6700 XT low FPS in 3DMark Timespy

[disco28]

I get a low score and low FPS in Timespy, also the GPU load percentage is very choppy. Also the GPU clock seems to not stay high.
FPS stays mostly in 45-60 FPS range. Monitor is set to 144 Hz.

3DMark Timespy Result

I scored 8 611 in Time Spy

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X, AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT x 1, 65536 MB, 64-bit Windows 10}

www.3dmark.com

GPU Score 8210
CPU Score 11919
Overall Score 8611

Seems like I should be around at least 11500 score? I am giving up ~3000 points?

Smart Access Memory On
Above 4G Decoding On
XMP profile with 3600Mhz DDR4 and FCLK 1800MHz
4 slots GSKILL RipJaw DDR4 in 2 banks
GPU is in slot 1 next to CPU running PCIe 4 x16
Using Displayport cable to monitor
Using two power connectors from PSU to GPU, 1000W PSU
AMD FreeSync off
CPU auto overclock
GPU auto overclock
Standard fan curves
Radeon Super Resolution off
Radeon Anti Lag off
Radeon Chill off
Radeon Enhanced Sync off
Frame rate target control off
Windows 10 set to High Performance mode
User background processes stopped

System is:

AMD Ryzen 5950x 3400 MHz
MSI MEG UNIFY X570
BIOS A.H0
G.Skill SK Hynix F4-3600C16 DDR4 x4 64GB total
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB
Game Clock: Up to 2424 MHz
Memory Clock: 2000 MHz
HX Series™ HX1000 PSU
Iiyama PL3461WQ 3440x1440 display, 144Hz refresh, FreeSync supported.
WDS100T1X0E boot drive
Samsung 980 PRO data drive

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Any ideas on how to troubleshoot or what the issue may be much appreciated!

 

[AusWolf]

Very strange indeed.

Is it a fresh Windows install? Did you change any hardware in the system recently? What background processes are running? What's your CPU usage during a GPU test? Do you have the latest drivers (including the chipset driver) installed?

By the way, I wish all new users posted about their problems in such high detail instead of the usual "something's wrong, please help" posts.

 

[disco28]

It was a new build around 2020, GPU's were expensive so I kept an old GTX 780.
This week I bought a new 6700 XT and fitted it after running DDU in safe mode.
Then I installed the new AMD Adrenaline 23.71, AMD GPU driver and AMD chipset driver was already upto date.

PS C:\Windows\system32> Get-WmiObject Win32_PnPSignedDriver > drivers.txt

 

[Zyll Goliat]

Yeah...that's a very bad score something ain't working properly there I have 6700XT and getting around 12,500 on overall score and 13,000 on Gpu score and I have old X79 Platform.....maybe try to turn off resizable bar/SAM sometimes this could be issue with certain drivers thats why I am still kepping 22.11.2 driver......other than this check your hot-spot temperature maybe is to high and your GPU is throttling......GL

 

[AusWolf]

It was a new build around 2020, GPU's were expensive so I kept an old GTX 780.
This week I bought a new 6700 XT and fitted it after running DDU in safe mode.
Then I installed the new AMD Adrenaline 23.71, AMD GPU driver and AMD chipset driver was already upto date.

PS C:\Windows\system32> Get-WmiObject Win32_PnPSignedDriver > drivers.txt

DDU hasn't been the best lately. When you swap CPU or GPU makers, a fresh Windows install with fresh drivers is highly recommended.

 

[siluro818]

Really weird, because everything looks great otherwise...
Try manually to clean up and reinstall the drivers and if it's still the same see if it applies to other applications or games.
As it is you are losing about 40% performance, because of low GPU load...

 

[Macro Device]

My first thought: wattage throttling. Lower your GPU clock by 200 MHz and see if it makes any difference. Then revert to stock but increase your power limit to the very maximum. See if it changes things around.
My second thought: thermal throttling. Make sure your GPU doesn't overheat.
My third thought: faulty Windows build. Perform a clean install just to make sure.
My fourth thought: failing VRMs in your GPU. Got warranty, you know what to do.

