Lost approx 2% of performance in benchmarks

nlel1975 · 10 Feb 2013 at 20:11

Earlier on today I scored 9444 on 3D Mark 11 now I get 9281

Earlier on today I scored 124.9 fps in Heaven @ 1080p default settings now I get 123.5

I cannot figure out how or why I lost approx 2% of performance nothing major but would like to get it back

Gregster · 10 Feb 2013 at 20:13

If you was to do the test 10 times, it would never be the same. More programs in the background will hit performance also.

Randomface74 · 10 Feb 2013 at 20:15

difference between 1333 and 1600 mhz ram?

nlel1975 · 10 Feb 2013 at 20:15

gregster said:
If you was to do the test 10 times, it would never be the same. More programs in the background will hit performance also.

Yeah I understand that but I feel that 163 3D marks and 1.5 fps in Heaven suggest something more then simply the law of averages.

nlel1975 · 10 Feb 2013 at 20:15

billysielu said:
difference between 1333 and 1600 mhz ram?

No mine has always been set to 1333 and cannot run at 1600

Tonester0011 · 10 Feb 2013 at 20:23

Silicon degradation?

whyscotty · 10 Feb 2013 at 20:27

2%, that could be caused by a multitude of things.

I would not be concerned by it, unless the % kept getting worse.

LtMatt · 10 Feb 2013 at 20:28

Tonester0011 said:
Silicon degradation?

Stop it you.

nlel1975 said:
Earlier on today I scored 9444 on 3D Mark 11 now I get 9281

Earlier on today I scored 124.9 fps in Heaven @ 1080p default settings now I get 123.5

I cannot figure out how or why I lost approx 2% of performance nothing major but would like to get it back

Are you running your card overclocked? Maybe the overclock is ever so slightly unstable resulting in a slight performance drop.

Sin_Chase · 10 Feb 2013 at 20:28

2% is within the margin for error.

nlel1975 · 10 Feb 2013 at 20:29

whyscotty said:
2%, that could be caused by a multitude of things.

I would not be concerned by it, unless the % kept getting worse.

Yeah I am not that bothered I mean its not going to be noticeable in games. The performance drop I got when the power control settings went back to 0 was much much more noticeable well in benchmarks anyway.

nlel1975 · 10 Feb 2013 at 20:30

LtMatt said:
Stop it you.

Are you running your card overclocked? Maybe the overclock is ever so slightly unstable resulting in a slight performance drop.

I have it set to 1150/1500 and it hasn't crashed on me yet. I ran BF3 for over 2 hours earlier on and it didn't crash.

Randomface74 · 10 Feb 2013 at 20:30

nlel1975 said:
I cannot figure out how or why I lost approx 2% of performance nothing major but would like to get it back

They have pills for that

whyscotty · 10 Feb 2013 at 20:32

billysielu said:
They have pills for that

He wants his Mojo back

nlel1975 · 10 Feb 2013 at 20:33

billysielu said:
They have pills for that

Yeah I think they call it OCD these days lol

LtMatt · 10 Feb 2013 at 20:34

billysielu said:
They have pills for that

whyscotty said:
He wants his Mojo back

nlel1975 said:
Yeah I think they call it OCD these days lol

Lol, there's no shame in it nlel, heck even Pele uses it.

oldestgregg · 10 Feb 2013 at 20:42

Maybe its tired.....Its been pushing those pixels all day

nlel1975 · 10 Feb 2013 at 20:45

oldestgregg said:
Maybe its tired.....Its been pushing those pixels all day

lol just run 3D Mark 11 again scored 9279 this time, got 9281 last time and got 9444 earlier on today!

A difference of up to 50 3D Marks between each test is acceptable but to lose 163! I think not

LtMatt · 10 Feb 2013 at 20:47

nlel1975 said:
lol just run 3D Mark 11 again scored 9279 this time, got 9281 last time and got 9444 earlier on today!

A difference of up to 50 3D Marks between each test is acceptable but to lose 163! I think not

Add one notch of voltage on to the core and memory, run the tests each twice and report back your highest score. Double check power slider is at +20% as well.

Gregster · 10 Feb 2013 at 20:48

nlel1975 said:
lol just run 3D Mark 11 again scored 9279 this time, got 9281 last time and got 9444 earlier on today!

A difference of up to 50 3D Marks between each test is acceptable but to lose 163! I think not

Restart computer and straight away (or as soon as every thing is loaded) run 3DMark. See if it is still lower.

nlel1975 · 10 Feb 2013 at 21:03

gregster said:
Restart computer and straight away (or as soon as every thing is loaded) run 3DMark. See if it is still lower.

I have done all that and its not coming back. Maybe earlier on was just a fluke!