Benchmarking?

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DEL 707

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This is the spec of my machine.

Intel Core i7 930 2.80GHz (Bloomfield) clocked at 4Ghz
Asus P6X58D-E Intel X58
Corsair XMS3 12GB (6x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz
Antec 902 Nine Hundred Two (V3) Ultimate Gaming Case
Noctua NH-D14 Dual Radiator CPU Cooler
Sapphire Pure 625W Modular Power Supply
EVGA GeForce GTX 970 SC ACX 2.0 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
XFX XTR 750W '80 Plus Gold' Fully Modular Power Supply
Samsung 1.0TB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive

While gaming I've noticed a perfomance drop, mainly in Vermintide, but last night I played Company of Heroes and about 30 min into the game, it ran like crap.

What's the best way to make sure my machine is giving the performance it should? Should I run a benchmark, if so which 1? Is there a way to compare benchmarks with my computer? Because even if it does give a score, I'd have no idea what it means. :p
 
Performance drop can be caused by either your CPU or GPU overheating resulting in throttling or running out of resources. MSI Afterburner will allow you to log core temperature, GPU and memory usage of your graphics card. Realtemp will allow you to monitor your CPU core temperatures. Windows performance monitor will allow you to log CPU / memory / disk usage. I suggest you have all 3 of these running then launch Vermintide and when you notice a performance hit minimise the window and check these apps to see if you can identify the cause.
 
If you run firestrike (free demo on steam) then people will quickly be able to tell you if your scores are right.

Make sure you post the scores for the individual tests (graphics, physics) as well as the total score though.
 
I don't think a benchmark is going to help if it takes 30 minutes for performance to degrade. When performance goes is there a spike in CPU activity / RAM usage, is there something running that you can spot in task manager that shouldn't be? I would consider downloading a couple of malware scanners (Malwarebytes & ADWCleaner) and running a full virus scan using whatever AV software you have installed. It's possible you have some malware that is using system resources, at least I would investigate this possibility.
 
I think CoH plays up more then longer it's on is because of map damage and bodies/vehicles. I just played a game with some mates on slightly lowered settings, was set by the game before and it seemed to run better.

I did a First Strike demo benchmark and got a score of 9776.
http://www.3dmark.com/fs/8092328

So yeah, good or bad, I'm not sure.
 
I'm no expert on your hardware, but your score is about what I would expect based on what my hardware scores :)
 
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