GTX 970 Usage, Voltage, FPS Also i5 4690k Usage Drops

[blithe]

Hello. I am having FPS drops, freezing and stuttering problems with my pc in like all games. BF4, Civ 5, DayZ, Arma 3, Dragon Age even euro truck simulator.

- Just bought this rig, formatted and freshly installed win 8.1 64 bit and all updated drivers.
- BIOS and All Drivers Updated.
- Avast Premier Installed and no virus, trojan so far. Newly formatted.
- Cpu and Gpu Temps are Normal.
- Gpu not overclocked.
- No background applications running maybe only browsers
- HDD and SSD bad sector scanned.. Some games are in SSD, Some are in HDD. Windows installed in SSD C drive.
- Nvidia lastest drivers installed. Newly formatted.
- Tried stock cpu clocks.
- Ram xmp profile selected 1.
- Tried without msi after burner still same.
- Integrated Graphics are disabled in Bios
- Nvidia control panel max performance mode selected also in windows power settings..
- All games are original, from steam and origin and all updated.

EVGA OC Scanner Logs
OC Scanner X Tessellation DoF : http://www.ozone3d.net/gpudb/score.php?which=80581
OC Scanner X Plasma (1M-particle) : http://www.ozone3d.net/gpudb/score.php?which=80595
OC Scanner X 4M Particle : http://www.ozone3d.net/gpudb/score.php?which=80586
OC Scanner X PhysX 3 Fluids v1 (GPU) : http://www.ozone3d.net/gpudb/score.php?which=80587
OC Scanner X PhysX 3 Fluids v1 (CPU) : http://www.ozone3d.net/gpudb/score.php?which=80588
OC Scanner X PhysX 3 Rigid Bodies v1 (CPU) : http://www.ozone3d.net/gpudb/score.php?which=80589
OC Scanner X Furry E (GPU core burner) : http://www.ozone3d.net/gpudb/score.php?which=80594
3D Mark FireStrike: http://www.3dmark.com/fs/3817792

Unigene Heaven MSI After Burner Log:

Shadow of Mordor:
When stuttering and fps drops happens stats :

Normal game experience stats:

MSI Afterburner log of game:

This is my video:
[video="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNKE7kdWo_A"][/video]


AS SSD BENCHMARK RESULTS

SSD

HDD

ATTO BENCHMARK RESULTS

SSD

HDD

HD TUNE BENCHMARK RESULTS

SSD

HDD

MEMTEST86 BENCHMARK RESULTS

Here is my full rig:
Windows 8.1 64 Bit on SSD
GIGABYTE Z97X-Gaming 5 (Rev1.0) Motherboard Here is link: http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4953
Intel i5 4690k @ 4.3 GHZ OC. CPU - Cooler Master HYPER 103 LGA CPU Cooler
GSKILL 8gb (2X4GB) RipjawsX DDR3 1600 CL9 1.5V Dual RAM
Evga GTX 970 SuperClock ACX 2.0 GPU
Corsair LS SATA 3 120 GB SSD
Seagate 3.5" 1TB Barracuda HDD
Cooler Master G750M 80Plus 750w PSU
Zalman Z3 Plus MidT ATX CASE

 

[Pr3di]

Check if you Integrated Graphics are disabled in Bios.
I`m thinking maybe the integrated are trying to kick in at certain moments, and cause the low usage in GPU and low FPS.

 

[blithe]

Check if you Integrated Graphics are disabled in Bios.
I`m thinking maybe the integrated are trying to kick in at certain moments, and cause the low usage in GPU and low FPS.

Integrated Graphics are disabled ATM in Bios. Should I enable it or leave as it is ?

 

[gwapito]

I assume that there is or there are processes running in the background. Try to go msconfig and under startup tab try to disable all except software for the video card, Then go to processes tab, tick the box that says hide all windows something then try to disable all. Try if it works

 

[gwapito]

oh i just watched your video and its online game. Stuttering happens during online and offline gaming? try to observe offline gaming... It could be your internet connection

 

[blithe]

oh i just watched your video and its online game. Stuttering happens during online and offline gaming? try to observe offline gaming... It could be your internet connection

It's happening offline too.

 

[Pr3di]

Did you try to close MSI Afterburner and disable Origin in-game?
Here`s how to do it:
Origin > Application Settings > Notifications > uncheck all
Origin > Application Settings > Origin In Game > uncheck "Enable Origin In Game"

 

[Simon Ayres]

you can try forcing your power mode to max performance in nvidia control panel.

 

[blithe]

Guys, I did everything what you suggested and still same problem. I added msi afterburner log to thread please check that...

 

[gwapito]

*Reset your cpu and gpu to stock settings. it might be throttling due to heat. I use
hwinfo64 to check my temps and if there is any throttling from my cpu or gpu.
*you can try to disable all power management option in bios so the system runs optimize.

 

[blithe]

Some of new logs has been added.

 

[blithe]

New video added.

 

[Pr3di]

By the MSI Afterburner Graph it would seem that the GPU is bottlenecking your system (hard to believe).

It`s either a very bad driver problem, or a dud GPU.

So, remove the drivers properly using this: http://www.overclock.net/t/1150443/how-to-remove-your-nvidia-gpu-drivers
And install the latest from Nvidia (not EVGA) website.

If this still doesn`t work, I would RMA the card... and even get a different one if possible. I couldn`t be more thrilled with my 970 Gaming G1 (Well maybe if it would also cook for me...).

 

[Simon Ayres]

The large frame spikes coincide with scene transitions so i would not worry overly much about them, looks like the GPU is not throttling your system.
In shadow of mordor have you maxed out textures? of so turn them down to the second highest, it states that to run maxed you need 6GB of VRAM. that should alleviate the stutter in that game at least.

 

[blithe]

New benchmark results added.

 

[Simon Ayres]

how much of you vram is being used?