Question Low FPS After Reinstalling Windows

[sansnom11]

So I just reinstalled Windows 10 on my PC.

Been getting a few bugs so I decided to do a clean install since it's been several years.

The problem is, I get low FPS in all my games now.

Drivers are up to date. I tried the latest Nvidia driver as well as the previous version. Same thing, Games that should run perfectly are now laggy. Any idea?

 

[SkyNetRising]

Can you provide link to your userbenchmark test result?

 

[sansnom11]

Can you provide link to your userbenchmark test result?

Here it is.

https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/37956947

 

[sansnom11]

I just ran MSI Afterburner to see if the CPU/GPU would max out while playing a game but no. CPU usage hovers around 30% and GPU in the 40% range in the game I tried. Same with memory.

It's underperforming for some reason.

The problem isn't the hard drive either. I played the game on my HDD drive and also installed it on my SSD. Same results.

 

[SkyNetRising]

You can increase ram performance by enabling xmp.
Your 2400mhz capable ram currently it's running at 2133mhz.

Also check, if your ram is running in dual channel mode. Use CPU-Z (memory section).

 

[sansnom11]

You can increase ram performance by enabling xmp.
Your 2400mhz capable ram currently it's running at 2133mhz.

Also check, if your ram is running in dual channel mode. Use CPU-Z (memory section).

No offense, but that has nothing to do with it at all. I've tried games that run on 8 gigs of rams. I would max out these games and got over 60 Fps prior to doing a clean Windows install.

But to answer your question, yes I am running dual channel.

 

[sansnom11]

Problem found!

In the Nvidia control panel, under resolution, the refresh rate for my monitor was set to 30Hz. So I changed it.

Games run fine now

 

[Nemesia]

Problem found!

In the Nvidia control panel, under resolution, the refresh rate for my monitor was set to 30Hz. So I changed it.

Games run fine now

You should still activate the XMP profile in the BIOS. Running your 2400MHz RAM at 2133MHz is performance lost.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7QZsmkI_bU

 

[sansnom11]

You should still activate the XMP profile in the BIOS. Running your 2400MHz RAM at 2133MHz is performance lost.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7QZsmkI_bU

Thanks. That's something I never realized. Will do.

 

[sansnom11]

And thanks to @SkyNetRising for the help and pointing that out. Even though it wasn't the cause of the problem it's good to know.