Low Benchmark Scores-- looking for some advice.

Hey all. I am planning some upgrades to the PC and have been especially in the GPU area after hearing some bad stuff about it, but now that the benchmark has given me some low scores (really abysmally low scores) I'm looking to see what adjustments are best without making too many or buying a whole new PC (the PC isn't that old 2-3 years-ish, but I didn't get the best stuff available either when I bought it)

First the scores:
Max: 1238
High (Desktop): 1370
High (Laptop): 1691

The PC:
Nvidia GTX 660 (1989MB VRAM)
Intel i5-3570 (3.40GHz)
8GB RAM (actually thought I had more than this, could probably use some more... like double maybe lol)

If anything else should be mentioned, let me know. Thanks in advance to those who can offer some advice.

Your GPU is easily the bottleneck. CPU and RAM is okay. Could you tell us your PSU manufacturer and model?

I'm using Geforce GTX 970 myself and I have no complaints about it. Around 11000 score everything maxed 1980x1200. I believe x290 is very close to GTX 970 from the AMD side from the top of my head.

Your scores should be much higher. I suspect it's selecting you Intel GPU instead of Nvidia. Try creating a profile in Nvidia Control Panel.

There is something wrong in your setup. Those components should be able to play the game very well.

You should be able to get 4-5k as a score @ 1080p

I'm not sure of the manufacturer or model of my PSU. I know it is either 500W or 550W though as I knew I wanted a bit more than necessary for potential upgrades. I'm just debating mainly on which GPU to get as I'm usually a bit more loyal to Nvidia, but I have no qualms using a Radeon should the upgrade be worth the price/power ratio.

Your CPU is slightly better than mine (i5-4430), videocard, very much weaker (I have 970GTX), same ram (8GB) yet I scored 12k, so your biggest upgrade..... videocard. Just get a cheap 970.

yeah i agree , your benchmark is using your intel graphic card instead of the Nvidia gpu

im an amd user , but someone had your problem in the benchmark score thread and some mentioned creating a Nvidia profile for the benchmark (remember that there is an exe for DX9 and another for DX11)

edit : oops Pseudopsia beat me to it.

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Originally Posted by Pseudopsia

Your scores should be much higher. I suspect it's selecting you Intel GPU instead of Nvidia. Try creating a profile in Nvidia Control Panel.

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I'm not really sure what to tell you. Everything points at it using the 660, my computer doesn't even recognize I have an Intel display adapter.

Edit... That really did make a difference weird... I ran it at max and rolled a 4983 this time. I wonder why it said it was using the Geforce but not o.o;

It does sound like you are using integrated graphics...

However, your scores won't be that much better.

With Maximum settings dx11
I have a 3570k (overclocked can reach 4.2)
GTX 780 EVGA
Good PSU
8 or 16 GB of ram... I forget at this point

My score was 9669 (something like that)

What resolution?

Numbers too low for a GTX660

I would go wipe the drivers with a driver cleaner like DDU and try installing the latest ones.

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Originally Posted by Lexxuk

Your CPU is slightly better than mine (i5-4430), videocard, very much weaker (I have 970GTX), same ram (8GB) yet I scored 12k, so your biggest upgrade..... videocard. Just get a cheap 970.

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Thanks! I will probably end up doing just that! =D

My PC is about 3 years old and i got good scores.
My Specs are GTX 560 Ti, a i7-2600 cpu
and i ran at max settings in borderless windowed at 1920x1080 and got 9177 with directx 9 and 5541 with directx 11

so like others have said its probably not just your card.

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Originally Posted by Reiryuu

Hey all. I am planning some upgrades to the PC and have been especially in the GPU area after hearing some bad stuff about it, but now that the benchmark has given me some low scores (really abysmally low scores) I'm looking to see what adjustments are best without making too many or buying a whole new PC (the PC isn't that old 2-3 years-ish, but I didn't get the best stuff available either when I bought it)

First the scores:
Max: 1238
High (Desktop): 1370
High (Laptop): 1691

The PC:
Nvidia GTX 660 (1989MB VRAM)
Intel i5-3570 (3.40GHz)
8GB RAM

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I have the same GPU the same amount of RAM and the same CPU and I score 8878 on max settings with 1280x720 resolution. I don't think you need to spend any money unless your card is knackered. I'd check to see if it has underclocked itself too, this isn't so uncommon an occurrence.

how do i see what the fps ect was? not sure where to find that info

that's really weird, i have an i3 and 650gtx and i'm getting up to 3500 at 1080 with everything maxed (dx11 features included) except shadows.

The benchmark must be using the integrated gpu for some reason, got to settings>display tab and check the GPU used.

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Originally Posted by Kyomagi

how do i see what the fps ect was? not sure where to find that info

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save your score, it will open a text document with more detailed info, including FPS.

Go into your Nvidia settings and do this: http://i.imgur.com/cQEj3Ij.png Also update your drivers and redo the test. If that doesn't improve your scores it could be that your card is overheating. Take it out, clean it up , dust if off and try again. A lot of times it's really as simple as that. I also recommend using something like EVGA Precision so you can control your fan speed/fan curve. Sometimes these cards fans don't ramp up fast enough to deal with the heat output which causes them to downclock quickly resulting in shitty performance. I prefer to set my own fan curve to always avoid this.

There is something wrong with the scores you are getting.

I use a gtx660ti (slightly better than your gtx660) and I use an i3 which is worse than your i5. On max settings at 1920x1080, I get a 6431 score. What resolution did you use?

Considering your specs are nearly the same as mine (I have a 4 GHz CPU vs your 3.4) there is no way your scores are that abysmal unless as others have stated it is using your integrated graphics for some reason rather than your Nvidia card. That video card should run it just fine.

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Originally Posted by Reiryuu

I'm not really sure what to tell you. Everything points at it using the 660, my computer doesn't even recognize I have an Intel display adapter.

Edit... That really did make a difference weird... I ran it at max and rolled a 4983 this time. I wonder why it said it was using the Geforce but not o.o;

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Fairly certain that OP got their issues solved by creating a profile in the NVidia Control Center. It was just edited in, on this previous post.

Ya OP resolved it. If you have geforce experience or latest nvidia drivers I don't think Intel GPU would be selected since they have latest game profiles. I looked at FFXIV game profile yesterday and it has the DX11 executable name added to it.

My scores are ok but my problem is that there is often lag and then my display driver goes kapoot. :( Not sure what to do. I did have to re-install the OS a week ago and maybe I missed a driver. The odd thing is I have been having this problem long before the install. Here are my system specs.

System
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.150316-1654)
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600K CPU @ 3.40GHz
16360.797MB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 (VRAM 1232 MB) 9.18.0013.4752

^Sounds like your video card is overheating.