 

[eidairaman1]

Did you do a OS Format?

 

[disco28]

No I used Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) in safe mode. I will try a clean install now.

 

[siluro818]

My first thought: wattage throttling. Lower your GPU clock by 200 MHz and see if it makes any difference. Then revert to stock but increase your power limit to the very maximum. See if it changes things around.
My second thought: thermal throttling. Make sure your GPU doesn't overheat.
My third thought: faulty Windows build. Perform a clean install just to make sure.
My fourth thought: failing VRMs in your GPU. Got warranty, you know what to do.

It isn't thermal throttling - you can see that GPU temps don't go over 70C.
And the latter two aren't very likely...
It'd help to try out the card on another PC if they have access to one.

 

[Macro Device]

GPU temps don't go over 70C.

We don't know a thing about hotspot temperature. It could be insanely high.

 

[siluro818]

We don't know a thing about hotspot temperature. It could be insanely high.

Could be, but much like the VRM thing it implies there's sth really wrong with this card's production.
Sapphire tend to have very good quality control, so a software issue is much more likely imo

 

[HD64G]

A thermal (GPU) or driver/software issue. Check the hotspot temps with GPUz. If that's OK, uninstall and reinstall the AMD driver. If that doesn't fix the problem a clean winows install should do the trick.

 

[disco28]

Looking much better after a clean install of Windows 11, thanks guys!

 

[Macro Device]

Congratulations, dude!

Now I have become curious how good my GPU is in this benchmark.

 

[disco28]

At one point I accidentally installed PRO series drivers and then did another DDU.
I also had a number of Visual Studio C/C++ libraries.
So I expect one of these was the reason it was broken.

 

[Macro Device]

This is my 6700 XT. Your GPU is completely OK.

 

[AusWolf]

I'm glad it got sorted out.

And it confirmed my suspicions: DDU is crap, a complete Windows reinstall is needed when swapping vendors.

 

[eidairaman1]

I'm glad it got sorted out.

And it confirmed my suspicions: DDU is crap, a complete Windows reinstall is needed when swapping vendors.

Yup DDU once was pretty effective, it really needs to be re-evaluated and updated so it removes the install folders, registry entries, Direct X tweaks, services, scheduled tasks and on top of that restore the windows code to default

 

[AusWolf]

Yup DDU once was pretty effective, it really needs to be re-evaluated and updated so it removes the install folders, registry entries, Direct X tweaks, services, scheduled tasks and on top of that restore the windows code to default

Unless the problem is that it removes too much of the windows code.

 

[eidairaman1]

Unless the problem is that it removes too much of the windows code.

Who knows, I used system restore before drivers are updated to fall back on if a problem occurred (We can thank Windows ME for that utility)

 

[siluro818]

I really have to wonder what kind of a setup do people whose 6700XTs get a 15K GPU score use.
Mine is clocked almost as high as you can get possibly get one to run...

Btw if anyone is curious this is the same PC without GPU OC and 16GB (so single rank) DRAM setup.
OCing get 16.7% extra actual performance for the GPU and switching to 32GB dual rank memory gets the 3700X a clean 6% on top.

 

[Macro Device]

whose 6700XTs get a 15K GPU score use.

I'm guessing they're running the most unleashed 6700 XTs with the least possible power limit bottleneck. I got a borderline reference 6700 XT with slightly modded cooling solution but it still is unable to stabilise at 2700+ MHz, yet some 6700 XTs can unload 2850+ MHz with no trouble.

Silicon lottery is also a thing.

 

[P4-630]

My TS score still not that bad with my 2070 Super....

 

[siluro818]

I'm guessing they're running the most unleashed 6700 XTs with the least possible power limit bottleneck. I got a borderline reference 6700 XT with slightly modded cooling solution but it still is unable to stabilise at 2700+ MHz, yet some 6700 XTs can unload 2850+ MHz with no trouble.

Silicon lottery is also a thing.

But that's what I mean - I won the lottery yet my TS score is at 14K. Even if someone manages to squeeze an extra 50mhz out of the GPU it's not gonna get them to 15K.
So how do they do it?