New System - Bad FPS. Where is the bottleneck? Palit GTX 1060 Dual

[TehPenguin]

Hello and thank you for showing up!

I've built a new system:
EVGA 850 G2
Asus Strix X99 Gaming
i7-6800k @ 4.2 GHz
GTX 1060 @ 2.0 GHZ
32GB G.Skill 3200MHz CL14
m.2 SSD 950 Pro 512 GB - system + some games
SATA SSD SanDisk x400 1 TB - main gaming library
+some HDDs

My problem: I get around 1/3rd of the FPS count compared to what some reviewers get with this GPU.

Overwatch on Ultra: 50-60 FPS(instead of 140) - stored on the SanDisk SSD
Battlefront on Ultra: 35-40 FPS (instead of 80+) - stored on the m.2 Samsung SSD

I've built this PC yesterday. All drivers are up to date.

On paper, this system should not have any bottlenecks... so what am I missing?


EDIT: OK I found the culprit. It was a busted PCIe slot on my motherboard. Switched to the other x16 and everything works fine. RMA'ing a motherboard will be a pain, though...

Thanks to all of you that helped!

 

[anti-duck]

A heatsink.

Na, I'm sure you have one, but have you looked at your temps?

 

[TehPenguin]

I do keep the FANs at low speeds (~20-30%) for silence but the CPU sits at around 65C and the GPU at 71-72C on load. Idle temps are both at around 45C.

 

[Mr Kagouris]

Monitor GPU clocks.

 

[TehPenguin]

Monitor GPU clocks.

Glued at 2012 MHz.

 

[Mr Kagouris]

Memory clock stable?

 

[TehPenguin]

Here's a Screenshot from MSI afterburner. Couldn't figure out how to make a log file right now so a screenshot will have to do.
~30 min's Overwatch

Spoiler

Will repeat this test with battlefront later.

 

[SkyNetRising]

Frame rate looks limited. Vsync on?

 

[TehPenguin]

Overwatch was indeed limited by my display. Turned it off and it went up to 80 avg. fps. Still not 120-140, though. Not that it matters in game, it's just a measurable difference in performance. A big difference.

Now to Battlefront! Dips as low as 35 and the game stutters pretty much all the time. I will test more games as they download.

Spoiler

 

[SkyNetRising]

Post screenshot from Nvidia Control Panel - 3D settings Page.
Are you using Dynamic Super Resolution (DSR) setting?
What is resolution you use?

 

[TehPenguin]

DSR is off. Texture Scale is also at 100%
I play at 1080p
All settings in nVidia control panel are at their defaults.

Spoiler

 

[TehPenguin]

Spoiler

Battlefield 4 same thing. Low min. FPS, stutters.

 

[SkyNetRising]

What's manufacturer/model name of that gtx1060?
What were settings before OC? GPU memory clock seems kinda high.

 

[Mr Kagouris]

What's manufacturer/model name of that gtx1060?
What were settings before OC? GPU memory clock seems kinda high.

Memory clock seems like combined memory clock (clock of individual chips added up). If anything it actually seems rather low. It should be around 8000 MHz. OP, try increasing memory clock.

 

[TehPenguin]

It's a Palit Dual 1060. The memory is actually already OC'd. It was at 4000MHz stock. 4,7 is as far as I can get before it becomes unstable. I googled a bit and it seems that all 1060 show 4000MHz memory clock in MSI Afterburner.

I read some people had similar issues and that it was a DPC(??) latency problem. nVidia released a hotfix for that, 368.95, I've installed it but it doesn't seem to have done much.

I also changed the power settings to "maximum performance" but no luck either. All that changed that the stable clock is now at around 2038 instead of 2012.

 

[Berkin]

By any chance that your monitor is plugged into the onboard graphics?

 

[TehPenguin]

Benchmarking Tool in Shadow of Mordor:

14 FPS lows. 58 AVG. this card should average ~74 at 1440p!

Spoiler

 

[TehPenguin]

By any chance that your monitor is plugged into the onboard graphics?

No such thing on X99 platform.

 

[TehPenguin]

Wrote an eMail to Palit Support. Let's see what they know about it.

 

[anti-duck]

Hope you get it sorted mate. Totally stumped me.

 

[renz496]

as far as i know that DPC issue will not going to affect game performance. instead it will affect other component on mobo like on board sound. what driver version have you tried with that card? probably need motherboard BIOS updates? speaking of DPC techreport are have weird issue happening to their RX 470.

http://techreport.com/blog/30506/re-examining-the-unusual-frame-time-results-in-our-radeon-rx-470-review

 

[TehPenguin]

OK I found the culprit. It was a busted PCIe slot on my motherboard. Switched to the other x16 and everything works fine. RMA'ing a motherboard will be a pain, though...

Thanks to all of you that helped!

 

[J_E_D_70]

Do you use this pc for other demanding purposes? Seems a lot of overkill on everything except the gpu, which is small-ish (compared to all the other awesomeness in the build).

 

[TehPenguin]

Do you use this pc for other demanding purposes? Seems a lot of overkill on everything except the gpu, which is small-ish (compared to all the other awesomeness in the build).

Yes, video editing. Well, photo editing, too, but it's not as demanding. The 1060 is enough for 1080p gaming

 

[J_E_D_70]

Alright then . Happy gaming!