Solved Why is my GTX680 benchmark so low?

[xiroc]

I just upgraded my system with a new mobo and cpu today.

For some reason when I use Heaven DX11 benchmark, it shows my gpu as the motherboard gpu and not my GTX 680. Also, the scores are much lower than someone with my same graphics card. I have updated my bios and installed the newest driver for my gtx680.


Here is my benchmark (left) and another is someone else with a similar system (right). Anyone know why my scores are so much lower?


SYSTEM SPECS:
OS: Windows 7 Professional 64 bit
MOBO: ASROCK Z77 Extreme 4
CPU: Intel i5 3570K 3.4 GHz
RAM: GSkill Ripjaws DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) 4x4GB = 16GB
GPU: EVGA GTX 680 FTW 4gb
HD: Western Digital 2TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache 6Gb/s
PSU: 850W
CASE: Cooler Master HAF 932 ADV BLUE ED
MONITOR: ASUS 27'' and Gateway 19'' (old flat screen hand-me-down)


THANKS!

 

[Maguscreed]

Are you plugged directly into the card, or into the intel graphics on the mainboard.
My results in that specific app still tell me I have a intel 3k but it's giving me the numbers for my gtx580. (not too far off your card)

 

[Britton30]

Check your UEFI setting that the PCIe slot is initialized first. I think it will be better if you use the DVI connector too.

 

[xiroc]

Are you plugged directly into the card, or into the intel graphics on the mainboard.
My results in that specific app still tell me I have a intel 3k but it's giving me the numbers for my gtx580. (not too far off your card)

Yes my monitors are plugged directly into the card and not the mobo.

 

[xiroc]

Check your UEFI setting that the PCIe slot is initialized first. I think it will be better if you use the DVI connector too.

Do I do that through the BIOS?

 

[Britton30]

Yes, BIOS/UEFI, whichever you board has. Intel board also have, Virtu(?) which uses the on chip GPU and the card like an SLI or Crossfire setup, disable that.

 

[Maguscreed]

UEFI IS your bios now.

 

[xiroc]

Yes, the Primary graphics adapter is set to PCI express and not onboard.
See photo.

 

[xiroc]

Yes, BIOS/UEFI, whichever you board has. Intel board also have, Virtu(?) which uses the on chip GPU and the card like an SLI or Crossfire setup, disable that.

I remember uninstalling that after I installed everything from the disk. Is there anything else I should do to disable it?

 

[Britton30]

No, if you uninstalled it it's disabled, but I think it is part of UEFI and can't be uninstalled, just disabled.

download GPUz or CPUz and see what graphics they say you are using. Maybe Unigine is fouled up.

If you attached a USB drive formatted in FAT32 and press F12 while in UEFI, it takes a screen shot of what ever screen you're on.

 

[xiroc]

No, if you uninstalled it it's disabled, but I think it is part of UEFI and can't be uninstalled, just disabled.

download GPUz or CPUz and see what graphics they say you are using. Maybe Unigine is fouled up.

If you attached a USB drive formatted in FAT32 and press F12 while in UEFI, it takes a screen shot of what ever screen you're on.

GPUZ displays both graphic cards.

 

[xiroc]

No, if you uninstalled it it's disabled, but I think it is part of UEFI and can't be uninstalled, just disabled.

download GPUz or CPUz and see what graphics they say you are using. Maybe Unigine is fouled up.

If you attached a USB drive formatted in FAT32 and press F12 while in UEFI, it takes a screen shot of what ever screen you're on.

Thanks for the screen shot advice! lol guess it was obvious I needed it.

 

[xiroc]

I went to the option in the bios and turned off Virtu (see screenshot).

Now the benchmark displays I'm using a GTX680; however, I am greatly disturbed by how low the scoring is compared to others with similar system specs.

Please help. I'm about to send this graphics card back to newegg as defective (RMA).

 

[Britton30]

I'm no expert when it come to FPS and GPU performance. Have you tried the latest nVIDIA driver?
NVIDIA Driver Downloads - Advanced Search
Or maybe an older one would work.
Also:
Try these steps to install only the graphics driver.

1.Download the preferred driver and save it to the desktop.
2.Double click the installer and you will see a screen where it will be extracted to, change that to your desktop.
3.Open Device Manager through Control Panel.
4.Expand Display adapters and right click the name for yours and choose Update Driver\Browse my Computer. Select the driver folder you just saved on the desktop. Click Next.
5. Your system should say "Windows has successfully updated your driver software".

If you get a window saying you already have the most current driver, go back to step 4 and choose Uninstall Driver software instead. Then restart from step 3.
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I'll ask for some others to help here too.

 

[Maguscreed]

I notice you are maxing all the settings, that is going to bring your score down drastically in that benchmark as all it does is count the raw number of frames.

Also have you grabbed the latest driver from nvidia?

 

[xiroc]

I notice you are maxing all the settings, that is going to bring your score down drastically in that benchmark as all it does is count the raw number of frames.

Also have you grabbed the latest driver from nvidia?

Yes I have the latest video driver properly installed.
If you refer to my first post there is a screenshot of my benchmark and a similar PC, both using the highest settings. That screenshot was taken off of this forum.


http://www.sevenforums.com/overcloc...s-your-unigine-heaven-benchmark-scores-6.html

 

[Maguscreed]

If you are talking about niklu, he has TWO gtx680's.

 

[xiroc]

No. Mavrag.
Either way you have to admit these scores are aweful for a 680. Something is wrong.

 

[Britton30]

Did you miss post #14?

 

[xiroc]

Did you miss post #14?

Charts, benchmarks 2012 VGA-GPGPU, 02 - Unigine Heaven DirectX 11 Extreme[/URL] My 680 should be smoking that 570 in post 14 by at least 10 fps. As of now, my scores are 20 fps off what they are supposed to be. Something is DEFINITELY wrong. I did update my PCI to 3.0 btw.