evga 1070 superclocked only 70% usage

[nadav8s8kim]

hello
sorry for spelling mistakes
i resently boght a gtx 1070 and i tried to test in with a few things (novabench,nicehash miner)
the usage wont go above 70 present
my assomption is that it cant draw enough power from the psu
i have a seasonic ssr-550rt witch sould be enough
i am using a 6+2 pin pci-e connected to the 1 8pin plug in the gpu
when i test the gpu these is what the sensor board in gpu-z looks like

these are my specs:
windows 10
gpu-evga 1070 superclocked
cpu-intel core i7-4790 3.60GHz
psu-seasonic ssr-550rt -550w
a 1080 screen
thanks in advance

 

[Ramlethal]

Definitly looks like you are not using the full load of your GPU.
Have you tried Downloading MSI afterburner and unlocking the card limits in the chipset ?

 

[atomicWAR]

Whats your CPU usage like?

 

[RememberThe5th]

pushing power limit might fix it, also as upping voltage onto gpu core (it wont go over limit), Ive had perfcap only when pushed 125% onto 1050ti.

 

[nadav8s8kim]

Whats your CPU usage like?

55%

 

[herrwizo]

Using a 1070Ti on a 1080p resolution is most likely the reason for your problem. In most titles this card cannot be fully utilised @1080p even on highest details unless you have a heavily OC-ed CPU, preferably over 4.5GHz. And yours is not OC-able anyway.

55% CPU usage only means that not all cores/threads are being used, and it depends on the game, of course, but speed of individual threads is what matters the most here. So you are definitely bottlenecked by the CPU, simply owing to the fact that the game you play does not know how to use all the threads.

 

[nadav8s8kim]

pushing power limit might fix it, also as upping voltage onto gpu core (it wont go over limit), Ive had perfcap only when pushed 125% onto 1050ti.

every time i over clock it a bit the results of the benchmarks are getting abit worse
i susspect the pci-e cabels more and more

 

[herrwizo]

But hey, that's not even a problem after all. I highly doubt that your framerates are low...

 

[nadav8s8kim]

Using a 1070Ti on a 1080p resolution is most likely the reason for your problem. In most titles this card cannot be fully utilised @1080p even on highest details unless you have a heavily OC-ed CPU, preferably over 4.5GHz. And yours is not OC-able anyway.

55% CPU usage only means that not all cores/threads are being used, and it depends on the game, of course, but speed of individual threads is what matters the most here. So you are definitely bottlenecked by the CPU, simply owing to the fact that the game you play does not know how to use all the threads.

can this hurt my gtx 1070?
if not then im hapy with what i have got

 

[herrwizo]

Cannot hurt at all. It only means that it has a power to spare and can drive 1440p with high/ultra one day, if you even upgrade your monitor.

 

[boju]

Herrwizo is on the money about 1080p but that only goes so far. It's true if your monitor is 60Hz and fps locked as such would your GPU be limited. What Hz is your 1080p panel? Don't see it mentioned anywhere.

Do you use Vsync?

 

[boju]

Depending which games too, not every game will force a gpu to run at maximum.

 

[nadav8s8kim]

Herrwizo is on the money about 1080p but that only goes so far. It's true if your monitor is 60Hz and fps locked as such would your GPU be limited. What Hz is your 1080p panel? Don't see it mentioned anywhere.

Do you use Vsync?

i dont know if i use vsync
i do use a 1080 60 hz monitor
i think the bottelneck is the cpu as herrwizo said

 

[nadav8s8kim]

i have tested my gpu with the superposition benchmark and it reached 99% usage so my card is just a beast i guees
i thank all the people who helped my