Lower than expected FPS

[Blainey]

I recently upgraded my PC to

Sapphire R9 Nitro 390 - 8GB GDDR5 - 512-bit PCIE DVI-D
Corsair CW-9060024-WW Hydro Series H80i V2 120 mm High Performance All-In-One Liquid CPU Cooler - Black
AMD FX8350 Black Edition 8 Core Processor (4.0/4.2GHz, 8MB Level 3 Cache, 8MB Level 2 Cache, Socket AM3+, 125W, Retail Boxed)
Corsair CMY16GX3M2A2400C11R Vengeance Pro Series 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 2400Mhz CL11 XMP Performance Desktop Memory Kit - Red
Gigabyte 970A-UD3P Motherboard (AMD 970, SB950 DDR3, SATA, RAID, ATX, Gigabit Ethernet LAN, Socket AM3+) Rev. 2.0.
Corsair CP-9020062-UK RM Series RM1000 80 Plus Gold 1000W ATX/EPS Fully Modular Power Supply Unit
WD 1 TB 3.5-inch Internal Hard Drive - Black

I was under the impression that with these parts I would be able to run most games at a high FPS on high settings. Sadly, people who are running games on worse computers are getting much better results on the same settings. What could be going wrong?

For example, I'm trying to play Arma 3 right now. I understand that it is a heavy game to run, but my friend is using the same settings as I am at 50+ FPS while I'm sitting at 14-28

 

[Calculagator]

Try running a benchmark program like cinebench or passmark performance test. Compare your system's performance to others with the same CPU and GPU. That can give you an idea of which component is not functioning properly. If all of your benches show normal performance, then you need to revisit the programs that aren't working properly.

 

[Blainey]

Try running a benchmark program like cinebench or passmark performance test. Compare your system's performance to others with the same CPU and GPU. That can give you an idea of which component is not functioning properly. If all of your benches show normal performance, then you need to revisit the programs that aren't working properly.

How do I go about finding people with the same CPU and GPU?

 

[Dunlop0078]

Have you tried any other games other than arma? Does your friend have a somewhat modern intel cpu? In my experience the arma engine is an unoptimized pile of garbage that does not run well on anything especially AMD cpu's. My PC will run arma at over 60fps in some areas but the moment I enter a town or dense area my frame rate tanks.

Performance guide for arma: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=385577681

 

[Calculagator]

Both benchmarks I mentioned have fairly detailed search functions that let you look for similar systems. Under passmark, you can search "baselines".

 

[Blainey]

Passmark


This Computer
PerformanceTest Information:
PerformanceTest Version: 8.0 (1053) WIN64
PassMark Rating: 2520

System Information:
System Name: BLAINE-PC
Model:
Operating System: Windows 10 build 10586 (64-bit)
Motherboard Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
Motherboard Model: 970A-UD3P
Motherboard Version: x.x
BIOS Manufacturer: American Megatrends Inc.
BIOS Version: ALASKA - 1072009
BIOS Release Date: 2014/10/28

CPU Information:
Manufacturer: AuthenticAMD
Type: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core
Codename:
CPUID: Family 15, Model 2, Stepping 0, Revision OR-C2
Socket:
Lithography:
Number of CPU's: 1
Cores per CPU: 4
Logicals per Core: 2
Clock Frequencies:
Measured Speed: 4022.0 MHz [Turbo: 4130.7 MHz]
Multiplier: 20.0X
Bus Speed: 201.1 MHz
Front Side Bus Speed: (N/A)
Timing Error Ratio: 1.000
Cache per CPU package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 8 x 16 KB
L1 Data Cache: 8 x 64 KB
L2 Cache Size: 8 x 2 MB
L3 Cache: 8 MB

Memory Information:
Total Physical Memory: 16351MB
Available Physical Memory: 11353MB
Memory Devices:
Slot 1: 8GB DDR3 SDRAM PC3-18285
Corsair CMY16GX3M2A2400C11, wk/yr: 8/2016
XMP: 1.65V, Clk: 1142.9MHz, Timings 11-13-13-30

Slot 2: 8GB DDR3 SDRAM PC3-18285
Corsair CMY16GX3M2A2400C11, wk/yr: 8/2016
XMP: 1.65V, Clk: 1142.9MHz, Timings 11-13-13-30

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Slot 8:



Virtual Memory: C:\pagefile.sys (16384MB)

Drive Information:
Physical Drive 1: WDC WD1003FZEX-00MK2A0
Drive Size: 931GB
Partitions: C:
Interface Type: SATA
Bytes per Sector: 512
RPM: 7200

Physical Drive 2:
Drive Size:
Partitions:
Interface Type:
Bytes per Sector:
RPM:

Optical Drive 1: ATAPI iHAS124 W
Optical Drive 2:

Volume Information:
Volume 1: C: [Local Drive]
File System: NTFS
Drive Cluster Size: 4KB
Volume Size (Free space): 931.0GB (694.9GB)
Volume 2: D: [Optical drive]
File System:
Drive Cluster Size:
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Video Adapters:
Description: AMD Radeon R9 290 / 390
SLI/Crossfire Enabled: No
Chip Type: AMD Radeon Graphics Processor (0x67B1)
DAC Type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Memory: 8192MB
Video BIOS: 113-2E3243U-X4J
Driver Provider: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Driver Version: 16.200.1010.1002
Driver Date: 5-15-2016
Monitor 1: 1920x1080x32 60Hz (Primary monitor)

