Question MSI Trident X with a RTX 3080... that performs like a 1080 Ti

[AntaresC64]

Hi folks,

I recently bought a MSI Trident X gaming PC which comes with an RTX 3080, an i7 10700K and 32 Gigs of RAM.
I expected it to blast through any modern game... and it pretty much does, but noticed some slowdowns here and there, so I started measuring FPS and, to my dismay, they seemed much lower than could be expected from such a beefy rig.

Actually, comparing them on the Internet, they usually seemed more on par with a 1080 Ti, or a 2080 at best.

And my worries were confirmed when I decided to run a benchmark test with Heaven Unigine. I got a score of 5177 on the first run, and an even lower of 5135 on the second. For the record - that's a 1080 Ti level. Actually, looking the leaderboard at Unigine's website, there's precisely one entry with a score of 5177... and the rig is this:


AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Eight-Core Processor
EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (GP102)

So... clearly something is wrong with my PC. I'm getting about half the performance I should.

I've tried with several nVidia drivers, to no effect. I've uninstalled the infamously awful Dragon Center software... exactly same results.

Is my GPU faulty? Should I RMA my PC? Or is something I'm missing out? I'm a bit angry right now, because I've spent an awful lot of cash on what I wanted to be my ultimate gaming PC... and is performing just a little bit better than my old one...

Thanks a lot in advance!

 

[hotaru.hino]

Try something more modern like 3D Mark Time Spy. Heaven I'd argue is too old to effectively test newer hardware.

 

[AntaresC64]

Try something more modern like 3D Mark Time Spy. Heaven I'd argue is too old to effectively test newer hardware.

Thanks, I will do that!

Anyway, perhaps I overreacted a bit. I've been searching for Heaven Unigine scores on the internet, and found several RTX 3080 scoring on the 5000-5500 range. Maybe Unigine's leaderboard is filled with results from extremely overclocked GPUs. My results are from an out-of-the-box 3080 and, from what I've seen, a 5117 is not that bad after all.

Still, I suspect that my PC is performing lower than it should...

Thanks again!

 

[ohio_buckeye]

Might be worth monitoring temperatures also in case your case isn’t getting enough airflow.

 

[sonofjesse]

We see posts like this a lot. Most of the time people are just wrong. Lot of variables. Be sure you have good cooling, your room is cool and a good quality power supply.

Lot of bencmarks, temps threads here and 99% of them are just people worrying about issues that are not really present.

Go play some games and enjoy good FPS, now if your getting 15 FPS in a game at 1440p yea you have a problem, but unless you see something like that sounds like your running ok.

compare your FPS before the upgrade and after the upgrade Without full system specs and game resolution and real FPS numbers and temps, I'm not for sure if we can super help.

 

[MrN1ce9uy]

Hi folks,

I recently bought a MSI Trident X gaming PC which comes with an RTX 3080, an i7 10700K and 32 Gigs of RAM.
I expected it to blast through any modern game... and it pretty much does, but noticed some slowdowns here and there, so I started measuring FPS and, to my dismay, they seemed much lower than could be expected from such a beefy rig.

Actually, comparing them on the Internet, they usually seemed more on par with a 1080 Ti, or a 2080 at best.

And my worries were confirmed when I decided to run a benchmark test with Heaven Unigine. I got a score of 5177 on the first run, and an even lower of 5135 on the second. For the record - that's a 1080 Ti level. Actually, looking the leaderboard at Unigine's website, there's precisely one entry with a score of 5177... and the rig is this:


AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Eight-Core Processor
EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (GP102)

So... clearly something is wrong with my PC. I'm getting about half the performance I should.

I've tried with several nVidia drivers, to no effect. I've uninstalled the infamously awful Dragon Center software... exactly same results.

Is my GPU faulty? Should I RMA my PC? Or is something I'm missing out? I'm a bit angry right now, because I've spent an awful lot of cash on what I wanted to be my ultimate gaming PC... and is performing just a little bit better than my old one...

Thanks a lot in advance!

Have you enabled XMP in your mobos bios?

Also, please post your complete system specs including RAM speed, motherboard, power supply, monitor resolution, etc.