CPU, Motherboard and RAM upgrade but lower benchmarking score

Baggi0 · 2 Oct 2021 at 12:52

I have just upgraded my system and got a 3060Ti, a Ryzen 5600x, B550 Tomahawk motherboard with 16gb 3600mhz Crucial Ballistix ram.

My GPU came before everything else arrived so I put it in my old PC with an I5 3570k (not OC'ed as my old mobo broke and I had to put this spare in which didn't support it), a As Rock H77 pro4 motherboard and 16gb 1600mhz ram.

I ran some tests with 3D mark and my FPS and score almost doubled with the new GPU in.

So the new parts came and I have installed them all, enabled XMP for the RAM and did the benchmarks again and get the same FPS and a lower overall score lol.

Is this normal as the GPU is the limiting factor or should I see an increase with a better CPU and memory?

Baggi0 · 3 Oct 2021 at 11:23

double post

Baggi0 · 3 Oct 2021 at 11:24

Mr Mcgoo said:
3dmark is very gpu intense on the gpu tests and barely uses any cpu power as your score prove. so you wont see much if any higher gpu score. as for gaming where both cpu and gpu get utilized will you see a big difference. compare the gaming fps over synthetic benches

That's good news them i was a bit worried lol

Can you recommend any tools for that or should I just be using in-game benchmarking tools?

Baggi0 · 5 Oct 2021 at 20:17

Mr Mcgoo said:
in game benchmarks is good either that or just play a game you regularly played on your old system and see if you get a nice fps boost. also did you run any games while using your 3060ti with the 3570k?

Yeah, i ran some most have same FPS as the new setup. RDR 2 is lower lol

Emlyn_Dewar said:
What phsyics score are you getting on 3dmark?
I'm surprised you would see a lower score, given the big CPU upgrade.

I must have been mistaken regardring my scores as i've looked back and they are better especially the physics scores.

Regarding the framerates being the same as my old setup in games i guess it must be that the 3570K as old as it was still wasn't bottlenecking this new GPU lol.

Baggi0 · 6 Oct 2021 at 15:59

Joxeon said:
If your gaming at 4K then the CPU generally makes little difference which was why I recommended saving some cash getting a cheap 3600 then moving to higher core count V-cache CPU a few years down the line when prices are cheap.

I was going to do what you suggested but my theory was to get a new CPU to last me 5 years and only upgrade the GPU in between to save buying both again. Do you think the 3600 would do that? if so I'll send this back and save some cash lol