Massive performance drop after a ugrade! Help

[conorfardad]

Hey Guys, I have had a really big problem of late. I upgraded my system to now include a m.2 drive (960 evo). I kind of botched the reinstall of windows so took it to my local computer store. They did a clean install and installed my windows/drivers/and did a bios update. Well now when I play games I have notice a massive FPS drop and stuttering. I have tried older drivers, installing games bot the ssd and the hdd. lowering settings to lowest, still giving bad performance, lots of texture pop ins on both drives.

Before the upgrade I could play Pubg at 110-140fps, Empire total war -150fps, TF2-300fps, Rising Storm 2-180fps all on ultra settings. Now I have settings turned down and I get PUBG-80-100 with stutter, empire total war-20-50, tf2-150-200. Rising Storm-70-80 lots of stutter

System im using is
i5-7600k
msi-270-A pro mobo
16gb Gskill ram 3000mhz
EVGA GTX980ti
Samsung 960evo
WD Blue 1tb
Windows 10 64 Home.

Bios firmware is 1.2, 387.92 for my video driver at the moment (have been playing musical drivers) I have also run memory tests and drive bench marks

Drive benchmarks where 3188read 1476write ((sequential MB/s))

i would really like some help if possible, im at a loss as to what to do and i just want to be able to game like i was a week or two ago. Its almost seeming like getting this m.2 was a mistake Any ideas?

 

[n0ns3ns3]

Was anything overclocked before the upgrade ?
is the overclock still in place ?
Is your monitor connected to the GPU or to the motherboard output ?
what are the CPU/GPU temperature, frequency and utilization while gaming ?

 

[13thmonkey]

First thing to check imo is, do you have the system you think you have? Check to make sure nothing has been mysteriously swapped.

 

[conorfardad]

Was anything overclocked before the upgrade ?
is the overclock still in place ?
Is your monitor connected to the GPU or to the motherboard output ?
what are the CPU/GPU temperature, frequency and utilization while gaming ?

checked all the parts and they are what they are supposed to be. I had XMP and my CPU OC before and I have them set up after. Yes monitor is connected to the GPU.

My temps stay at around 60-65 for both GPU and CPU. GPU is at 1345mhz and CPU 4.3ghz. Load varies by game but sometimes it seems like my cpu could be doing more work in some of the games. GPU load say in PUBG is 98% while CPU load is 50-70% constantly changing.

 

[n0ns3ns3]

so the only thing i can think about is that something changed in game settings.
check the render resolution (both game and nvidia settings) as well as other settings.
to make sure you have nothing in nvidia settings, reinstall the driver (remove with DDU).
Also, if you happen to use geforce experience, it may change the game settings to what it thinks is optimal.

 

[conorfardad]

so the only thing i can think about is that something changed in game settings.
check the render resolution (both game and nvidia settings) as well as other settings.
to make sure you have nothing in nvidia settings, reinstall the driver (remove with DDU).
Also, if you happen to use geforce experience, it may change the game settings to what it thinks is optimal.

I'll double check all those, I deleted GeForce experience when I got it. But I have never used DDU with any of my driver changes so it might help. I honestly may just return the m.2 and start fresh

Would heat throttling be a issue with the nvme? And would that negatively effect gaming performance?

 

[conorfardad]

so the only thing i can think about is that something changed in game settings.
check the render resolution (both game and nvidia settings) as well as other settings.
to make sure you have nothing in nvidia settings, reinstall the driver (remove with DDU).
Also, if you happen to use geforce experience, it may change the game settings to what it thinks is optimal.

Checked settings they are all normal, not sure if its relevant but I have also noticed that I have been using a lot less RAM in games like PUBG, by 2-3 gigs, could that have a impact and what could cause that?

 

[n0ns3ns3]

SSD positively affects load times, not FPS during gameplay.
like in some rare cases if there is a background AV scan, SSD helps to avoid stuttering.
Like even moving from SSD to HDD will not slash FPS.
I still think that most probably it's a SW issue. I'd simply install windows myself.

 

[J_E_D_70]

Are both nvidia control panel and windows power settings on max performance?

Check windows startup and see if there’s anything you can disable.