GTX 1080 and 5820k, correct benchmark scores?

[Benovation]

Hey guys! I just got my system up and running (16gb 2400 MHz DDR4, Gtx 1080 FTW, i7-5820k, 850w EVGA PSU, X99A SLI Plus) and I have been tinkering and overclocking and when my cpu is at 4.3 GHz and my gpu is +80 to the core and +150 to the memory, in Unigine Heaven I'm getting only around the high 2800s or low 2900s for score. This seems a bit low by 200-300 points... any reason why that might be? Or perhaps this is a normal score? If anyone knows the answer or can help, I'd GREATLY appreciate it.

 

[Deleted member 217926]

I don't know what you should be getting exactly but unless you are using 4 x 4GB sticks of memory you are crippling the memory subsystem. X99 is quad channel and needs 4 x match sticks. Running 2 x sticks in dual channel mode is halving the memory bandwidth. That's not going to translate to anywhere near double real world performance but it could be causing you to underperform.

 

[Benovation]

I don't know what you should be getting exactly but unless you are using 4 x 4GB sticks of memory you are crippling the memory subsystem. X99 is quad channel and needs 4 x match sticks. Running 2 x sticks in dual channel mode is halving the memory bandwidth. That's not going to translate to anywhere near double real world performance but it could be causing you to underperform.

I am using 4 sticks in quad channel configuration.

 

[Deleted member 217926]

That's not the problem then.

It's almost unusual to see 4GB DDR4 sticks, that's why I brought it up.

 

[Benovation]

That's not the problem then.

It's almost unusual to see 4GB DDR4 sticks, that's why I brought it up.

Yeah, its 4x 4gb DDR4 sticks. Any other reasons I could be getting kinda low scores?

 

[Deleted member 217926]

Really hard to tell. The scores you're comparing against using the same memory configuration? Speed and size? Same storage? Instead of synthetics try benchmarking with a game.