GTX 970 performing at half the performance? (CPU Thermal Throttling Issue)

[ILikePie2575]

I recently built me a new rig and my GTX 970 isn't nearly doing as good as I thought it would. I'm getting 5000-6000 Score on 3DMark and I have no idea why.
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/4421016
I even compared the results to people who nearly have the EXACT same build I do and it just doesn't make sense! Please help!
http://www.3dmark.com/compare/fs/2973128/fs/3016025

 

[limitzvfxgoespc]

what are your specs?

 

[oczdude8]

Well If you look closely, your graphics score is almost the same, but your physicis score is terrible. Physics is handled by the CPU. There is nothing wrong with the 970, your CPU is not working correctly. This may be due to overheating.

 

[Joseph DeGarmo]

The CPU may be bottlenecking the GTX 970 in that test. Are you still getting decent fps in games? If not, then you may need to upgrade the CPU to an i7. The GTX 970 is nearly as strong as a GTX 780 Ti and could be overwhelming your CPU.

 

[limitzvfxgoespc]

Well If you look closely, your graphics score is almost the same, but your physicis score is terrible. Physics is handled by the CPU. There is nothing wrong with the 970, your CPU is not working correctly. This may be due to overheating.

The CPU may be bottlenecking the GTX 970 in that test. Are you still getting decent fps in games? If not, then you may need to upgrade the CPU to an i7. The GTX 970 is nearly as strong as a GTX 780 Ti and could be overwhelming your CPU.

the i5 is not the bottleneck *end of story*

 

[limitzvfxgoespc]

I recently built me a new rig and my GTX 970 isn't nearly doing as good as I thought it would. I'm getting 5000-6000 Score on 3DMark and I have no idea why.
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/4421016
I even compared the results to people who nearly have the EXACT same build I do and it just doesn't make sense! Please help!
http://www.3dmark.com/compare/fs/2973128/fs/3016025

I would re-install the drivers or re-install windows

 

[ILikePie2575]

I recently built me a new rig and my GTX 970 isn't nearly doing as good as I thought it would. I'm getting 5000-6000 Score on 3DMark and I have no idea why.
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/4421016
I even compared the results to people who nearly have the EXACT same build I do and it just doesn't make sense! Please help!
http://www.3dmark.com/compare/fs/2973128/fs/3016025

I would re-install the drivers or re-install windows

Holy crap, that response was near instant. I'll try reinstalling the drivers

 

[ILikePie2575]

what are your specs?

My Specs are this: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3VVh23

 

[ILikePie2575]

I recently built me a new rig and my GTX 970 isn't nearly doing as good as I thought it would. I'm getting 5000-6000 Score on 3DMark and I have no idea why.
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/4421016
I even compared the results to people who nearly have the EXACT same build I do and it just doesn't make sense! Please help!
http://www.3dmark.com/compare/fs/2973128/fs/3016025

I would re-install the drivers or re-install windows

Quick question, what drivers do I reinstall? The CPU drivers? And I don't know exactly where to find them either. Sorry.

 

[oczdude8]

I would advise you to re-read my original post. I said the OPs cpu is NOT WORKING AS EXPECTED, not it is bottlenecking. This is CLEAR from the link the OP posted. A similar system with the same CPU gets a physics score of 6748.0 while the OP's system gets a physics score of 1949.0 .

this is also NOT a driver issue. there are NO CPU drivers. ILIKEPIE2575, please download hwmonitor and run 3dmark again, and repost here the max cpu temps, as shown by hwmonitor. I feel like your CPU is overheating and thus throttling performance to prevent damage.

 

[Damn_Rookie]

I would advise you to re-read my original post. I said the OPs cpu is NOT WORKING AS EXPECTED, not it is bottlenecking. This is CLEAR from the link the OP posted. A similar system with the same CPU gets a physics score of 6748.0 while the OP's system gets a physics score of 1949.0 .

this is also NOT a driver issue. there are NO CPU drivers. ILIKEPIE2575, please download hwmonitor and run 3dmark again, and repost here the max cpu temps, as shown by hwmonitor. I feel like your CPU is overheating and thus throttling performance to prevent damage.

