PC passes 3Dmark but crashes while gaming.

[SiLvA #3]

Hey people,

sooo I´ve benchmarked my pc on fire strike and fire strike extreme and it did pass without any errors or crashes.

But as soon as i play games like Metro 2033 or Metro LL or Crysis 3 etc my pc restarts.
So I´d like to know why a benchmark tool which is supposed to stress test my pc pretty hard, doesn´t crash my pc but games like metro or crysis crash my pc in 10-30 minutes.

INFO : i7 4770k @3.9Ghz
Gigabyte gtx770 2GB
8 gb Ram 1600Mhz
VS650Corsair
Asus B85M

[momurda]

the tests in 3dmark are rather short and its possible to finish them without errors but still have instability problems. you could try running prime95, that will really stress your cpu and memory and fails rather quickly if there are problems

[f0ng]

Have you ever OC your rig during gaming? if yes, return everything to its default first. If crash still happen, check step by step:
- PCI Expres slot: change your VGA slot. Test again
- Remove a pair RAM (if you run on 4). This check need to switch from pair of RAM to pair of slot. Test again and again :)
- Mind the temperature of CPU, VGA and 12V input. Try HWinfo to check if there are throttle.
- Remove DirectX, driver completely then re-install them. For drivers removing, try DriverSweeper. It's freeware.
- Try with other old games but still require heavy rendering by VGA. Castlevania, Hydrophobia...etc (my 780 LN shows red led in this game, although it's kindly old game)
-............ God bless you :D

[Astori Heichalot]

Originally posted by SiLvAstar:

Hey people,

sooo I´ve benchmarked my pc on fire strike and fire strike extreme and it did pass without any errors or crashes.

But as soon as i play games like Metro 2033 or Metro LL or Crysis 3 etc my pc restarts.
So I´d like to know why a benchmark tool which is supposed to stress test my pc pretty hard, doesn´t crash my pc but games like metro or crysis crash my pc in 10-30 minutes.

INFO : i7 4770k @3.9Ghz
Gigabyte gtx770 2GB
8 gb Ram 1600Mhz
VS650Corsair
Asus B85M

ahhh havent post here for awhile

benchmarking does stress your system, but playing high game settings do stress your system more.
there is no better way to actually test your pc stability by playing games more than 30 mins.
crysis 1, sleeping dogs, hitman absolution are a good stability tests (atleast 30 mins)

judging by how you could completed firestrike tests, means your RAMs and your GPU are most likely fine.
check how your system restarts:
1. if it gets to a blue screen of lolness and then restarted, your 4770k needs more voltage
2. if it just automatically restarts very quickly, then you probably using too much power usage on gtx770 (overlyoverclocked). OR you are using a stabilizir/UPS which is lower wattage than your PSU

again, these are assumptions still, but I put my money on those 2
hope that helps

[SiLvA #3]

Oh i totally forgot this Thread... :P

My Problem was the PSU. I´ve bought an Corsair AX760 now and haven´t had any crashes anymore :) but thank you very much guys :)

[Astori Heichalot]

Originally posted by SiLvAstar:

Oh i totally forgot this Thread... :P

My Problem was the PSU. I´ve bought an Corsair AX760 now and haven´t had any crashes anymore :) but thank you very much guys :)

I knew it was the PSU !
good that you solved it

[UL_Jarnis]

To test stability with 3DMark Advanced Edition, do a custom run with just Fire Strike Combined Test and hit run (untick rest of tests/demos) - it will continously loop the combined test and fully stress processor and video card.

Let that run for 8 hours and I'd call the system fully stable.

[Astori Heichalot]

Originally posted by FM_Jarnis:

To test stability with 3DMark Advanced Edition, do a custom run with just Fire Strike Combined Test and hit run (untick rest of tests/demos) - it will continously loop the combined test and fully stress processor and video card.

Let that run for 8 hours and I'd call the system fully stable.

one does not simply wait 8 hours watching blazing hellfire to play games sir !

[MancSoulja]

Originally posted by Astori Heichalot:

Originally posted by FM_Jarnis:

To test stability with 3DMark Advanced Edition, do a custom run with just Fire Strike Combined Test and hit run (untick rest of tests/demos) - it will continously loop the combined test and fully stress processor and video card.

Let that run for 8 hours and I'd call the system fully stable.

one does not simply wait 8 hours watching blazing hellfire to play games sir !
:f2_happy:

One does not need to stress test their PC to play games sir... Just to check if extreme overclocks are stable