GTX 770 low GPU usage, huge headache!

[Key33]

So every game that I have played on this computer (Edler Scrolls Online, Final Fantasy XIV, and Wildstar beta) has been sticking right around 30-40 frames per second on ultra settings. I will even turn it down to medium or low settings for each and only reach around a 5-10 fps boost. I have monitored each core while in game and reaching around 50 percent as the highest usage in a single core. My GPU is only hitting high 60's to low 70's percent usage when playing the games mentioned above.

When running prime 95 My cpu temp hits 49 celcius and hits 100 percent usage.
When running Heavens score My gpu temp hits 69 celcius and still only hits 85 percent usage.
Heaven Benchmark 4.0
FPS: 37.1
Score: 934
Min FPS: 9.9
Max FPS: 86.4
1920x1080 8xAA Fullscreen
Ultra Quality
Extreme Tessellation

cpu: i7-4930k
gpu:Gigabyte 4gb gtx 770 windforce 3x (running driver 337.50)
psu: Evga supernova 1300W (overkill I know)
ram: G. Skill Ripjaws Z series16gb (4x4) 1866
mobo: Asus x79 Deluxe
os: Windows 8.1

Any suggestions/info would be appreciated, this has given me such an explosive headache haha.

 

[sk8termatt]

So every game that I have played on this computer (Edler Scrolls Online, Final Fantasy XIV, and Wildstar beta) has been sticking right around 30-40 frames per second on ultra settings. I will even turn it down to medium or low settings for each and only reach around a 5-10 fps boost. I have monitored each core while in game and reaching around 50 percent as the highest usage in a single core. My GPU is only hitting high 60's to low 70's percent usage when playing the games mentioned above.

When running prime 95 My cpu temp hits 49 celcius and hits 100 percent usage.
When running Heavens score My gpu temp hits 69 celcius and still only hits 85 percent usage.
Heaven Benchmark 4.0
FPS: 37.1
Score: 934
Min FPS: 9.9
Max FPS: 86.4
1920x1080 8xAA Fullscreen
Ultra Quality
Extreme Tessellation

cpu: i7-4930k
gpu:Gigabyte 4gb gtx 770 windforce 3x (running driver 337.50)
psu: Evga supernova 1300W (overkill I know)
ram: G. Skill Ripjaws Z series16gb (4x4) 1866
mobo: Asus x79 Deluxe
os: Windows 8.1

Any suggestions/info would be appreciated, this has given me such an explosive headache haha.

That's odd, with system specs like that those fps scores are pretty low. I have the same card and the temps sound good, and the usage is similar to mine. Do you mind running a novabench benchmark to compare with mine, or 3d mark fire strike? A system reset will tell you if it's hardware related. You could create a system image and try a factory reset to see if it fixes the problem, and if not just restore from the system image (that's what I did and fixed my low fps problem).

Edit: That looks like a beta driver (that might be the problem, beta-drivers can be unstable)? You might want to uninstall all your Nividia software and drivers and use a driver cleaner to remove the remnants. Then re-install the latest (non-beta) drivers.

 

[Mouldread]

Hey,

Have you unparked your CPU cores? I don't have personal experience but have read on various forums how to do it. There are even some programs doing it for you. Try this http://www.coderbag.com/Programming-C/Disable-CPU-Core-Parking-Utility if you want.

The only other thing I could suggest is a clean drivers installation if you still haven't done it. Use http://www.guru3d.com/files_details/display_driver_uninstaller_download.html or similar to remove your old drivers and then make a clean installation of the latest drivers from nVidia's website.

 

[Key33]

That's odd, with system specs like that those fps scores are pretty low. I have the same card and the temps sound good, and the usage is similar to mine. Do you mind running a novabench benchmark to compare with mine, or 3d mark fire strike? A system reset will tell you if it's hardware related. You could create a system image and try a factory reset to see if it fixes the problem, and if not just restore from the system image (that's what I did and fixed my low fps problem).

Edit: That looks like a beta driver (that might be the problem, beta-drivers can be unstable)? You might want to uninstall all your Nividia software and drivers and use a driver cleaner to remove the remnants. Then re-install the latest (non-beta) drivers.

Thank you very much for the reply, I will run a fire strike test later tonight but last time I did a fire strike it was just slightly lower than other 770 scores and higher then a few. I will also try a restore later but I haven't had the pc but for just a little over a month maybe and has always had this problem (I just thought it was the game eso because lots of people complained of the low fps).

Hey,

Have you unparked your CPU cores? I don't have personal experience but have read on various forums how to do it. There are even some programs doing it for you. Try this http://www.coderbag.com/Programming-C/Disable-CPU-Core-Parking-Utility if you want.

The only other thing I could suggest is a clean drivers installation if you still haven't done it. Use http://www.guru3d.com/files_details/display_driver_uninstaller_download.html or similar to remove your old drivers and then make a clean installation of the latest drivers from nVidia's website.

Thanks for the reply also very much appreciated. yes I checked to ensure my cores were unparked and they were already unparked. I did try a clean driver install with no luck. 🙁 I wouldn't mind oc'ing my gpu but I don't see how that would help increase the usage of my gpu. It just feels like no matter what the process is (from low settings to ultra) The card does below average performance.

 

[sk8termatt]

That's odd, with system specs like that those fps scores are pretty low. I have the same card and the temps sound good, and the usage is similar to mine. Do you mind running a novabench benchmark to compare with mine, or 3d mark fire strike? A system reset will tell you if it's hardware related. You could create a system image and try a factory reset to see if it fixes the problem, and if not just restore from the system image (that's what I did and fixed my low fps problem).

Edit: That looks like a beta driver (that might be the problem, beta-drivers can be unstable)? You might want to uninstall all your Nividia software and drivers and use a driver cleaner to remove the remnants. Then re-install the latest (non-beta) drivers.

Thank you very much for the reply, I will run a fire strike test later tonight but last time I did a fire strike it was just slightly lower than other 770 scores and higher then a few. I will also try a restore later but I haven't had the pc but for just a little over a month maybe and has always had this problem (I just thought it was the game eso because lots of people complained of the low fps).

Hey,

Have you unparked your CPU cores? I don't have personal experience but have read on various forums how to do it. There are even some programs doing it for you. Try this http://www.coderbag.com/Programming-C/Disable-CPU-Core-Parking-Utility if you want.

The only other thing I could suggest is a clean drivers installation if you still haven't done it. Use http://www.guru3d.com/files_details/display_driver_uninstaller_download.html or similar to remove your old drivers and then make a clean installation of the latest drivers from nVidia's website.

Thanks for the reply also very much appreciated. yes I checked to ensure my cores were unparked and they were already unparked. I did try a clean driver install with no luck. 🙁 I wouldn't mind oc'ing my gpu but I don't see how that would help increase the usage of my gpu. It just feels like no matter what the process is (from low settings to ultra) The card does below average performance.

I had a similar problem before with my card and the only fix for me was a fresh factory restore of my system, I didnt have many files at the time so it was not a problem for me. I still do not know what the problem was, but I might have messed up something when changing some settings in the bios.

 

[deathcrush87]

hi there!

try to change you power settings from balanced to performance (or whatever the highest option is) in control panel and see if that helps.
but if you ask me, its not your system, its the games not optimized to use the whole power of your pc.