Higher than expected VRmark score 8997 with i7 2600k and GTX 980 ti

[Mullered]

According to VR mark my PC scores higher than a "premium high end PC".  The listed spec for a premium high end PC is an i7 5930k and GTX 1080. Im running a 6 year old 2600k (at 4.3ghz) and a GTX 980ti (stock), not a bad machine but I wouldn't expect it to score as high as it did.  I've run the test several times now and got the same score.  Has anyone else run VR mark with a similar spec machine?  If so what score do you get?

[Mullered]

BeastyBaiter said:

Vega is AMD's newest Etherium mining, err, I mean graphics card. 😛

Vega 64 Liquid cooled edition is faster than a GTX 1080 TI in terms of raw compute performance but gaming with it is currently closer to a regular 1080. The plain Vega 64 is slightly slower while the Vega 56 is roughly equal to a GTX 1070 in games. Drivers may improve that in the future.

As for the OP, that is a surprisingly good score. My system got 9625 with the following:
CPU: R5 1600X at 3.95 GHz
GPU: GTX 1080 TI
RAM: 16 GB DDR4 2667
Drive: 500GB Samsung 960 Evo
Motherboard: MSI B350 Tomahawk

my 2600k came in a bundle with a P8P67 mobo and 16 GB of mixed ram dims which I can only run at 1600mhz which rules out the RAM for adding any performance. This leads me to believe the OC'd 2600k is the main contributor to the high VRmark score as my 980ti is running at stock.  This is worth bearing in mind for anyone looking to build a decent budget VR system ......

[flexy123]

If *anything*, these results show that VRMark is pretty much relying on the GPU and that the CPU has very little to do with the scores. (I mean when a 2600k can get close to 9000). This also means that overclocking your CPU will likely have very little effect on the score.

Getting a little under 7000 on my old 4770k (4.4Ghz) and a GTX970.

[Mullered]

flexy123 said:

If *anything*, these results show that VRMark is pretty much relying on the GPU and that the CPU has very little to do with the scores. (I mean when a 2600k can get close to 9000). This also means that overclocking your CPU will likely have very little effect on the score.

Getting a little under 7000 on my old 4770k (4.4Ghz) and a GTX970.

not really when my 980ti is getting a better score than a 1080 and an AMD card that is supposedly on a par with a 1080. My card is at stock timings and so is my RAM which only really leaves to CPU to explain the score

[Mullered]

Mullered said:

flexy123 said:

If *anything*, these results show that VRMark is pretty much relying on the GPU and that the CPU has very little to do with the scores. (I mean when a 2600k can get close to 9000). This also means that overclocking your CPU will likely have very little effect on the score.

Getting a little under 7000 on my old 4770k (4.4Ghz) and a GTX970.

not really when my 980ti is getting a better score than a 1080 and an AMD card that is supposedly on a par with a 1080. My card is at stock timings and so is my RAM which only really leaves to CPU to explain the score

Although admittedly your CPU should be fraping mine so perhaps something else is coming into play .... as to overclocking making any difference - I will post back here when I can get a better cooler 🙂

[Wildt]

2600K with a 1080ti

[Gadgetguy007]

Mullered said:

Gadgetguy007 said:

Im still running an I5 2500k but have just added a GTX1080ti and now get this.

Quite close to my score. Is your 2500k overclocked?  Good to see these older processors still holding their own.  I actually moved from the Oculus stated minimum spec i5 4590 to my 2600k despite the fact it's a lot older.  The 2600k was originally going to go in my daugter's VR PC which I'm building her for Christmas, but decided to put it in my machine when I noticed it was benchmarking higher than my 4590. Lone Echo is a lot smoother now!

Running a very slight overclock as im still running on air.

Was getting 3345 before with a GTX970 all at stock settings so the bulk of my jump came from the GTX1080ti.

[H4TE]

Those are some high fps for a 980 Ti :open_mouth: cheater! 😛

[Mullered]

hatec0re said:

Those are some high fps for a 980 Ti :open_mouth: cheater! 😛

Nice score hatec0re. I've been able to push my score a little higher by applying a little OC to my GPU and upping my CPU to 4.5ghz.  I'm now wondering if it will be possible to break the 10000 mark with further OCing of my CPU.  My GPU is at it's limit but I hope to push the CPU to 5ghz with some better cooling :smile:

[H4TE]

I wont get a higher score because i undervolt my cards for the sake of temperatures. :blush:

So i only get a boost of about 1.883 Mhz but with only 0.900v.

But i wish you luck!