Good spot on the poor physics score. The second link the OP posted has one oddity; under "maximum turbo core clock", the OP's system says 1,596 MHz, while the sytem being compared against reports a more accurate 3,591 MHz. Definitely sounds like something is off about the current setup of the CPU, be it overheating, or an incorrect setting in the BIOS.

 

[ILikePie2575]

I would advise you to re-read my original post. I said the OPs cpu is NOT WORKING AS EXPECTED, not it is bottlenecking. This is CLEAR from the link the OP posted. A similar system with the same CPU gets a physics score of 6748.0 while the OP's system gets a physics score of 1949.0 .

this is also NOT a driver issue. there are NO CPU drivers. ILIKEPIE2575, please download hwmonitor and run 3dmark again, and repost here the max cpu temps, as shown by hwmonitor. I feel like your CPU is overheating and thus throttling performance to prevent damage.

Okay. Thank you so much man. I'm sorry I didn't catch your response. Yeah, my Temps are off the charts. I think I'm gonna try and take out the CPU and buy new thermal paste and reapply it. Because I think I messed it up when I was building my PC since it was my first time. I don't even know how it's working right now. I have temps at 90+ degrees Celsius. That would explain a lot. Lol.

 

[limitzvfxgoespc]

I would advise you to re-read my original post. I said the OPs cpu is NOT WORKING AS EXPECTED, not it is bottlenecking. This is CLEAR from the link the OP posted. A similar system with the same CPU gets a physics score of 6748.0 while the OP's system gets a physics score of 1949.0 .

this is also NOT a driver issue. there are NO CPU drivers. ILIKEPIE2575, please download hwmonitor and run 3dmark again, and repost here the max cpu temps, as shown by hwmonitor. I feel like your CPU is overheating and thus throttling performance to prevent damage.

Okay. Thank you so much man. I'm sorry I didn't catch your response. Yeah, my Temps are off the charts. I think I'm gonna try and take out the CPU and buy new thermal paste and reapply it. Because I think I messed it up when I was building my PC since it was my first time. I don't even know how it's working right now. I have temps at 90+ degrees Celsius. That would explain a lot. Lol.

that is high lol! is it a second hand cpu?

 

[oczdude8]

I would advise you to re-read my original post. I said the OPs cpu is NOT WORKING AS EXPECTED, not it is bottlenecking. This is CLEAR from the link the OP posted. A similar system with the same CPU gets a physics score of 6748.0 while the OP's system gets a physics score of 1949.0 .

this is also NOT a driver issue. there are NO CPU drivers. ILIKEPIE2575, please download hwmonitor and run 3dmark again, and repost here the max cpu temps, as shown by hwmonitor. I feel like your CPU is overheating and thus throttling performance to prevent damage.

Okay. Thank you so much man. I'm sorry I didn't catch your response. Yeah, my Temps are off the charts. I think I'm gonna try and take out the CPU and buy new thermal paste and reapply it. Because I think I messed it up when I was building my PC since it was my first time. I don't even know how it's working right now. I have temps at 90+ degrees Celsius. That would explain a lot. Lol.

Great, glad to know you found the problem. If you need some help installing the heatsink, look up some youtube videos to make sure you get it right.

 

[salawow]

If you have the stock cooler, try pressing gently the center of the fan with your finger while the PC is running (the fan will not stop spinning) and monitor the temperature. (in bios is good). If the temperature drops dramatically while you have your finger pushing the center of the fan, it just means your cooler is not properly in place and you will have to fix it. Just saying cause that's exactly what happened to me 2 weeks ago when building my PC. The cooler looked OK and everything, but it was in fact not properly installed. Temperature were about 60-65 idle, and were dropping to 40 with only the finger on it. (now 30-32 idle after fixing it)