solved:Any reason my CPU or GPU could be under performing?

[BobMcNoName]

Here's the benchmark: http://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/3865067

I'm not too sure why its like this and am a little concerned why the GPU and CPU are under performing. I was hoping if anyone could give me an answer or a way to fix this.

Thanks in advance

 

[James Mason]

"Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC)."

Close EVERY SINGLE unneccesary program when running the benchmark (browsers, discord, skype, teamspeak, webcam, geforce experience, steam, corsair, razer, ect)
They all consume resources in the background that affect that benchmark.

 

[James Mason]

Also your CPU is slowing down when it runs on all cores, you can see the turbo of your cpu was 2.1ghz average, which means at full speed it slowed down a lot, the other average benches stayed at 4.0ghz: http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/AMD-FX-8350/Rating/1489 or higher because they overclocked. That could be because it's overheating if you're not using a really good cooler on it.

Your Ram performing bad is because of background process load as well.

 

[GhislainG]

Here's the benchmark: http://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/3865067

I'm not too sure why its like this and am a little concerned why the GPU and CPU are under performing. I was hoping if anyone could give me an answer or a way to fix this.

Thanks in advance

Use AMD Overdrive to monitor the CPU while running the benchmark. Does the speed drop lower than expected? Are the thermal margins good (10°C or higher)?

 

[bignastyid]

What motherboard are you using? beside the high background cpu usage it looks like your CPU is throttling under load. This can be caused by the cpu over heating or weak and/or overheating VRMs on the motherboard.

 

[BobMcNoName]

What motherboard are you using? beside the high background cpu usage it looks like your CPU is throttling under load. This can be caused by the cpu over heating or weak and/or overheating VRMs on the motherboard.

MSI 970

 

[BobMcNoName]

"Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC)."

Close EVERY SINGLE unneccesary program when running the benchmark (browsers, discord, skype, teamspeak, webcam, geforce experience, steam, corsair, razer, ect)
They all consume resources in the background that affect that benchmark.

I will rerun a test with all programs closed soon and the cpu cooler i am using is a hyper 212 evo (2nd hand from a friend)

 

[James Mason]

I will rerun a test with all programs closed soon and the cpu cooler i am using is a hyper 212 evo (2nd hand from a friend)

It's possible that's not enough for an 8350.

 

[BobMcNoName]

"Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC)."

Close EVERY SINGLE unneccesary program when running the benchmark (browsers, discord, skype, teamspeak, webcam, geforce experience, steam, corsair, razer, ect)
They all consume resources in the background that affect that benchmark.

http://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/3866505
redone

 

[GhislainG]

Could you also post a picture of AMD Overdrive while you run the benchmark?

 

[bignastyid]

What motherboard are you using? beside the high background cpu usage it looks like your CPU is throttling under load. This can be caused by the cpu over heating or weak and/or overheating VRMs on the motherboard.

MSI 970

Which one? MSI has several boards with the 970 chipset and a couple have horrible thermal and power designs thaty could explain your problems.

 

[GhislainG]

What motherboard are you using? beside the high background cpu usage it looks like your CPU is throttling under load. This can be caused by the cpu over heating or weak and/or overheating VRMs on the motherboard.

MSI 970

Which one? MSI has several boards with the 970 chipset and a couple have horrible thermal and power designs thaty could explain your problems.

If you check the benchmarks, it says: MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

 

[bignastyid]

What motherboard are you using? beside the high background cpu usage it looks like your CPU is throttling under load. This can be caused by the cpu over heating or weak and/or overheating VRMs on the motherboard.

MSI 970

Which one? MSI has several boards with the 970 chipset and a couple have horrible thermal and power designs thaty could explain your problems.

If you check the benchmarks, it says: MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Was trying to verify as the model number and part number do not exactly match. The MS-7693 could be one of a few of MSI's 970 boards and it wouldn't be the first time a benchmark didn't properly name a motherboard.

 

[BobMcNoName]

Could you also post a picture of AMD Overdrive while you run the benchmark?

What motherboard are you using? beside the high background cpu usage it looks like your CPU is throttling under load. This can be caused by the cpu over heating or weak and/or overheating VRMs on the motherboard.

MSI 970

Which one? MSI has several boards with the 970 chipset and a couple have horrible thermal and power designs thaty could explain your problems.

If you check the benchmarks, it says: MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Was trying to verify as the model number and part number do not exactly match. The MS-7693 could be one of a few of MSI's 970 boards and it wouldn't be the first time a benchmark didn't properly name a motherboard.

http://postimg.org/image/b13c1jcwp/
is that ok?

 

[GhislainG]

It runs at 53% of its rated frequency, but that proves nothing because that benchmark doesn't keep the CPU busy for long enough (it also isn't a good way to check if your system performs normally or not). Post of picture of the thermal margins while running a CPU stress test like Prime95 Small FFTs for a few minutes. Ideally the thermal margins should stay at 10°C or better and the frequency shouldn't drop.