AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX bug

[Nomana]

The 2990WX processor has an extremely low 3dmark score

[Snuke]

Check if your cpu thermal throttled by either using system info while running 3d mark or run an occt stress test and check if the temps hit 95°C. Also Indicated by a thermal throttle: "yes" in occt or a sudden slowdown during the 3d mark physics test.

[Razorpara]

I remember that some motherboards do or did not work with the 2990wx that great. I do not know if they fixed it with all motherboards. But if the fps is dropping like a mofo you might want to change for another tr4 socket motherboard.

[Nomana]

After all your comments, I tried to reproduce it, using the same Gigabyte motherboard. I was however NOT able to reproduce this. I guess, I must have forgotten to apply thermal paste.

[BonPadre]

Originally posted by Nomana:

After all your comments, I tried to reproduce it, using the same Gigabyte motherboard. I was however NOT able to reproduce this. I guess, I must have forgotten to apply thermal paste.

If you had forgotten thermal paste, much more likely you would have gotten a BSOD.

What probably happened, either you OC the CPU and it did THROTTLE (caps for emphasis not shouting), or the CPU cooler you chose was not sufficient to prevent throttling, but good enough to prevent BSOD.
That leads to very very low benchmark scores.

Next time, before launching a benchmark, check the temps with OCCT, and make sure the CPU does not throttle.

[Nomana]

Originally posted by BonPadre:

If you had forgotten thermal paste, much more likely you would have gotten a BSOD.

You are right about that. I checked it and I got a BSOD after starting up.
I am however 100% sure that I did not overclock the CPU when I got the low 3dMark score.
I used an Arctic Freezer 33TR cooler each time, which is apparently sufficient. So the mystery of the low 3dMark score (somewhere between 1000 and 2000) remains.

[BonPadre]

Originally posted by Nomana:

Originally posted by BonPadre:

If you had forgotten thermal paste, much more likely you would have gotten a BSOD.

You are right about that. I checked it and I got a BSOD after starting up.
I am however 100% sure that I did not overclock the CPU when I got the low 3dMark score.
I used an Arctic Freezer 33TR cooler each time, which is apparently sufficient. So the mystery of the low 3dMark score (somewhere between 1000 and 2000) remains.

There is something in the game, called silicon lottery.
So whenever you pick a certain part (here the Threadripper 2990WX) every CPU will react differently, that's why they don't stack up in inventory.
Each overclockable part will react differently from an other exact same model, some Threadripper 2990WX CPU may throttle, when at same OC (or not) some other will BSOD, and a few may just be fine.
Also in freebuild, each time you use a CPU / GPU / RAM and you remove it and place an exact same model one, it's an other pick in the lottery. So no parts are reacting exactly the same.

So if it was not the exact PC you had the issue on, and it's an other try with exact same build, you may not be able to reproduce same result.

[Nomana]

Ok, thanks

[Don.Snow]

Just ignore it. The 3Dmark of this game is not realistic.It’s enough to experience the fun of installation.And, AMD YES!!!

[Don.Snow]

It’s enough to experience the fun of installation.AMD YES!!!

[BonPadre]

Originally posted by ltanlang2572:

Just ignore it. The 3Dmark of this game is not realistic.It’s enough to experience the fun of installation.And, AMD YES!!!

A score of 1000 or 2000 for that CPU, is due to throttling, and not how the game is coded for the scores, realistic or not.

That very CPU, with a pair of 3600MHz RAM is supposed to score 11962

So there is a difference between what OP asked, and what you commented about.
You are correct, scores may not be realistic, but that's a whole different topic than OP's one.

[Boring Man]

Just got a job to install a 2990wx and to overclock it to 0 mhz. there is definitely something wrong with that cpu

[🦊Λℚ𝓤ΛƑΛᗯҜᔕ🦊]

Originally posted by Boring Man:

Just got a job to install a 2990wx and to overclock it to 0 mhz. there is definitely something wrong with that cpu

Nope! That "0 mhz overclock" is a random bugged job that can be applied to any and all processors in the entire game from customer requests. From celerons and pentiums up to threadripper processors. That's a very common job request issue. That "0 Mhz overclock" from a job is *NOT* unique to the 2990WX.