Weird cpu performance. PSU or CPU itself?

[TonirS]

It all starts a few months ago when my last GPU broke down (idk the reason), at that moment I wasnt playing much games so I decided not to buy another. Last week I changed my mind and bought a new GPU and MB with the intention to keep my other components, and I've been having a lot of performance issues (weird lags and stuff) so I ran 3Dmark, here are the results:

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/5012452

I'm guessing the problem is the PSU, since the last GPU lasted less than 2 years. Or the cpu itself might damaged, idk...

Specs:
nvidia GTX560 ti (new)
M5A88V-EVO (new)
Phenom II x4 955 (old)
3x2048 RAM Corsair (old)
PSU Seventeam ST-850Z-AF[850W modular] (old)

 

[kenny3105]

for a start you are using 3 sticks of ram so you will be using single channel not dual channel for dual channel you need to remove 1 stick and that could be causing a bottle neck in your system

 

[TonirS]

The 3dmark11 score is slightly wrong shall I say. Your physics score should score at least 1000 higher. Check task manager background cpu usage and check anti virus software to see if it is scannning or check hdd usage.

I hardly think it's a malware, since i just formated the HD. Also all programs were closed when the tests ran.

for a start you are using 3 sticks of ram so you will be using single channel not dual channel for dual channel you need to remove 1 stick and that could be causing a bottle neck in your system

I removed one stick and ran 3dmark again, the results look a bit better but still suck:

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/5016773

 

[kenny3105]

have you got your ram in slot 1 and 3 or 2 and 4 and is your ram settings in bios set to unganged

 

[TonirS]

Slots 1 and 3 (the two blue ones). I'm not familiar with ram setting in bios

 

[TonirS]

Just saw unganged mode: the setting is "always"

 

[kenny3105]

have you tryed to overclock your cpu and have you checked the temperature when it is at full usage with prime 95 and a temp monitoring software. to make sure it not throttling

 

[kenny3105]

give a screenshot of your cpu-z results if you can

 

[TonirS]

It's very dangerous a OC for me, cause the cpu temp goes to 70º (I live in a very hot city) with no OC. I tried to OC it up to 3.4 and 3.5GHz tho. The lag persists.

BTW, the lag is odd too, since there is no actual fps drop.

 

[TonirS]

here you go:

 

[kenny3105]

max temp for your cpu is 62 so you might be hitting that if your airflow is poor also your heatsink might need to be re-seated and did you replace the thermal paste when you changed your motherboard and remove all the old thermal paste.

 

[TonirS]

I forgot to do that, just replaced the thermal paste for a new one. New poor 3dmark scores:

Graphics: 4416
Physics: 2564
Combined: 2501

 

[kenny3105]

how old is your hdd

 

[TonirS]

About three years

 

[kenny3105]

think it could be your hdd starting to die could have bad sectors might be worth wile you getting a ssd maximising your system config

 

[TonirS]

is there a way to know for sure? maybe a stress test?

 

[kenny3105]

try this link

http://pcsupport.about.com/od/toolsofthetrade/tp/tophddiag.htm

lots of tools to try.

Do you ever notice any slowdowns with system or lockups or strange noises ?

 

[TonirS]

Ran all the tests, including one that took 5 hours. Aproved.

Do you ever notice any slowdowns with system or lockups or strange noises ?

No, windows runs perfectly smooth when im not trying to play...

 

[kenny3105]

are you sure your bios are set up properly.

Have you got any anti virus programs running in background when you are gaming ?

 

[TonirS]

Recently I looked up on the web for the correct timings for my Memory, and tried forcing them in bios, no luck on that either. So I set everything back to "Auto".

Yes, but I disabled it before running 3dmark

 

[kenny3105]

what bios version are you on

 

[TonirS]

BIOS Version: 1202
Build Date: 03/16/12

 

[kenny3105]

update your bios looking at the mobo website new version fixes compatibility issues

http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/AMD_AM3Plus/M5A88V_EVO/#download

 

[TonirS]

Done it, Lag persists. Tried also tweaking the memory voltage up to 1.65V..

 

[kenny3105]

are your ram modules a tri channel kit or are they all different modules by same manufacturer ?