Very low gtx 970 benchmark score 3d and 2d

[Azorath]

Hey.
I got a new evga ssc gtx 970 and thought I'd test it with the PerformanceTest 8.0 and got a very low score compared to the passmark score. For the test I used my amd fx-8370e (which got 8176 in score).

My gtx 970 got 543 in 2d and 5037 in 3d, which I don't think makes any sense. I used driver version 347.52.

I hope you can help me

[David (PassMark)]

So the CPU score looks OK.
The 3D score is a bit low.

See this post to start with,
Causes and Solutions for a slow PC

You'll probably never get a great 3D score as the fx-8370e single threaded (and dual threaded) performance isn't all that great.

These 8 core CPUs really only shine when you are running between 4 and 8 threads, which isn't all that common.

[Azorath]

Hello and thank you for your anwser!
I've noticed than my directX 10 is ok and the 11 and direct compute is pretty good, but the directX 9 is very low compared to 980.

[David (PassMark)]

You are comparing your machine to a machine with far better CPU and a better video card. So it is to expected that your machine will be slower.

The CPU also impacts on the 3D results, especially when you have a high end video card and slower CPU.

You didn't state the actual DX9 result, so I can't really say if the lower result it what is to be expected or not.

[Kellos]

You are comparing your machine to a machine with far better CPU and a better video card. So it is to expected that your machine will be slower.

The CPU also impacts on the 3D results, especially when you have a high end video card and slower CPU.

You didn't state the actual DX9 result, so I can't really say if the lower result it what is to be expected or not.

I have to agree there might be something wrong here. I've actually scored considerably lower with my GTX 970 than with my GTX 660. Same issue as above, DX 10 & 11 fine, but can't get above 60 fps on some of the other tests.

Any other benchmarking software, and I'm destroying my old score.

Actually I did just run 3DMark and then went back to PerformanceTest 8 and found that the previously locked to 60 fps tests started screaming through and the results were only 12% slower than the reference 980 (as apposed to 60% quicker previously). Please note, the PC has not been rebooted in between starting this post, nor any settings tweaked.