[SOLVED] GPU is not running at it's full power

[postolacheandrei182]

Hi guys, i recently bought a pc:
GTX 1060 6GB OC from MSI
Ryzen 7 1700
8gb of ram at 2400mhz
Asrock AB350m Pro4 motherboard
Seasonic S12II-520 bronze 520W PSU.
I'm using MSI Afterburner and I found out that my GPU is not running at it's full power. I saw a lot of benchmarks tests on yt before buying this(in games) and i noticed the GPU was running around 95%-99% and mine is doing just 40%-80% in the same games. That causes me FPS drops and i can't solve this problem.
I hope you can help me with this.

 

[NightHawkRMX]

What are your temperatures looking like? What Nvidia driver revision are you using? Is your cpu or ram fully utilized causing your card to be underutilized? If that happens with this setup there is a problem.

 

[postolacheandrei182]

The GPU is running like 60-65(maximum) and the CPU around 40 degrees Celsius. I'm using the latest drivers. The CPU and RAM memory are not fully utilized.

 

[NightHawkRMX]

What game(s) does this happen in?

 

[postolacheandrei182]

GTA 5, AC ODYSSEY BF5, RING OF ELYSIUM, ETS2 AND PUBG.

 

[drivinfast247]

Is that 8gb RAM a single stick? If so, that's a big part of your problem. You really need a 2x4(2x8gb preferred) in 3000mhz or higher for best performance. Right now your CPU is being held back by slow, probably single channel RAM which in turn holds back the GPU.

 

[postolacheandrei182]

Yes, it's a single stick.

 

[NightHawkRMX]

That could be the problem, however, an AMD Ryzen 7 1700, even when memory bandwidth starved, shouldn't limit a GTX 1060. An overclock to 2666 or 3000mhz will help your ram, so I would give your ram a quick overclock and see what happens.

 

[postolacheandrei182]

Ok, I will give it a try.