[SOLVED] Low Performance with RTX 3090

[Ashman9001]

Hello. I recently was able to purchase a Asus rog strix RTX 3090 oc edition GPU, upgrading from a Rtx 2080 super. To my incredible surprise, I am getting roughly the same if not WORSE performance with my new 3090. In Warzone/Cold War I am getting about 70-80 fps with max settings (120-140 on the 2080 super), in Red Dead Redemption 2 with Ultra/high I'm getting 50-60 (110-120 on the 2080 super) and in Star Wars Battlefront 2 on max settings I am getting 60-70 fps (120-130 on the 2080 super). I thought that my CPU was bottlenecking me, though watching my CPU utilization was always less than my GPU's, I used Intel's Extreme Tuning Utility to OC my CPU to 5.1 ghz because I am new to OCing. After all that I maybe got an 5 fps increase. I am at a loss as to what could be my issue, any input would be helpful. I am frustrated that I wasted my money.

Rig:
Motherboard: ASUS z490-a
CPU: i7 10700k @ 5.1GHz
With Corsair H100i Liquid Cooler
RAM: 32g of DDR4 3200MHz
GPU: ASUS Rog Strix RTX 3090 24g OC
Storage: 1TB m.2, 1 TB SSD, 3 TB HD
PSU: EVGA 1000g+

 

[Newtonius]

What resolution is your monitor? If it's 1080p most likely you are underperforming since 1080p doesn't push the GPU as much as it does the CPU. Also try reinstalling your nvidia drivers using DDU, that is a clean way of deleting all driver files for re-installation.

 

[sizzling]

Run userbenchmark and share the public link to the results.

 

[Ashman9001]

Run userbenchmark and share the public link to the results.

Here is the results: Asus PRIME Z490-A Performance Results - UserBenchmark
Hopefully this is linked correctly. Note for some reason when I restarted my pc my Intel Extreme Utility tool reset somehow and didn't save my 5.1 setting on my cpu.

 

[Ashman9001]

What resolution is your monitor? If it's 1080p most likely you are underperforming since 1080p doesn't push the GPU as much as it does the CPU. Also try reinstalling your nvidia drivers using DDU, that is a clean way of deleting all driver files for re-installation.

Yes my monitor is 1080p, I was planning on getting a 4k monitor soon, do you think that would notably fix my issue?
Also I do plan on reinstalling my drivers, will try to do that by tomorrow.

 

[Phaaze88]

Yes my monitor is 1080p, I was planning on getting a 4k monitor soon, do you think that would notably fix my issue?

It'll get you higher gpu usage, for sure. Fps won't really go up, except if the title support DLSS.

though watching my CPU utilization was always less than my GPU's

It's not accurate to look at it that way.
The 10700K has 16 threads and should be monitored individually.
The 3090 has numerous cores/shaders that work as a single unit and can be monitored as such.

 

[Newtonius]

Yes my monitor is 1080p, I was planning on getting a 4k monitor soon, do you think that would notably fix my issue?
Also I do plan on reinstalling my drivers, will try to do that by tomorrow.

It's most likely the issue, at 1080p you're under utilizing your 3090. You can try to simulate 4k by going to nvidia control panel > manage 3d settings > scroll down till you see 'DSR Factors' - and enable it to the max. Hit apply at the bottom right and you should then be able to set your monitors display to a higher resolution. Warning, your screen will look terrible and smushed when upscaling really high, but essentially you'll be able to stress your 3090 at higher resolutions.

 

[Ashman9001]

It's most likely the issue, at 1080p you're under utilizing your 3090. You can try to simulate 4k by going to nvidia control panel > manage 3d settings > scroll down till you see 'DSR Factors' - and enable it to the max. Hit apply at the bottom right and you should then be able to set your monitors display to a higher resolution. Warning, your screen will look terrible and smushed when upscaling really high, but essentially you'll be able to stress your 3090 at higher resolutions.

I was able to do this, but I really didn't notice a difference in performance.

 

[Deleted member 2838871]

Yes my monitor is 1080p, I was planning on getting a 4k monitor soon, do you think that would notably fix my issue?

A 3090 for 1080p is a waste of a 3090.

Just being honest. Upgrade to 4K and actually make use of the card.

 

[mdd1963]

Yes, a 3090 is sort of a 'waste' at 1080P (paying ~250% of a 3080's cost for but 10% higher FPS), but, it does not even remotely explain ~50% lower framerates at 1080P than what were achieved with a 2080 Super...

See if the Heaven benchmark performs as it should.

https://benchmark.unigine.com/heaven

If so, uninstall one of the games currently plagued with lower performance, and completely install it fresh with the new GPU so that configuration with that hardware is correct.

Retest!

 

[Ashman9001]

A 3090 for 1080p is a waste of a 3090.

Just being honest. Upgrade to 4K and actually make use of the card.

Any 4k monitor recommendations?

 

[Ashman9001]

Yes, a 3090 is sort of a 'waste' at 1080P (paying ~250% of a 3080's cost for but 10% higher FPS), but, it does not even remotely explain ~50% lower framerates at 1080P than what were achieved with a 2080 Super...

See if the Heaven benchmark performs as it should.

https://benchmark.unigine.com/heaven

If so, uninstall one of the games currently plagued with lower performance, and completely install it fresh with the new GPU so that configuration with that hardware is correct.

Retest!

I wanted to get a 3080, but due the the limited stock, I got a notification of this 3090 and I just decided to just get it, and I am looking a what would be a good 4k monitor to get.
I ran the Heaven benchmark and got a score of 9350 with the quality set to ultra.
I reinstalled RDR2 and I didn't notice any change unfortunately. Tomorrow I am going to try to do reinstalling my drivers using DDU. If that doesn't fix anything, idk what else to try.

 

[Deleted member 2838871]

Any 4k monitor recommendations?

Anything ASUS would be recommended by me... that's what I was using on my old build... a 27". I paid something like $350 for it. When I built the new PC last month I upgraded to a 48" OLED which is a bit pricey for most.

 

[Newtonius]

It's most likely the issue, at 1080p you're under utilizing your 3090. You can try to simulate 4k by going to nvidia control panel > manage 3d settings > scroll down till you see 'DSR Factors' - and enable it to the max. Hit apply at the bottom right and you should then be able to set your monitors display to a higher resolution. Warning, your screen will look terrible and smushed when upscaling really high, but essentially you'll be able to stress your 3090 at higher resolutions.

Install userbenchmark and superposition unigine and run a test with them. Check if your results are the same as similar builds. Also install MSI afterburner if you haven't and keep an eye on your GPU's performance during the tests, make sure nothing is going on that you're not aware of.