I bought a GTX 1080 FTW on release from EVGA. 2 weeks ago it stopped working. I shipped it back to EVGA on November 7th and I received a replacement card packaged like it was brand new on the 17th. An EVGA representative on the phone promised the new card would have the thermal pads and the bios update.
 
My new GTX 1080 FTW can handle much higher clocks and puts out way lower temps but somehow scores a lot worse on 3D Mark Fire Strike Ultra. How is this possible? Did 3D Mark adjust their scores? I don't care about scores much but I'm worried it's an indicator of something weird with my new card. 
 
My OLD 1080:
Stable up to 2038 MHz.
Mostly hovered between 1987-2025 MHz
Temps are 70-80 C in benchmark
Memory clock at 5454
3D Mark Fire Strike Ultra = 5404 - 5585
 
My most recent with the old card:
http://www.3dmark.com/fs/10363712
 
My NEW 1080:
Stable at 2114 MHz (could probably do more)
Hovers between 2088 - 2114 MHz
Temps are 40-50 C in benchmark
Memory clock at 5454
3D Mark Fire Strike Ultra = 4908 - 5059

 
This is my highest score with the new card:
http://www.3dmark.com/fs/10814584
 
 
Some additional information:
 

• I have the newest Nvidia drivers as of now (375.95) but I also tried the last two (375.86 and 375.70). The results were about the same. 
• I have the newest Precision XOC version as of now (6.0.9)

• The only thing that has changed since my last video card was in my computer is the PSU. I swapped my EVGA SuperNOVA 850 B2, 80+ BRONZE 850W for an EVGA SuperNOVA 1050 GS, 80+ GOLD 1050W
• My CPU has been overclocked to 4.6 GHz for a long time. 
• Windows 10 64 Bit and rest of my specs are down below

 
 
Any ideas as to what is happening? Thanks guys! 

IchigoSoulReaper
My OLD 1080:
Stable up to 2038 MHz.
Mostly hovered between 1987-2025 MHz
Temps are 70-80 C in benchmark
Memory clock at 5454
3D Mark Fire Strike Ultra = 4908 - 5047
 
My NEW 1080:
Stable at 2114 MHz (could probably do more)
Hovers between 2088 - 2114 MHz
Temps are 40-50 C in benchmark
Memory clock at 5454
3D Mark Fire Strike Ultra = 5404 - 5585

The higher the score the better the performance. Looks like the new card is working a lot better than the old one.

Sajin

IchigoSoulReaper
My OLD 1080:
Stable up to 2038 MHz.
Mostly hovered between 1987-2025 MHz
Temps are 70-80 C in benchmark
Memory clock at 5454
3D Mark Fire Strike Ultra = 4908 - 5047
 
My NEW 1080:
Stable at 2114 MHz (could probably do more)
Hovers between 2088 - 2114 MHz
Temps are 40-50 C in benchmark
Memory clock at 5454
3D Mark Fire Strike Ultra = 5404 - 5585

The higher the score the better the performance. Looks like the new card is working a lot better than the old one.

OOPS I flipped the scores in my copy/paste adventures. I double checked it all now and it is correct after the edit. Sorry for the confusion.

IchigoSoulReaper

Sajin

IchigoSoulReaper
My OLD 1080:
Stable up to 2038 MHz.
Mostly hovered between 1987-2025 MHz
Temps are 70-80 C in benchmark
Memory clock at 5454
3D Mark Fire Strike Ultra = 4908 - 5047
 
My NEW 1080:
Stable at 2114 MHz (could probably do more)
Hovers between 2088 - 2114 MHz
Temps are 40-50 C in benchmark
Memory clock at 5454
3D Mark Fire Strike Ultra = 5404 - 5585

The higher the score the better the performance. Looks like the new card is working a lot better than the old one.

OOPS I flipped the scores in my copy/paste adventures. I double checked it all now and it is correct. Sorry for the confusion.

In that case...

Before you start

"In general, you should benchmark every device you test under the same conditions. For example, you should test every system in the same location, at room temperature, and away from direct sunlight and other heat sources.
The precision of Futuremark benchmarks scores is usually better than 3%. This means that running a benchmark repeatedly on a consistently performing system in a well-controlled environment will produce scores that fall within a 3% range.
Individual scores may occasionally fall outside the margin of error since the factors that influence the score cannot be completely controlled in a modern, multitasking operating system. There are also devices that simply do not offer consistent performance due to their design. In these cases, it is necessary to run the benchmark multiple times, and then take either an average or a mode of the results."
 
- https://www.futuremark.com/support/guides

Sajin

IchigoSoulReaper

Sajin

IchigoSoulReaper
My OLD 1080:
Stable up to 2038 MHz.
Mostly hovered between 1987-2025 MHz
Temps are 70-80 C in benchmark
Memory clock at 5454
3D Mark Fire Strike Ultra = 4908 - 5047
 
My NEW 1080:
Stable at 2114 MHz (could probably do more)
Hovers between 2088 - 2114 MHz
Temps are 40-50 C in benchmark
Memory clock at 5454
3D Mark Fire Strike Ultra = 5404 - 5585

The higher the score the better the performance. Looks like the new card is working a lot better than the old one.

OOPS I flipped the scores in my copy/paste adventures. I double checked it all now and it is correct. Sorry for the confusion.

In that case...

Before you start

"In general, you should benchmark every device you test under the same conditions. For example, you should test every system in the same location, at room temperature, and away from direct sunlight and other heat sources.
The precision of Futuremark benchmarks scores is usually better than 3%. This means that running a benchmark repeatedly on a consistently performing system in a well-controlled environment will produce scores that fall within a 3% range.
Individual scores may occasionally fall outside the margin of error since the factors that influence the score cannot be completely controlled in a modern, multitasking operating system. There are also devices that simply do not offer consistent performance due to their design. In these cases, it is necessary to run the benchmark multiple times, and then take either an average or a mode of the results."

- https://www.futuremark.com/support/guides

I ran the benchmarks in the exact same location. Pretty warm room with a fireplace. It's actually quite warm. I'm absolutely shocked at the ridiculously low temperatures reported by the Precision XOC OSD during the benchmark 

Thanks for the reply again. 

You didn't post what driver version you used for the OLD benchmark run.
 
Drivers to make a difference...and the last few releases from NVIDIA have been junk.  I'm still running on an older version of their driver as the latest releases are not stable for folding @ home.

ksgnow2010
You didn't post what driver version you used for the OLD benchmark run.
 
Drivers to make a difference...and the last few releases from NVIDIA have been junk.  I'm still running on an older version of their driver as the latest releases are not stable for folding @ home.

Just checked and the last driver I benchmarked with the old card was 372.90. I posted links to my results in an edit to my post above. 
 
I might go back to that driver and see what happens. 
 
Your avatar is hilarious by the way haha

372.90 is what I am currently running.

ksgnow2010
372.90 is what I am currently running.

OK I'll go roll back to it. I'll benchmark and post the results 

ksgnow2010
372.90 is what I am currently running.

http://www.3dmark.com/fs/10817326
 
I got a 4980 with the 372.90 
 
If anybody else has a 1080 by EVGA and 3D Mark Fire Strike could you please have a run today and let me know what you got?