Performing the same test after a year and four months, achieving roughly a 15% decrease in the most recent result.
Performing the same test after a year and four months, achieving roughly a 15% decrease in the most recent result.
Hey everyone, I've been running the same tests on the identical machine with the same components for several years now. Using 3Dmark's Firestrike (basic version), the numbers have changed over time. On May 13th 2022 it was 38689, then dropped to 38312 on Sept 7th 2024, and reached 33101 by Jan 3rd 2025. The biggest change is the graphic score declined and CPU temps rose from 74°C to 83°C compared to a year earlier. Could this be responsible for the roughly 15% performance drop? I've attached some screenshots of the recent benchmarks for reference. Thanks!
It seems like you're referring to a period of significant growth or expansion, possibly lasting around three and a half years.
I reviewed the homework after a restart; previously, after running it without one, scores consistently came up around 33xxx. I cleaned it last year but haven’t updated since then. I plan to revisit it today and try again. During the last session, I was only checking GPU power usage and utilization, so I’ll attempt it again after cleaning. Also, when I view both charts together, the GPU isn’t operating at full capacity as it did before, with a noticeable dip between Graphic Test 1 and Graphic Test 2.
It might be KB5066835 that's responsible, linked to the October Windows 11 update. This issue impacts many graphics cards from Nvidia, AMD, and Intel. Nvidia hasn't waited for Microsoft to release a patch and has provided their own driver fix. It's unclear if AMD has updated its drivers to address the October problem.
You were partially correct about cleaning the PC and filters reducing the temperature gap, but the result remains low—similar to before. #1 refers to the issue after the dyst off. I’ll look into this soon, thank you. It seems there might be a problem; I’ve been experiencing update issues since October, and I can’t update anymore because it freezes at 38% and restarts.
It happened! Updates got stuck since late October, always triggering errors. I delayed them until I tried a reinstall. It showed an issue with TPM 2.0, which was surprising since it’s Windows 11. In the BIOS I saw a reset to default settings, and I hadn’t changed anything in over a year. After enabling XMP, TPM, and SAM, they were all turned off. Once I went back, updated Windows, and it worked smoothly—probably because the BIOS had been reset to factory defaults at some point.