What is causing my 1660Ti to underperform?

[Nikzz]

I got my pc in 2019. It has an i7 8700 (not K) and a 1660Ti, however in games I feel like I’m getting fps that aren’t as much as the 1660Ti should be getting. For example, in gta on max settings I get around 40-50 fps, on forza horizon 5 I get around 60-70 on high preset and on fortnite I get around 140-150 on performance mode with frequent frame drops in the first few games.
When I watched youtube videos benchmarking the 1660Ti, they got higher fps, for example on forza horizon 5 at high preset it was around 100.
On 3d mark I got 14888 which is, I think, as good as the 1660Ti should perform, which makes me wonder why I get worse performance in games.
Other specs are:
Asrock b365 gaming phantom 4 motherboard, and 1x16GB RAM from crucial at 2400MHz.
Is there anything I should do to improve my game performance, or what could be the problem?
I asked on other platforms and some people said my RAM could be the cause for worse performance because it is single channel, but will dual channel really double my fps or increase them to what they should be?

[Malnutrition]

Speccy Scan.

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[li]Please go here and download Speccy.[/li][li]Install and run the program.[/li][li]Upon Completion:[/li][li]Hit File[/li][li]Publish Snap Shot[/li][li]A link will appear, post that link.[/li][/ul]

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Include in your next reply a Get System Info log.
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[Nikzz]

Hi, thanks for replying.
Here is the speccy link:

http://speccy.piriform.com/results/61TKww0MZaKAFw0BFzWGuOR

For getsysteminfo, I got a whole folder of files, not just one report, so I’m not sure what to upload as there are lots of files. Sorry about that

[Malnutrition]

Upload the whole folder.

Upload it to the link I sent, also upload it here, and send the link.

[Nikzz]

I think that’s it:

https://www.getsysteminfo.com/report/db942ca2d177a9fa4ff17d5577861c50#

https://files.catbox.moe/m7rnvc.zip

Thanks

[Malnutrition]

The first thing that we will do is download Junkware Removal Tool by Malwarebytes. Save it to your desktop run as admin, this is an outdated crapware removal tool, it will remove some junk but most important, this will create a restore point. I do not need to see the log from this, if you want to go back to before any of these steps you will have a restore point created…

Download and run StartUpLite

Download easy service optmizer, save it to your desktop and unzip it there. Right click it and run as admin, then select Tweaked at the bottom. Then click on the rocket, this will turn off a lot of useless items.

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You will however need to change one setting. Right Click on Wlansvc — WLAN AutoConfig, then select start service, the edit service. Make sure it is automatic across the board, as per the picture.


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Disable windows 10 spyware with O&O software, this can chew up bandwidth while you game as microsoft is constantly uploading various data from your machine.

Disable windows update, and only enable it once a week to update on your terms not whenever microsoft feels you need an update.

Uninstall Useless to you windows apps with O&O App buster.

Open a notepad and copy the content of the code box below, paste into open notepad and save it to your desktop as clean.bat then right click on clean.bat and run as admin.

Note: Do not copy the word code.

Note: This batch will reboot your machine so close anything you are working on and save it.

[ICODE] @echo off netsh advfirewall reset netsh advfirewall set allprofiles state On wmic nicconfig where (IPEnabled=TRUE) call SetDNSServerSearchOrder ("76.76.19.19", "8.8.4.4") %WINDIR%\SYSTEM32\lodctr.exe /R %WINDIR%\SysWOW64\lodctr.exe /R C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\lodctr.exe /R C:\Windows\SysWOW64\lodctr.exe /R DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth del /s /q C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\download\*.* del /s /q "%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Use r Data\Default\Cache\*.*" del /s /q "%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Opera Software\Opera Stable\Cache\Cache_Data\*.*" del /s /q "%userprofile%\AppData\Local\temp\*.*" del /f /s /q %systemdrive%\*.tmp del /f /s /q %systemdrive%\*.log del /f /s /q %systemdrive%\*.chk del /f /s /q %systemdrive%\recycled\*.* del /f /s /q %windir%\*.bak del /f /s /q %windir%\prefetch\*.* ipconfig /flushdns sc stop sysmain sc config sysmain start= disabled sc stop DiagTrack sc config DiagTrack start= disabled sc stop dmwappushservice sc config dmwappushservice start= disabled reg add hklm\system\currentcontrolset\services\tcpip6\para meters /v DisabledComponents /t REG_DWORD /d 0xFFFFFFFF pause shutdown -r Exit /B[/ICODE][/IMG][/B][/B][/B][/B]

[Malnutrition]

Uninstall the following with Geek Uninstaller, use force mode if needed.

Google Update Helper - 1.3.24.15
Intel Driver && Support Assistant - 22.2.14.5
Java Auto Updater - 2.8.331.9
µTorrent - 2.0.4

[Malnutrition]

Seems the logmein program is still running on your machine, have you uninstalled it?

[Nikzz]

I’ve uninstalled it I think, it doesn’t show up on the list in geek uninstaller

[Malnutrition]

Ok, install Unlocker and Everything Search engine.

Type [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]Logmein into the everything search engine window, and then click edit select all, right click highlighted text then select unlocker then delete.[/COLOR]

[Malnutrition]

Make sure and follow all steps laid out, then test your game.

The batch file will set your DNS to adblocking dns server.
You can test the best DNS for your machine with this tool.
DNS Benchmark ( I suggest running it twice to make certain it finds the best DNS server for you)
Then set it with these instructions, if you do not like the DNS adblock…

[Nikzz]

I’ve done most of the things now. I’ll try playing. Thanks for the help, I appreciate it!

[Malnutrition]

Ok. It’s important that you follow all the steps in the order listed. Only then can you guage the effectiveness…

[Malnutrition]

@Nikzz hows it handling games now, FPS any better?

[Nikzz]

It’s still quite the same fps. I don’t think it’s a software issue, maybe it’s my hardware, like my RAM or something. On speccy it said my RAM was at 1200MHz, but it should be 2400, so maybe that’s the problem?