around 70c, Gpu under load is approximately on hotspot 93 c. I do not know how to check the VRMs temperature though.
edit: should i use that userbenchmark tool or not? if yes then id appreciate providing the tool for it. Thanks
 
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yvgpio said:
Im confident about the cpu not overheating. Under full load its somewhere around 70c, Gpu under load is approximately on hotspot 93 c. I do not know how to check the VRMs temperature though.
edit: should i use that userbenchmark tool or not? if yes then id appreciate providing the tool for it. Thanks
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Yes run the benchmark with the browser closed and provide a link to the results page.

Use the link I gave above.
 
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logainofhades said:
They can be useful for diagnosing where something can be possibly underperforming. Often it has helped users here catch stuff like the fact they forgot to enable XMP, or we find that their storage drives are full. Yes it sucks for comparisons, though. It's just a tool in the toolbox kinda thing.
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I don't understand how benchmarks can be relied upon, since there is never a complete match to the system compared to on the benchmark.
 
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Bob.B said:
UBM does not work very well with all that background stuff you have running.

Did you close the browser before running the benchmark?
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Yep I did. Although I think I forgot to close an app called wallpaper engine which could have affected the results? I'll redo the benchmark when there's another slot available.
 
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