Is something wrong with my Asus GTX 960 Strix (4GB)?

[Xpexzz]

I recently built a pc, and I thought with the specs I have I would be able to play about any game I want (Considering I play most triple A titles on console.), but the other day my friend and I both benchmarked our CPUs and GPUS, and he out performed me in both areas (Keep in mind he has a i5 4690k and a GTX 950 (2GB), and I have a i5 6400 and a GTX 960 (4GB). Out first I thought there may be some bottleneck, but I don't think that could be it, also when we play any game together (FTB, CS:GO, Etc.) he pulls better frames than I do. I've talked to a few people already and none of them were any help, I've already heard "It's because of your internet" and "It's because of your monitor", the last thing I could think of is it may be a faulty part, but I have no idea how to test that, so please, any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

 

[krotos1970]

First thing that comes to mind is his CPU is unlocked (hence the k at the end of the model) and yours is not, second thing he probably has both his CPU and GPU overclocked and you probably don't?
Check those things out.

 

[Tradesman1]

You have a slightly better GPU, he has the stronger CPU (and it's OCable), depending on the game are prob going to be close regardless, you might get a slight edge in the GPU dependent games, and him in CPU, but the stronger CPU can also feed his GPU faster which can level things out, the GPUs 4GB vs 2GB in many games isn't really going to be a factor at 1080 on a single screen

 

[Xpexzz]

I've asked him that already, he doesn't overclock either. He doesn't have enough cooling for the CPU and he's never really looked into overclocking his GPU.

 

[Xpexzz]

That actually makes a lot of sense, only thing I'm still confused on his how he was able to out preform me in a GPU benchmark.

 

[Tradesman1]

I've asked him that already, he doesn't overclock either. He doesn't have enough cooling for the CPU and he's never really looked into overclocking his GPU.

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That's why I mentioned it's OC able, but even at stock it's a bit stronger CPU than yours. On the benchmark, it may be a GPU BM, but still the CPU feeds it and background processes and open apps can play in also. You can at times take a weaker GPU and make it look better with a stronger CPU