Low FPS, Can't work out why?

[johndahon94]

Hey guys,I'll start with my setup
i5 3570k @ 4.2
970 x2 in sli
16gb ram
750w antec psu

About 2weeks ago I noticed my fps in csgo had dropped from 300-500 all the way down to 140-250 assuming this was something to do with a csgo update I did nothing about it untill I noticed I was getting fps spikes in gta5 and black ops 3 then I asked a friend to check his fps in csgo and he still has around 400.

So far I've reinstalled windows, played around with cpu voltage, tried both cards on there own, tested psu with a multimeter, tried running with just one stick of ram and tried old drivers.

I literally have no idea where to go from here or what could be causing my recent random drop in performance so any help or ideas would be appreciated .

Thanks in advance, John

 

[SammChisnall]

Try running CS:GO on just the one card rather than SLI. Running one 290x i get about 300fps but in CFX i get about 40fps. As for GTA has the fps issues only just started? try lowering a few settings such as view distance and population density as they eat processing power.

 

[johndahon94]

Yea I get a slightly higher fps on csgo when running one card but its still lower then it was a few weeks ago with 2 cards a few weeks ago and yea the gta issues have just started, all around the same time I've noticed a performance loss in all games, some more then others.

 

[SammChisnall]

So is it the entire pc has slowed down? maybe speed check the HDD using something like DxTory, that shouldnt be the issue but its worth a check if you're running out of ideas. Also run some benchmarks (Firestrike, Unigine etc.) and monitor what % usage you are getting out of your CPU/GPU and what power is being provided (elimate the possibility of throttling) using something like MSI Afterburner/CPUZ.

 

[johndahon94]

I've noticed performance drops in games running off both my hdd and ssd so I doubt that's it, although tell me if I could be wrong.
My temps haven't been a issue as I've been keeping an eye on them.
I'll download something to benchmark on now and get back to you.
thanks for the help

 

[johndahon94]

Here is a screenshot of my Unigine results

http://imgur.com/TeOIERK

all the percentages remained fairly low apart from the one I circled red in paint, I'm not quite sure what that one's for though.