Temperatures:
Description: CPU 0
Temperature: 32.00C
Description: HDD 0 (WDC WD1003FZEX-00MK2A0)
Temperature: 26.00C
Description: GPU 0 (AMD Radeon (TM) R9 390 Series)
Temperature: 46.00C

 

[Blainey]

Have you tried any other games other than arma? Does your friend have a somewhat modern intel cpu? In my experience the arma engine is an unoptimized pile of garbage that does not run well on anything especially AMD cpu's. My PC will run arma at over 60fps in some areas but the moment I enter a town or dense area my frame rate tanks.

Performance guide for arma: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=385577681

I feel that most games I play are at a lower FPS than I expected from this rig

 

[Blainey]

Both benchmarks I mentioned have fairly detailed search functions that let you look for similar systems. Under passmark, you can search "baselines".

Sorry I'm struggling to find where and how to search this

 

[fabiodrm]

wich resolution are you using to play? 1080P? 1440P? 4K?

 

[fabiodrm]

you should expect this 50fps playing in 1080P only.

 

[Blainey]

wich resolution are you using to play? 1080P? 1440P? 4K?

1080p

 

[fabiodrm]

another test you can do:

Open MSI Afterburn or EVGA Precision X and enable "On Screen Display" you will see you GPU status while gaming.

Could you post this info for us?

 

[sizzling]

Start monitoring your cpu and GPU usage while gaming

 

[Blainey]

Sat at around 30fps

GPU seems to go from 0% - 100%

 

[LenNZone]

I recently upgraded my PC to

Sapphire R9 Nitro 390 - 8GB GDDR5 - 512-bit PCIE DVI-D
Corsair CW-9060024-WW Hydro Series H80i V2 120 mm High Performance All-In-One Liquid CPU Cooler - Black
AMD FX8350 Black Edition 8 Core Processor (4.0/4.2GHz, 8MB Level 3 Cache, 8MB Level 2 Cache, Socket AM3+, 125W, Retail Boxed)
Corsair CMY16GX3M2A2400C11R Vengeance Pro Series 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 2400Mhz CL11 XMP Performance Desktop Memory Kit - Red
Gigabyte 970A-UD3P Motherboard (AMD 970, SB950 DDR3, SATA, RAID, ATX, Gigabit Ethernet LAN, Socket AM3+) Rev. 2.0.
Corsair CP-9020062-UK RM Series RM1000 80 Plus Gold 1000W ATX/EPS Fully Modular Power Supply Unit
WD 1 TB 3.5-inch Internal Hard Drive - Black

I was under the impression that with these parts I would be able to run most games at a high FPS on high settings. Sadly, people who are running games on worse computers are getting much better results on the same settings. What could be going wrong?

For example, I'm trying to play Arma 3 right now. I understand that it is a heavy game to run, but my friend is using the same settings as I am at 50+ FPS while I'm sitting at 14-28

There could be many problems, your CPU and RAM usage percentages are fine, it could just be how your setting are set. I have the same MOBO in my build and I encountered tons of problems, but I don't think that your MOBO is contributing to the problem. We can also eliminate the power supply. All of your parts seem great except for your hard drive, I don't think it is the cause but it can be very likely that if that it performs slowly that can make a toll on the overall system, you can try to defrag your hard drive. If nothing works after trying all of the options that other people tell you, if you can, then just restart the system. But can you please tell me what you upgraded your computer from? And please tell me if your parts are new or used.

 

[Blainey]

I recently upgraded my PC to

Sapphire R9 Nitro 390 - 8GB GDDR5 - 512-bit PCIE DVI-D
Corsair CW-9060024-WW Hydro Series H80i V2 120 mm High Performance All-In-One Liquid CPU Cooler - Black
AMD FX8350 Black Edition 8 Core Processor (4.0/4.2GHz, 8MB Level 3 Cache, 8MB Level 2 Cache, Socket AM3+, 125W, Retail Boxed)
Corsair CMY16GX3M2A2400C11R Vengeance Pro Series 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 2400Mhz CL11 XMP Performance Desktop Memory Kit - Red
Gigabyte 970A-UD3P Motherboard (AMD 970, SB950 DDR3, SATA, RAID, ATX, Gigabit Ethernet LAN, Socket AM3+) Rev. 2.0.
Corsair CP-9020062-UK RM Series RM1000 80 Plus Gold 1000W ATX/EPS Fully Modular Power Supply Unit
WD 1 TB 3.5-inch Internal Hard Drive - Black

I was under the impression that with these parts I would be able to run most games at a high FPS on high settings. Sadly, people who are running games on worse computers are getting much better results on the same settings. What could be going wrong?

