Lower the expected fps in games with gtx 980

[TheGreenMen1993]

For my graduation gift i looked forward to build a pc that could max out all games with 60 fps.
I built my pc with these specs:

i7-4790k up to 4.4 ghz
evga gtx 980 superclocked 4 gb
msi gaming 5 motherboard
cosair vengence 16 gb 2133 mhz ram
samsung ssd 859 evo 120 gb(OS drive)
Cosair 500 gb ssd
wd 1 tb hdd black edition
xonar dsx sound card
cm storm tropper case
cosair h100i cpu cooler

The problem is that I am getting lower fps than i should in games for example in the witcher 3 i am getting 40-50 fps average without hairworks on ultra settings when i should get over 60. I also get a frequent stutter in all my games that i just cannot pinpoint. I updated to the most recent drivers for my gpu. I checked to see if my cpu is not overheating, it does not pass 60 c while gaming and in Intel extreme tuning it fluctuated between 60-70 c. I checked my gpu usage in games it ranges from 90-100% usage never reaching above 75 c. I made sure that i installed every component correctly even wearing a antistaic wrist band after i read about static discharge frying components. It is my first pc build but i followed the manual with my parents building this rig. I made sure my motherboard drivers are up to date but did not update my bios, because of a worry that i could brick my system. My current bios version is 1.90 if that matters. I also had a problem with a overheating cpu with a hyper 212 evo but after reapplying thermal paste multiple times and mounting it correctly it still was going above 80 c. So i took the cpu back to the store and got a replacement as well as a h100i. I now have lower temperatures but i still have low performance and stutters in games. What could be causing my performance issue if i updated my drivers and have decent temperatures?

 

[IntelTurtleFan]

Congratulations on graduating 😀
There seems to be some kind of temperature issue. Do you have too much thermal paste? Remove all the paste on the CPU and re apply a rice sized amount.

 

[TheGreenMen1993]

the cpu cooler(h100i gtx) i got had preapplied thermal paste on it. My cpu tmeperature only reached past 80 c before i got a replacement cpu and the h100i. Now my temps are 60-70c in intel extreme tuning. On idol it reaches 27 c while my ambient temperature is 23c. Gaming it reaches up to 60 c. I thought the cpu temps were normal for the h100i. Are these normal temps for my setup?

 

[TheGreenMen1993]

my cpu is not overheating so i do not think is the issue. Any other suggestions?

 

[Vic 40]

You could remove the current gpu drivers with DDU and reinstall the latest.
Maybe even reinstall the motherboard drivers first,make sure you start with the chipset drivers,only after that the rest.

The bios should be fine.It's one of the latest and the ones coming after this seem to focus on getting Broadwell compatible.

Which psu do you have?

 

[TheGreenMen1993]

i have the a evga supernova nex 750g psu. The annoying thing is that i upgraded to a nice 1500+ dollars pc from a 1000 dollars pc that i had for a couple years to get rid of these issues, only to find that even with the new pc that i looked forward to getting i still get these issues(stuttering) and now have a system performing less then it should be. I do not have the luxury of having another pc to test any of my components on either. Is it it possible that it could be the windows install cd that i have? i used it for the past pc and had stuttering problems and as well but i thought it was just the gpu getting old. Or do you think one of the components could be damaged?

 

[TheGreenMen1993]

i also already did a clean install of my gpu's driver already and that did not fix performance.

 

[Vic 40]

About windows,i don't know.You would have to download a new version,put it on a bootable device and reinstall to see.

Any components that came from the old pc to the new?

 

[TheGreenMen1993]

no a completely new build

 

[jeremyp79]

I'm getting about the same fps with the geforce experience recommended settins with a 4670k and a gtx 980. No stuttering at all though from mine

 

[Vic 40]

no a completely new build

Strange thing,not one component the same and still having the same stutters.
Tried a different monitor if possible or even just another output?
Also already tried a new install?

 

[Sapphire Thunder]

At what resolution are you playing? Because that 40-50fps sounds about right for 1440p.

 

[TheGreenMen1993]

i was playing at 1440p dsr and was getting that fps than i switched to 1080p and was getting 50-70 which is still low for my card

 

[TheGreenMen1993]

no i have not tried to reinstall yet.

 

[TheGreenMen1993]

can it be my motherboard that could be causing bad performance. I got wrong information from my friend to just screw the motherboard in without knowing about standoffs I noticed that some parts of the board were bent but thought that was normal. After reading about people short circuiting the board and about standoffs, i finally took the motherboard out and placed it on standoffs. I have been looking up symptoms of a bad board and i just get threads of people saying how there systems wont turn on. My pc turns on but through the speakers i have bad hissing noise and a high pitch noise that increase as the system works harder. Even with a sound card installed the sound still persist. I also noticed that places of my board are still bent. Is it my mobo that is causing my low performance and should i look into RMA it if i can?

 

[Empulse]

I hear Witcher 3 has poor optimization. Try it on other games that still high/ultra graphics and check the performance there.

 

[Empulse]

If you're willing to take the risk, you could go overclock the GPU as well. I wouldn't recommend it unless you know what you're doing.

 

[TheGreenMen1993]

i have to read into overclocking but i already have the superclocked edition of the 980 with is supposed to be clocked higher than standard 980s