PC performance is lower than it should be

[gamerulmc38]

Hello everyone, my PC's performance isn't as high as it should be. Let me explain, I have:
CPU: Intel Core i7-4790k
GPU: Nvidia GeForce Gigabyte GTX 960 4GB Windforce
RAM: 16 GB
Motherboard: Asus H81M-K
Monitor: Benq Full HD 1ms
Windows 10
Power supply: Corsair 550/600/650W Gold (sorry, I don't remember)
I have only a HDD, I don't have a SSD
And with all of these, I don't get the amount of FPS I should have in video games... I'm looking on YouTube at benchmarks with the exact same specs as mine, and they have much more FPS. As an example: in Battlefield 4 I used to play on ULTRA settings like a year ago and I had no problems, now, I'm looking at benchmarks with the exact specs that I have mine, and they have around 80 fps, while I only have 50 fps (in BF 4). Same for Battlefield 1, PUBG, and many other games. I always have my drivers up-to-date and I have the Power Options at High Performance, I followed every single tutorial on YouTube and no results, my temperature on CPU and GPU is fine and still low fps. Please help me, I don't know what to do and I am very frustrated.

-sorry for my english-

 

[stryxen]

Try and get the newest drivers and if you have the geforce experience program look there as well

 

[Barty1884]

Have you fully removed your GPU drivers, using something like DDU:
http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html

And then clean installing? The "clean install" inside the Nvidia driver installer doesn't actually perform a "clean" install.

As for something like BF4, I'd expect a near ~60FPS on 1080p Ultra. Sure, spikes up to 70's maybe..... but more than likely dips to 30-40?
When you say 50FPS, is that an average? Sounds pretty normal to me.

 

[gamerulmc38]

Try and get the newest drivers and if you have the geforce experience program look there as well

I have the newest drivers, but I still don't know what is going on...

 

[gamerulmc38]

Have you fully removed your GPU drivers, using something like DDU:
http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html

And then clean installing? The "clean install" inside the Nvidia driver installer doesn't actually perform a "clean" install.

As for something like BF4, I'd expect a near ~60FPS on 1080p Ultra. Sure, spikes up to 70's maybe..... but more than likely dips to 30-40?
When you say 50FPS, is that an average? Sounds pretty normal to me.

I don't know what is a "clean install" and when I played BF4 with the same specs a year ago, I used to have 100 fps usually on ultra settings. Btw, I also have the "K" version of the Intel Core i7-4790, which I heard is more powerful than the non-"K" one.

 

[Barty1884]

A clean install is when you fully remove any trace of a prior driver/profile etc, then reinstall the latest version only (when you 'update' you typically have leftovers from prior drivers than can, on occasion, limit performance).

100FPS on Ultra/1080p for BF4 seems really unlikely on a 960...... Even at/near launch, it was a ~50FPS card for BF4.

Now game patches still released since those benchmarks were done... another 12-18 months I believe, so it's not unrealistic to assume some FPS improvements. But Ultra 100FPS? Maybe Medium-High, or even Ultra with some 'tweaks' to MSAA etc.


As for 4790K vs 4790, yes, there's a 400MHz 'boost' in clock speeds. You could OC the 4790K further, but not on the motherboard you have.

The K vs non-K isn't the issue here - even a locked 4790 is a solid gaming CPU.

 

[gamerulmc38]

A clean install is when you fully remove any trace of a prior driver/profile etc, then reinstall the latest version only (when you 'update' you typically have leftovers from prior drivers than can, on occasion, limit performance).

100FPS on Ultra/1080p for BF4 seems really unlikely on a 960...... Even at/near launch, it was a ~50FPS card for BF4.

Now game patches still released since those benchmarks were done... another 12-18 months I believe, so it's not unrealistic to assume some FPS improvements. But Ultra 100FPS? Maybe Medium-High, or even Ultra with some 'tweaks' to MSAA etc.


As for 4790K vs 4790, yes, there's a 400MHz 'boost' in clock speeds. You could OC the 4790K further, but not on the motherboard you have.

The K vs non-K isn't the issue here - even a locked 4790 is a solid gaming CPU.

ok, but then, why this guy has that FPS? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2ut-Tq7Kk4
I still don't get that FPS.. max 55-60.. 🙁
and as I said, I have this problem on all of my games.. 🙁

 

[Barty1884]

By the time you get to "Ultra" (4:30 into the video, approx), they're in the high 50's-60's range?
The video was uploaded in Aug 2015 - between patches/updates and driver changes, you can't compare results from so long ago as a 'definitive' "this is how many FPS I should get",.... it doesn't work like that.

As I mentioned above ^^, it's a good starting point, but with hardware aging, game updates etc, performance can go either way.