MSI GTX 1060 x 6gb running poorly! any idea what the problem might be?

[JuniperGreen]

I just recently built my first gaming PC, and have been noticing some nasty framerates while testing it out. In GTA V my frame rate goes from 40-60 (even dropping to the 30s in some areas), on just the default settings (very high), when many benchmarks claim that my GPU should be able to run the game on ultra with a constant of 60fps.

I'm a complete novice when it comes to modern PC gaming, so perhaps there is something I missed or didn't do? I made sure to do a clean install of the GPU's drivers. I can't imagine my CPU would be bottle-necking it, as most sites list it as going far beyond the recommended specs for my games. Perhaps it's something on the physical side?

My Specs:
Processor: Intel i7 4770 3.4ghz (no overclocking)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 EXTREME4 ATX LGA1150
Powersupply: SeaSonic Platinum 860W 80+ Platinum
Ram: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2133
OS: Windows 8
Monitor: 1920x1080 60Htz

I've also noticed that shadows in most of the games with good lighting have been looking a little strange; they flicker and look very pixelated. Not all games, but this occurs in Ark, Skyrim/MineCraft with lighting mods,and GTA V (though it seems to look fine during the morning in game in GTA's case).

I've tried running MSI Afterburner and the only thing that looks off to me is that the "power" never goes above 75%. Everything else like "GPU Usage" are at 100% or whatever variable they should be at. So I'm thinking perhaps there is something wrong with the PSU, or cable supplying enough power. But I'm not sure. Anything else I should take into consideration? Been researching this for days without finding anything that useful.

[[☥] - CJ -]

did you install the latest NVIDIA drivers yourself
or did you let Windows do it for you?

You can raise the max power with afterburner, or EVGA Precision as Precision is more updated for the newer GPUs in this regard.
But with how GPU Boost works, it'll only use as much as is needed
That being said, those results are normal.

1 problem i see is you being on Win8 though lol
You should have went with Win10 if this is a new system.

[JuniperGreen]

引用自 ☥ - CJ -：

did you install the latest NVIDIA drivers yourself
or did you let Windows do it for you?

You can raise the max power with afterburner, or EVGA Precision as Precision is more updated for the newer GPUs in this regard.
But with how GPU Boost works, it'll only use as much as is needed
That being said, those results are normal.

1 problem i see is you being on Win8 though lol
You should have went with Win10 if this is a new system.

Not sure what you mean by lettings Windows do it. I went to Nvidias website and downloaded it and did an express installation of the latest one at the time.

I don't have a disk drive yet, nor did I purchase an SSD, so I haven't bothered with getting Windows 10 yet. Though I disabled Windows 8's updates a long time ago before I put my HDD in the new PC), as they always caused issues. So it's only at 8, and not 8.1 if that makes any difference.

On Witcher 3 with Ultra graphics on I get 45-58 FPS with hairworks off, despite seeing videos of it going 60-70FPS with hairworks ON. So do I need to upgrade my CPU to get that kind of speed? I doubt overclocking would get me anyways near that kind of boost (heck power only goes up to +10% in afterburner), and I don't believe the video maker was OCing, either.

I might try OCing anyways, but I'm a little worried about messing up and hurting my GPU.

[[☥] - CJ -]

8.1 would make some what of a difference, if you could clean install with 8.1.

And no, that CPU is perfect, so that isnt the problem.

My specs are on my profile, and i definitely get more than that FPS on W3 at those settings, and thats with it being installed on a HDD.

[JuniperGreen]

Well, the version of Windows I have did come with a prebuilt computer, so it does have a lot of bloat ware floating around in it. I'll have to try getting my hands on my USB Windows 10 or something. Though I doubt it would fix my FPS. Just don't understand what could be wrong with my computer. It should be perfect, but it just doesn't want to give me those extra frames.

[just.kamk /idle]

Well, the 75% power target is a bit weird. Could be some driver problem, or 3rd party tool interfering.

What i would try first:
- uninstall msi afterburner and any other 3rd party tools (for now)
- do a fresh driver re-install with DDU https://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html
(preferably in safe mode)
- use a plain readout GPU utility to check up on the card (i.e. "GPU-Z")

Still, you should let your operating system update.