Poor performance from new Threadripper 1920X

[Deankavanagh1999]

I have recently upgraded from the X99 platform, to the X399 platform. My new CPU is a TR 1920X and I have had nothing but problems regarding gaming performance. I never bought this CPU for just gaming, however, from the many benchmarks I have seen from main stream Ryzen, I was expecting quite a bit more! For example, GTA V will not go above the 70-80 fps mark with my GTX 1070, and this is even with no msaa enabled. I get the exact same performance at 1080p with no mssa as I do at 1440p with 2x msaa! GPU usage fluctuates between 50-70% therefore the CPU is clearly holding me back, however, it should not do this as there are benchmarks to show Threadripper hitting at least 100 fps. I have tried various things such as Game mode, new bios, chip set drivers, but to no avail. I don't get how this is happening?

I will post the main parts of my system specs below:

TR 1920X
16 GB 3000mhz ddr4
GTX 1070
asus prime A x399

 

[Supahos]

First thing is your ram actually running 3000 mhz? If not that'll severally cripple threadripper. What speed is the chip running at while gaming?

 

[Deankavanagh1999]

Yes sir, I have checked in CPU-Z, task manager as well as the BIOS.

 

[Supahos]

Second half of my question?

 

[Deankavanagh1999]

Sorry, CPU is running at stock 3.5 GHZ

 

[Supahos]

So it Never boosts up to 4.0? Have you checked temps with ryzen master while gaming?

That's about 15% more speed Which would put you in the 92 fps range. If you're playing online those benchmarks aren't online so you'll definitely get worsr performance when online

 

[Deankavanagh1999]

I have disabled core performance boost in bios. With that enabled, it would boost to 3.7, however, this made no difference to performance. Furthermore, I am playing in single player.

 

[Supahos]

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-ryzen-threadripper-1920x-cpu,5183-5.html

Not that the gtav benchmark is overly indicative of the overall game you're getting roughly exactly the same performance it shows.

It does show decent gains when oced, and that thing should easily oc to 4.1ghz if you have enough cooling

 

[Deankavanagh1999]

This is the conclusion I came to as well, however, then I saw Steve at Gamers Nexus and other outlets reporting AVG's of 100+? So i'm not sure what to believe? https://www.gamersnexus.net/hwreviews/3015-amd-threadripper-1950x-1920x-review/page-2

 

[Supahos]

It doesn't mention what they do for their run. Could be some script in a desolate area for repeatability. They're reporting the same exact 1% fps basically so I think they're just running in an environment that leads to higher frames for their run

It doesn't only show TR getting more it's a lot more for all systems

 

[Deankavanagh1999]

Thats a good point you mention! However, my own tests were conducted using the built in benchmark. Furthermore, my previous i7 6800k was achieving better performance, maxing out the GPU more often than not.

 

[Supahos]

In the real world I would expect a 6800k to beat a 1920x in gaming. Especially with the 1920x working at stock speeds.

My Point on the other is you seem to be exactly matching Tom's results on the same benchmark you're running in game so I don't think you have a major issue. Those CPUs are just worst gamers than the flagship ryzen 1*** and the r5 and r7 2nd gen in most cases due to interconnect issues

 

[Deankavanagh1999]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrrLziaLEko&t=435s

 

[Deankavanagh1999]

And note that in this part of the benchmark, my fps was dropping into the mid 50s on my own system!

 

[Supahos]

That's kinda a jacked up experiment... The 2700x is running at 4.2ghz and the TR at 3.9...

 

[Deankavanagh1999]

I do not mean this negatively, but, in what way is it jacked up?

 

[Supahos]

Well the 2700x is clearly oced as it won't run 4.2 on all cores out of the box and the 1950x isn't oced. That being said it's showing higher fps either way.

Have you gone into power management and tried the ryzen performance profile and the max performance profile (sometimes one works better sometimes the other)

I'd also try to oc to at least 4.0 if you have the cooler for it

 

[Deankavanagh1999]

I did not know about this ryzen performance profile and the max performance profile. Maybe I should try this?

 

[Supahos]

Definitely worth a shot. It's under windows power management

 

[Deankavanagh1999]

Thanks, i will try that now!

 

[Deankavanagh1999]

I have changed it to high perf and will load up gta now. Does it require a restart?

 

[Supahos]

Not sure I'd do it anyways

 

[Deankavanagh1999]

Thanks for your suggestion, however still have the same performance.

 

[Supahos]

Did you try both?