EVGA GTX 670 FTW faulity? low 3DMARK 11 score

[crestfa11en]

(Resolved)EVGA GTX 670 FTW faulity? low 3DMARK 11 score

I'm a newbie at this pc building so bare with me if I'm a little slow on the up take, I'm happy to take any screen shots that may help in diagnosing this problem, any help is greatly appreciated

Gaming performance is choppy at best with my GTX 670 struggling with Civilization V at the lowest settings, EVGA precision X shows that my GTX is running at a GPU temp of 71 and above when running Civ V.

Build:
Silverstone SST-FT02B-W/ Asus Maximus V Gene/ Intel core i5-3570k, Samsung green 8GB, Dark rock pro 2/ EVGA GTX 670 FTW, Antec high current pro 750w/ Samsung SSD 830 256gb, Win 8 pro.

I have clean-installed the latest NVIDIA beta drivers and I've updated the motherboard BIOS & swapped out the ram, taken my build apart and back again just short of reinstalling the CPU cooler all to no effect.

Running 3DMark 11 demo on Performance 1280 x 720 (720p)
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/6450600
SCORE P8474 with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670(1x) and Intel Core i5-3570K Processor
Graphics Score 9118
Physics Score 7038
Combined Score 6930

Watching the 3Dmark 11 videos at this screen resolution they remind me of the opening intro to Tomb Raider 3 and still at times the fps drops down to 21!

The following photos of my build might be helpful in problem solving this?:

The following are screen shots of my system:

I'd have chosen home group but for some reason it was not an option on installation of Win 8.

Diagnostics tell's me everything is hunky dory and Windows performance index is at 7.9 is this EVGA GTX 670 faulty, have incorrectly plugged something in?

I so happen to have a spare GTX 670 laying around meant for my sisters build, but as Windows only allows you a limited number of hardware installs I'm reluctant to try it out.

 

[crestfa11en]

Have to pop out to work now but will be back reply to any messages after 7:00pm thanks.

 

[Gregster]

Your GFX score is 9118 and if you compare that to my stock EVGA 680 that I had on release, it is equal to that score.

 

[MOOGLEYS]

This is the scores I get running one EVGA 2GB 670 FTW card at stock on the latest beta drivers. My CPU is a 2500K @ 4.6ghz.

SCORE P9118
Graphics Score 9769
Physics Score 7676
Combined Score 7488

 

[Gregster]

Make sure that Nvidia Control Panel has "prefer max performance" all the way across in the "adjust Image Settings With Preview" options.

 

[MOOGLEYS]

Make sure that Nvidia Control Panel has "prefer max performance" all the way across in the "adjust Image Settings With Preview" options.

I tried that and did not see any difference other than the cards do not clock down when not in use. I have it set to adaptive.

 

[Gregster]

I tried that and did not see any difference other than the cards do not clock down when not in use.

They should still clock down when not in use.

 

[MOOGLEYS]

They should still clock down when not in use.

Will give it another go.

 

[Gregster]

For reference, here is mine with Performance enabled and clocks at 324Mhz (both).

 

[MOOGLEYS]

Mine are both sat at 1006mhz They boost up but always drop down to 1006mhz with performance enabled. Setting to adaptive and they then drop to 324Mhz ?

 

[Gregster]

Mine are both sat at 1006mhz They boost up but always drop down to 1006mhz with performance enabled. Setting to adaptive and they then drop to 324Mhz ?

Very strange. I would go for a clean install of Drivers. Make sure you don't have K-Boost on if you use Precision X as well.

 

[crestfa11en]

Some great input here, it'll take me a short while to implement will post back soon

 

[crestfa11en]

My thanks Gregster for the screen shot, as instructed I have enabled prefer max performance in Nvidia control panel.

On PC start up EVGA precision X.

In Civilization V all setting on lowest preset or off, also I've set Vsync off as standard as the card got alarmingly hot on the previous medium settings in Civ V.

(Note that after implementing max performance in Nvidia control panel performance remains poor/slow/lagy)

 

[crestfa11en]

Double post where's the delete button on this thing?

 

[crestfa11en]

Judging MOOGLEYS & Gregster 3DMark 11 score I may have jumped the gun a little as the performance in Civ V had been so poor I had my CPU running in at stock speed along with the RAM in order to help problem solve the issues, which would contribute to the score.

 

[setter]

Youll also need to watch for the card throttling down when it hit's 70c, Try experimenting with a more aggressive custom fan profile. Oc'ing the cpu should help a bit too.

 

[crestfa11en]

Welcomed input setter certainly worth a shot will try a aggressive custom fan profile.
I've noticed you have a Benq FP241w 24" lcd how do you find it for gaming?

 

[Gregster]

Civ V is a CPU demanding game and loves the CPU to be overclocked. Most newer games are the same for this. I wouldn't have thought the 3570K at stock would hold it back but it is rude not overclocking your CPU regardless

 

[crestfa11en]

I had overclocked my intel core i5 3570K to 4.6 mhz previously but the same problems persisted, I've even had it running in Windows 7, but the same thing every time slow laggy Civ V with my GTX 670 running very very hot with the game on very low settings, perhaps it's the CPU?

Thanks all for sticking with me this far, I'm at my wits end.

 

[Gregster]

The card will downclock when it hits 70C. If your temps are high all the time, I would look for the reasons. I am a Civ V player as well and never had any trouble with a 2500K and a 680, I had settings up full as well and don't feel you should have any issues either. Civ V is heavy on compute also but this wouldn't slow down a 680 even though it isn't so good at compute.

What are your temps at idle? and also what do they get to when under stress? Could be one of the following problems...

Bad cooler contact on the GPU possibly - poor case air flow - poor TIM.