Low Score?

[Marshall]

Hey everyone! I just got my Asus ROG Strix 3080 and put it in my rig with my 10700K and 32GB of RAM. I did a 3D test and I got an unusually low score and was wondering why that would be? https://imgur.com/uWvZkMN

[Migz - DH]

For that GPU/CPU combo, the average Time Spy Score is 16369. Naturally, that number is pulled higher due to the extreme overclockers who use these benchmarks, and the median seems to be some hundreds lower than that. 16123 is around the most common score for that combo. You can find this information via 3dmarks's online Score Explorer search mode.

17963 isn't very low for a 3080 straight out of the box. With an undervolt or custom overclock, and a case with adequate airflow, you could likely get that score to the mid-18000s to low-19000s.

The CPU seems to score close to the median and a bit lower than the average.

Conclusion: If you haven't done any tweaking of the clock speeds or voltages, I'd say that the overall score is about right. With adequate cooling/airflow, you should be able to improve your scores, but know that the improvement on the Strix is only going to be several percent at best.

[Tiasmoon]

Getting average score with stock settings is not a ''low score''.

[Marshall]

Thanks guys! I saw it was below average so I was concerned. It makes sense since I havent OC anything yet. I thought 3D Mark tracked the OCing so I thought the score was compared with just the stock clocked PCs.

[Tiasmoon]

Nope, it compares it with every entry logged that has that cpu/gpu combo. You can search for cpu or gpu only as well but it will still include everything from hardcore overclockers to invalid overclocks that actually reduce performance.

It takes a while to get an idea for what a good score would be for your specific hardware.

[Migz - DH]

Originally posted by Tiasmoon:

it will still include [...] invalid overclocks

Are you sure that invalid scores are included? I thought that the point was to only include valid scores.

[Tiasmoon]

Invalid Overclocks as in ''higher clocks, but equal or lower performance''. Invalid scores are not listed.

For example, my 6800xt has a stock performance of about 8500 in Timespy EX. However when I first raised clocks it actually tanked performance and lowered score down to 8100.

That is an invalid Overclock, as despite having a higher clockspeed the performance is worse. It is not an invalid score as its measured as normal with no custom settings or whatever.

The relevance in this context is that you will find some scores below stock performance.