For example, I'm trying to play Arma 3 right now. I understand that it is a heavy game to run, but my friend is using the same settings as I am at 50+ FPS while I'm sitting at 14-28

There could be many problems, your CPU and RAM usage percentages are fine, it could just be how your setting are set. I have the same MOBO in my build and I encountered tons of problems, but I don't think that your MOBO is contributing to the problem. We can also eliminate the power supply. All of your parts seem great except for your hard drive, I don't think it is the cause but it can be very likely that if that it performs slowly that can make a toll on the overall system, you can try to defrag your hard drive. If nothing works after trying all of the options that other people tell you, if you can, then just restart the system. But can you please tell me what you upgraded your computer from? And please tell me if your parts are new or used.

Everything is new off Amazon (including the hard drive)

The motherboard came slightly bent in the mail, but I don't think that is the problem?

 

[LenNZone]

I recently upgraded my PC to

Sapphire R9 Nitro 390 - 8GB GDDR5 - 512-bit PCIE DVI-D
Corsair CW-9060024-WW Hydro Series H80i V2 120 mm High Performance All-In-One Liquid CPU Cooler - Black
AMD FX8350 Black Edition 8 Core Processor (4.0/4.2GHz, 8MB Level 3 Cache, 8MB Level 2 Cache, Socket AM3+, 125W, Retail Boxed)
Corsair CMY16GX3M2A2400C11R Vengeance Pro Series 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 2400Mhz CL11 XMP Performance Desktop Memory Kit - Red
Gigabyte 970A-UD3P Motherboard (AMD 970, SB950 DDR3, SATA, RAID, ATX, Gigabit Ethernet LAN, Socket AM3+) Rev. 2.0.
Corsair CP-9020062-UK RM Series RM1000 80 Plus Gold 1000W ATX/EPS Fully Modular Power Supply Unit
WD 1 TB 3.5-inch Internal Hard Drive - Black

I was under the impression that with these parts I would be able to run most games at a high FPS on high settings. Sadly, people who are running games on worse computers are getting much better results on the same settings. What could be going wrong?

For example, I'm trying to play Arma 3 right now. I understand that it is a heavy game to run, but my friend is using the same settings as I am at 50+ FPS while I'm sitting at 14-28

There could be many problems, your CPU and RAM usage percentages are fine, it could just be how your setting are set. I have the same MOBO in my build and I encountered tons of problems, but I don't think that your MOBO is contributing to the problem. We can also eliminate the power supply. All of your parts seem great except for your hard drive, I don't think it is the cause but it can be very likely that if that it performs slowly that can make a toll on the overall system, you can try to defrag your hard drive. If nothing works after trying all of the options that other people tell you, if you can, then just restart the system. But can you please tell me what you upgraded your computer from? And please tell me if your parts are new or used.

Everything is new off Amazon (including the hard drive)

The motherboard came slightly bent in the mail, but I don't think that is the problem?

That is highly unlikely but it could be the problem, did you try to run any other games? If you could run some other games we could maybe pinpoint if its Arma or your computer, if you can run some other games could you please list what games those are?

 

[fabiodrm]

Sat at around 30fps

GPU seems to go from 0% - 100%

its a driver problem.

Your GPU clock is only 500mhz (it should be 1000mhz +).
use DDU to remove your current driver and reinstall.

i had this problem yesterday when i got a driver crash.

 

[Blainey]

Sat at around 30fps

GPU seems to go from 0% - 100%

its a driver problem.

Your GPU clock is only 500mhz (it should be 1000mhz +).
use DDU to remove your current driver and reinstall.

i had this problem yesterday when i got a driver crash.

Just went to install the driver with the auto detect, for some reason it is picking my Windows version up as 8.1. Should I be worried about that? It is mean't to be Windows 10

 

[fabiodrm]

Sat at around 30fps

GPU seems to go from 0% - 100%

its a driver problem.

Your GPU clock is only 500mhz (it should be 1000mhz +).
use DDU to remove your current driver and reinstall.

i had this problem yesterday when i got a driver crash.

Just went to install the driver with the auto detect, for some reason it is picking my Windows version up as 8.1. Should I be worried about that? It is mean't to be Windows 10

auto detecting is bad haha

select your driver manually, its always better. Download the correct version and everything will be fine.

But first you will need to unninstall with DDU.

 

[fabiodrm]

here a direct link to your driver:

https://www2.ati.com/drivers/beta/non-whql-64bit-radeon-software-crimson-16.5.2.1-win10-win8.1-win7-may16.exe

 

[Blainey]

here a direct link to your driver:

https://www2.ati.com/drivers/beta/non-whql-64bit-radeon-software-crimson-16.5.2.1-win10-win8.1-win7-may16.exe

Yeah, already installed that driver and it didn't seem to make a difference.

In fact it is showing my GPU as running slower now

 

[Blainey]

Dark Souls 3 at 54 FPS

 

[Calculagator]

Sorry I'm struggling to find where and how to search this

Open up Performance Tests. Under the "Baseline" menu, select "Manage Baselines." From the "Advanced Search" tab, you can search for results by CPU and GPU.

 

[Blainey]

Heard a little high pitched rattling noise come from my PC for a couple of seconds, could this be related?