itzamemer
I have identified a seemingly large performance disparity between my system and similar systems in the Graphics department. I have been troubleshooting this the past week however have been unable to solve this and I am close to the point of returning to retailer. With the help of some kind gentlemen on Reddit we came to the conclusion that there is an issue and that when I use ANY bench marking/stress testing software, the voltage doesn't appear to increase very much nor do the temperatures rise very high when expected.
 
GPU: EVGA GTX 1080Ti SC Black Edition
CPU: Intel Core i7 7700k (Stock)
Motherboard: ASUS Strix Z270G, Bios 0906
RAM: Corsair Vengeance DDR4-3200 (2x8GB) (Stock)
PSU: EVGA SuperNova G3 750W
Operating System & Version: Windows 10 Pro, 1703
Driver: 382.33
 
Troubleshooting so far has been to replace main power cables, clean install of drivers, minimal overclock with only a small performance increase from current position. My CPU was previously overclocked at 4.8GHz with the RAM using XMP at 3200 stable. For the sake of this thread I have reformatted for a second time, installed only the necessities and reset BIOS to default. Overclocking the CPU/RAM has very little impact on the 1080Ti in terms of my issue. I have also followed the troubleshooting steps listed here and elsewhere to no effect.
 
Before I get too far ahead of myself, I would just like to confirm this IS a performance issue I am experiencing? I am basing all of this off comparison benchmarks both games/tests and seem way off.
One of the issues that we identified was possible the Voltage during these benchmarks and that possibly it is in a power-saving mode however there is no evidence of this anywhere on PC.
 
Heaven
FPS: 104.7
SCore: 2637
Min FPS: 36.2
Max FPS: 214.5
 
3dmark timespy
Score: 5919
Graphics: 6018
CPU: 5419
 
3dmark firestrike
Score: 15777
Gfx: 18469
Phys: 14403
Comb: 8092
 
All these scores are post reformat with only necessities installed.
 
VDDC sits around 0.85 to 0.94 in these tests and 0.75 in furmark (stress testing doesn't seem to work)
 
I have all my scores and benchmarks including GPU-Z monitoring however cannot post due to imgur links etc so hopefully this is sufficient.
 
 
Could I get some advice on whether this is an issue (maybe I am overthinking this), what I should be expecting with this gear, any troubleshooting advice and whether I should go back to the retailer and get them to check it out.
 
edit: unfortunately none of my imgur links or 3dmarks can be posted so i will just type the scores
 

ShaneRobs
Under load temps are in the 68-69c range I don't usually pay a lot of attention to the voltage though. If I put a +70 offset on the core it sits around 1950MHz while running firestrike or superposition. I currently am using XOC but I'm thinking of trying afterburner since I don't have the FTW3 and don't need the extra monitoring and fan controls. Sorry thought that was the OP that posted the last comment.

ShaneRobs
itzamemer your firestrike score is definitely lower then it should be i have the 1080ti sc black edition and a I7 6700k with 16gb of hyperx fury ram clocked at 2133 and my firestrike score was 21,000 your graphic score should be close to 30,000 with the 1080ti sc black sorry i don't have any answer as to why your scores are so low looks like you might need to RMA your gpu I would contact evga support and tell them your problem they're the best I've ever dealt with in a company I hope you can get your problem straightened out.

itzamemer
I have identified a seemingly large performance disparity between my system and similar systems in the Graphics department. I have been troubleshooting this the past week however have been unable to solve this and I am close to the point of returning to retailer. With the help of some kind gentlemen on Reddit we came to the conclusion that there is an issue and that when I use ANY bench marking/stress testing software, the voltage doesn't appear to increase very much nor do the temperatures rise very high when expected.
 
GPU: EVGA GTX 1080Ti SC Black Edition
CPU: Intel Core i7 7700k (Stock)
Motherboard: ASUS Strix Z270G, Bios 0906
RAM: Corsair Vengeance DDR4-3200 (2x8GB) (Stock)
PSU: EVGA SuperNova G3 750W
Operating System & Version: Windows 10 Pro, 1703
Driver: 382.33
 
Troubleshooting so far has been to replace main power cables, clean install of drivers, minimal overclock with only a small performance increase from current position. My CPU was previously overclocked at 4.8GHz with the RAM using XMP at 3200 stable. For the sake of this thread I have reformatted for a second time, installed only the necessities and reset BIOS to default. Overclocking the CPU/RAM has very little impact on the 1080Ti in terms of my issue. I have also followed the troubleshooting steps listed here and elsewhere to no effect.
 
Before I get too far ahead of myself, I would just like to confirm this IS a performance issue I am experiencing? I am basing all of this off comparison benchmarks both games/tests and seem way off.
One of the issues that we identified was possible the Voltage during these benchmarks and that possibly it is in a power-saving mode however there is no evidence of this anywhere on PC.
 
Heaven
FPS: 104.7
SCore: 2637
Min FPS: 36.2
Max FPS: 214.5
 
3dmark timespy
Score: 5919
Graphics: 6018
CPU: 5419
 
3dmark firestrike
Score: 15777
Gfx: 18469
Phys: 14403
Comb: 8092
 
All these scores are post reformat with only necessities installed.
 
VDDC sits around 0.85 to 0.94 in these tests and 0.75 in furmark (stress testing doesn't seem to work)
 
I have all my scores and benchmarks including GPU-Z monitoring however cannot post due to imgur links etc so hopefully this is sufficient.
 
 
Could I get some advice on whether this is an issue (maybe I am overthinking this), what I should be expecting with this gear, any troubleshooting advice and whether I should go back to the retailer and get them to check it out.
 
edit: unfortunately none of my imgur links or 3dmarks can be posted so i will just type the scores
 

itzamemer

bcavnaugh
Is your Card running GEN3 X16 on your Motherboard (Look in the Bios) and in the NVIDIA Control Panel - System Information ONLY
Is HT enabled or disabled in your Bios, is the Integrated GPU enabled or disabled in your Bios?

Running Gen3 x16, HT enabled, iGPU disabled, and yes I have :)
2050MHz seems legit

• 1556MHz Base Clock
• 1670MHz Boost Clock
• 348.5GT/s Texture Fill Rate
• 11264MB GDDR5X Memory
• 11016MHz Memory Clock
• 484GB/s Memory Bandwidth

bcavnaugh
Give 3DMark 11 a test run.
I cannot wait till I get my Black, A Long Step-Up Timeline.

bcavnaugh

What are you running in the Back Ground?
So are you Overclocking the GPU and setting the Voltage to Max or 100% in XOC?

bcavnaugh
Have you gone up on the +70 I bench mine at +150 and +160

ShaneRobs
itzamemer here is a photo of my firestrike score i was having a problem with my internet so it wasnt validated but these are the scores you should be getting with your specs. Sorry about the photo i had to edit it to finally get it to upload but thats with a I7 6700k and the 1080Ti sc black edition so almost the same as your gpu/cpu combo. This was done with no overclock on gpu or cpu so you should score over 21,000 and your graphics score should be around 29,000 or so.