Low FurMark scores with GTX 770?

[SweatyBolognese]

Hello

I've just run the FurMark benchmark for my EVGA (ACX) GTX 770 2GB. I believe this card is supposed to be slightly better performing than the GTX 680, but my FurMark scores are much lower than the 680 FurMark scores. I am scoring around 2300-2800, while the 680 was scoring upwards of 5000. Is it because of my power supply? (Even though 650W is more than enough) Is it my motherboard? There is no coil whine or anything coming from the pc when I run the benchmarks so I have no idea of what is going on!

I would appreciate any help!

Specs:

Intel Core i7 4770 @ 3.5GHz
16GB Corsair Vengeance LP 1600MHz
Gigabyte H87N-WiFi
EVGA (ACX) GTX 770 2GB
Silvserstone Strider 650W 80+ Gold
Pioneer Optical drive
OCZ 256GB SSD (OS + Apps/Games)
2x 1TB Western Digital Green
Corsair H60 SE
Corsair 350D

Cheers,
shimmy

 

[tinytomlogan]

Never compare test runs unless the rig is identical.

It wont be your psu.

 

[barnsley]

The 680's test was almost definatly done with a OC'd 3930k, super fast ram and some ssds in raid. Never compare the scores based on just the GPU .

 

[Cru]

little bit off topic but does furmark still kill GPUs?

 

[barnsley]

little bit off topic but does furmark still kill GPUs?

Not the newer ones, I believe it can kill the 5xx and below though. I know it can kill a 590 :s. As long as the card isn't a reference design (i.e. has sufficient cooling) and has sufficient means of cooling its VRAM it should be fine. It basically puts more stress on the GPU then most benchmarks/any games imo.

 

[SuB]

Fur mark isn't worth running tbh, it over-stresses things. Risky business.

 

[Kaapstad]

There are far better benchmarks to use when comparing graphics cards. You could give Unigine Heaven 4 or Futuremark Firestrike a go, both of which are free.

Or better still read some of the reviews on this site.

 

[SweatyBolognese]

Thanks all, clears things up.

 

[SieB]

Furmark is more of a stress test than a performance benchmark anyway, much better using 3DMark for testing performance