Why is my PC performing so badly, when I've spent so much money on it?

JL94x4 · 13 May 2018 at 22:19

jsmoke said:
Check cpu and gpu temps. Google cpuz I think it's called and download the hardware monitor.

Temps are fine, 60c CPU max and 72 GPU max. I get browser scrolling stutter even at idle.

BongoHunter · 13 May 2018 at 23:41

Can you post a screenshot of the different tabs from CPU-Z

And what are you currently monitoring temps with?

Got all your power connectors plugged in correctly? E.G GFX has PCIE Power connectors - mobo has 8pin EPS and 24 Pin ATX connected?

Got your graphics card in correct PCIE slot?

jsmoke · 14 May 2018 at 01:54

72 is a bit high so is 60 for that matter.

bbbearrr · 14 May 2018 at 08:38

JL94x4 said:
Temps are fine, 60c CPU max and 72 GPU max. I get browser scrolling stutter even at idle.

is that at idle ?

Lartyconshayo · 14 May 2018 at 08:43

Is xmp profile enabled for RAM ? Needs to be done in Mobo BIOS. Default is disabled just set it to XMP profile 1

JL94x4 · 14 May 2018 at 13:54

BongoHunter said:
Can you post a screenshot of the different tabs from CPU-Z

And what are you currently monitoring temps with?

Got all your power connectors plugged in correctly? E.G GFX has PCIE Power connectors - mobo has 8pin EPS and 24 Pin ATX connected?

Got your graphics card in correct PCIE slot?

https://imgur.com/a/PEbdIsi

Scaling on CPUz is pretty bad at 1440p lol.

Hwmonitor/hwinfo and coretemp, they all state the same. Yes all power connectors are plugged in correctly.

jsmoke said:
72 is a bit high so is 60 for that matter.

60c is too hot at full load on a 8700K?

These are full load temps.

bbbearrr said:
is that at idle ?

Full load.

Lartyconshayo said:
Is xmp profile enabled for RAM ? Needs to be done in Mobo BIOS. Default is disabled just set it to XMP profile 1

Yes, profile 1 XMP is enabled, 2666MHZ

VaderDSL · 14 May 2018 at 16:59

Does the issue occur when running the boot SSD only, SATA disconnected and running only 2 sticks of RAM and one monitor with displayport?

JL94x4 · 14 May 2018 at 17:39

VaderDSL said:
Does the issue occur when running the boot SSD only, SATA disconnected and running only 2 sticks of RAM and one monitor with displayport?

Exactly the same.

BongoHunter · 14 May 2018 at 17:46

Does your GPU core and memory clock increase when you run an app that uses GPU acceleration?

Edit: igore that it must do else you wouldn't get the frame are your getting in games

BongoHunter · 14 May 2018 at 17:50

Have you tried single monitor with HDMI only?

JL94x4 · 14 May 2018 at 22:51

I've found the problem I believe, but I can't fix it.

Frametimes in games is unreal. Here's some frametimes in Conan Exiles.

David Bisset · 16 May 2018 at 14:14

Both ram sticks working?

fadingfool · 16 May 2018 at 15:52

That jump in pagefile usage would indicate a lack of ram - so definitely check the ram usage (both main-board and GPU). With a spike like that and corresponding dip in frame rates I suspect the ram on the GPU may be faulty.

JL94x4 · 16 May 2018 at 18:07

fadingfool said:
That jump in pagefile usage would indicate a lack of ram - so definitely check the ram usage (both main-board and GPU). With a spike like that and corresponding dip in frame rates I suspect the ram on the GPU may be faulty.

This may be relevant. Its funny you mention that, when I try to OC the memory on Afterburner, as soon as I click apply I get a split second of artifacting, even underclocking memory gives the same result, overclocking the core clock on GPU doesn't give artifacts. Did a memtest on my onboard RAM and that returned no issues.

Would you say its definitely VRAM based on this?

BongoHunter · 16 May 2018 at 19:15

I think you can get a mem tester for vram, e.g

http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/memtestcl.html

JL94x4 · 16 May 2018 at 19:34

BongoHunter said:
I think you can get a mem tester for vram, e.g

http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/memtestcl.html

Just ran it, 0 errors.

VaderDSL · 16 May 2018 at 20:22

It's nothing to do with something like shadowplay etc?

JL94x4 · 16 May 2018 at 20:26

VaderDSL said:
It's nothing to do with something like shadowplay etc?

I don't have that installed, I never install geforce experience.

andshrew · 16 May 2018 at 21:55

JL94x4 said:
What have I tried?
2. I've tried using onboard graphics, however I can only obtain a max of 60hz because my monitors only allow 60hz under HDMI and my mobo doesn't have a DP - This test is pointless.

Although you've dismissed this as pointless, was Windows still stuttery when running from the onboard graphics at 60hz?

Unless Afterburner is reading it incorrectly, your page file usage seems insane at a minimum of 7GB used and max of 15GB. It's possible that a driver or similar is causing a memory leak. What's your page file actually set to?

JL94x4 · 17 May 2018 at 19:45

andshrew said:
Although you've dismissed this as pointless, was Windows still stuttery when running from the onboard graphics at 60hz?

Unless Afterburner is reading it incorrectly, your page file usage seems insane at a minimum of 7GB used and max of 15GB. It's possible that a driver or similar is causing a memory leak. What's your page file actually set to?

Page file is set to windows automatically set, around 3GB I believe.