Require help with my setup

JohnSauce1 · 27 Mar 2019 at 18:40

Hello!

I need some help as I'm trying to figure out why my computer doesn't perform as well as I think it should do. Ever since I've built my setup, I've never managed to get the same levels of performance compared with those seen on benchmarks.

I've got GTA V on steam and when playing it, I only manage to get around 40 - 60 FPS assuming I have expensive settings such as MSAA and Anisotropic Filtering turned off or to the minimum setting. I don't understand why this is happening considering that I have a reasonably good setup from what I can tell.

The following are the components that I have:
http://prntscr.com/n3pect

None of my components are overclocked yet and I have two monitors both at 1680x1050. When running GTA V I only have Discord on one monitor and GTA on the other. I've seen youtube videos of people getting over 100 fps with both the 1080 & the 6700k but I don't know why my machine fails to get this.

Below are images of the settings I have for the game as well as CPU/GPU stats while playing the game.
http://prntscr.com/n3pz2w
https://prnt.sc/n3pz86
http://prntscr.com/n3pzcn
https://prnt.sc/n3pzga
http://prntscr.com/n3pzka
https://prnt.sc/n3pzol

Some people I know have suggested that maybe my Motherboard is causing it however I don't really know. According to the stats of my CPU, I'm using almost 100% but I don't understand why. I checked on Bottlenecker and the 6700k doesn't bottleneck the 1080 so I'm unsure as to why this is causing the CPU to be at almost 100%.

Any and all help is very much appreciated!

JohnSauce1 · 27 Mar 2019 at 20:59

@EsaT I appreciate your support!

I can see the 4 graphs within task manager (as shown in the image) but I'm not sure how to get those 8 you were talking about. I've not noticed drops in the CPU's clock speed that much. Only between 10-30 Mhz every now and then.

How can I tell if there is a problem with hyper threading and how can I enable it or get it to work assuming I don't have it working already?

JohnSauce1 · 29 Mar 2019 at 18:03

@EsaT @freddie64

It only shows 4 graphs on the task manager. I've checked in the BIOS and Hyper Threading is set to "Enabled"

@Danny75

I've checked the Windows Power Plan, and to my surprise, it was set to "Power Saver" so I've changed it to "High Performance". I copied your graphics settings I didn't notice any change until I copied your advanced Graphics. I am now getting around 50 fps in busy areas with 70 in rural places. Considering I have a 1080 & you have a 1070, I think there is still a problem with something.

I appreciate all of the help you've given me thus far and this is a significant improvement from what I was getting. Could my motherboard really be stopping me from achieving closer to 100 fps?

JohnSauce1 · 31 Mar 2019 at 21:07

@Danny75

Sorry for the late reply, had work all weekend so didn't want to start anything until I had the time. I've downloaded both HWiNFO64 & Cinebench R20 and the following images are the results of the first test I ran.

https://prnt.sc/n5kflz

https://prnt.sc/n5kdib

https://prnt.sc/n5kdvk

https://prnt.sc/n5ke3o

If you notice all of the red boxes on the images provided, I think maybe there is an issue with the CPU as it seems to only recognise 2 cores and 4 threads. Do you think this could be the issue? If so, how would I go about fixing this? Otherwise, what else do you suggest?

As for my cooler, it is the standard fan that came with the bundle (At the time of purchase, around a year ago, I bought a bundle which had the same motherboard but with an i5 6500, recently replaced it with the i7 6700k) As for my PSU, I don't remember what that is. I can go and fish it out if need be (I think it's 750W).

JohnSauce1 · 31 Mar 2019 at 22:47

@Danny75

I opened msconfig to test a small theory I had, I unticked the box to choose the number of cores to boot with (which was showing 1-3) and decided to restart my pc. When reopening msconfig, I found that I had the option to choose from 1-8 cores, I also found 8 graphs in task manager. The result was that I got my 4 cores working along with my 8 threads, as confirmed by HWiNFO64 & Cinebench R20. I doubled my "cb" to 2000.

I was planning to get a new monitor & water-cooling for my PC after attempting to fix these issues with my computer & after seeing the temperatures now that the whole processor is working (previously I would get around 80 degrees on full capacity) I now know that I will be investing in water-cooling as shown by these staggering temperatures below.

https://prnt.sc/n5lh1z

I still don't know whether this has fixed the issue with the FPS in my "personal benchmark" of GTA, I will get back to you if things have improved. Until then, thanks for all of the assistance.

JohnSauce1 · 31 Mar 2019 at 23:23

@Danny75

I plan to overclock my CPU. Might as well get water-cooling as it looks nice and is quieter than a fan.

I just finished testing on GTA and can confirm an increase from my previous FPS:

Old

City: 50
Rural: 70

New

City: 60-70
Rural: 80-95

However, (again) from your screenshots, you are still getting more with a 1070. So what else could be slowing this down?

JohnSauce1 · 1 Apr 2019 at 11:32

@Danny75

Ah. Suppose I will need a new motherboard after all as I want to overclock it. What's the point in having a k model if I don't overclock?

I ran the benchmark at the same specs as you and got the following result.

http://prntscr.com/n5telm

I was getting around 115 - 130 for the cinematic day time scenes and around 85 - 100 for the rainy parts. Still feels like there could be something up. I looked at a benchmark for GTA online last night and found that the GTX 1080 was getting around 80 FPS in city on a 2k res monitor.

JohnSauce1 · 1 Apr 2019 at 17:22

@Danny75

The leaderboard shows my 1080 as being at the bottom of the list in terms of 1080s. Don't forget that I got that score at 1050p and not 1080p so chances are it would be even lower if I had a 1080p monitor.

JohnSauce1 · 1 Apr 2019 at 18:45

@Danny75

I ran the benchmark, results are below.

https://prnt.sc/n60npd

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https://prnt.sc/n60nv0

Before the benchmark, it was running "@ 16x 2.0".

JohnSauce1 · 1 Apr 2019 at 19:31

@Danny75

I'm planning on getting an ultrawide 2k resolution monitor very soon so, do you think this will tank my pc too much?

I'm going to get another motherboard so I can overclock my cpu, can I do the same for my GPU to?

JohnSauce1 · 1 Apr 2019 at 21:26

@Danny75

My CPU's base is 4.0. Freddie (from this conversation) has his at 4.7 according to his signature.

According to GPU-Z, I have: https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/asus-rog-strix-gtx-1080-gaming-advanced.b3874

What will connecting two different cables do?

At this point, I'm just looking for any advice on how to improve my machine so that it can be the best that it can be. If I do get a new motherboard, what would you suggest?

JohnSauce1 · 14 Apr 2019 at 08:30

@Danny75

Sorry for the late reply, I was away for a week & couldn't respond. I've not checked whether or not my PSU has a single rail or is a multi-rail yet, nor have I done the cable thing.

I have managed to fish out the PSU that I have though. See link below.

www.********.co.uk/products/451wto650w/nov-psg502.html

(replace stars with "nova tech" without the space)