GTX 970 Not performing compared to other 970's

[hjhj800]

My ASUS Strix GTX 970 isn't performing as it should, atleast i think it's the graphics card. My cousin's pc also has a MSI GTX 970 with a i5 6600k and he gets like 20-30 fps more in h1z1 and cs:go.


My specs:
I7-6700K
Asus Strix GTX 970
2x8 GB Kingston
Windows 10
Speccy link: https://gyazo.com/0dc27d73f12923f8d123cbcee242644e

The first spike is in Rocket league and the second is in the H1Z1, as you can see on the screenshots the gpu usage rarely drops below 80% in RL. RL is the only game where i actually get the fps i would expect from the GTX 970, while in h1z1 it's just hovering around 30-40%.
Performance test, Rocket League and H1Z1
https://gyazo.com/f8a9b84e4e47e7c3bf327a8fa37306d0
https://gyazo.com/e0b2e513e60d5e20bca14aee8abc0868
https://gyazo.com/c28b26b13c4ed0866108630250837cc3
https://gyazo.com/2dc46b8c64e2f1f28cfecfac1cdcec60
https://gyazo.com/ab8265bbeffa755b428ac9a490a6d514
https://gyazo.com/d860594fa70d3fe57fa49a5f9971f14d
https://gyazo.com/0cdc061d5968deb972ac14a50920e160
https://gyazo.com/904a647c45f6e1748a268affaf06070d

Performance test, Valley Benchmark - 2500 Score
https://gyazo.com/1f63ea3850a77201dc31a70a220a641e
https://gyazo.com/7b1459ed8342a6e6ad6ac5679feecf32
https://gyazo.com/3eaf358f8cb918bf46defea82cc0b6ad
https://gyazo.com/02cdc3258eabaebc86ac2ec6c2785392
https://gyazo.com/ad5da64043c038d2c3e9d541b44c9159
https://gyazo.com/5fc3a2507dd810deda5d89711ae9607e

Unfortunately i didn't built the pc back when i got it two years ago. I bought it from a danish website mm vision.

Any help will be very appreciated

 

[n0ns3ns3]

are you using the same game settings as your cousin ?
is your 970 running on the same clocks as his ?

 

[hjhj800]

are you using the same game settings as your cousin ?
is your 970 running on the same clocks as his ?

Yes, im running the same game settings and we're both at default clockspeeds

 

[n0ns3ns3]

Since your GPU temp, clocks and utilization under load seems to be fine, and you both using exactly same settings (including monitor resolution) I'm out of ideas.

 

[terry4536]

The MSi GTX 970 did have a better factory overclock (than the Asus Strix GTX 070). But they are both over-clockable graphics cards.

I wouldn't think it would account for that much difference. You may have fewer system resources though.

Go to Task Manager/Startup and cleanup the applications running in the background. Disable those with medium and high impact on startup plus any applications that are not used every few days. You can also go to Performance Options and increase the Virtual Memory. I suggest 10000 MB Min and 15000 MB Max on your system drive.