My 3060 ti not hitting maximum TDP (100%) in tests and gaming

[vattghern]

In FurMark, I get an average of 169 FPS with GPU Benchmark 1080p. The GPU frequency during testing in Furmark does not exceed 1410 Mhz, judging by the graphics. When viewed in GPU-Z, the frequency drops from 1740 to 1410. If I turn on the 720p test, the frequency rises to 1515 mhz. In MSi Kombustor, when testing at 1080p, the GPU frequency rises to 1780-1800 Mhz with an average fps of 62 frames. But it confuses me that in all test scenarios my TDP does not exceed 93-94%. Sometimes it goes up to 96%, for a second. I’ve tried raising the power limit in Afterburner to 104%, but that didn’t help. I also turned on the preferred speed mode to the maximum in the nvidia settings, this also did not help. I have a 650W Masterwatt power supply. When I look at the test results of other people, they have a maximum TDP of 100 to 102%. I checked the voltage on the 12V line in AIDA64 (I know that this is not entirely correct), but when the video card is loaded with 12V, the line shows 11.800V, which is normal. If measured with a tester, then the difference can be 0.1-0.2v. So what could be the reason?

Just in case, my GPU is Gigabyte 3060 ti Gaming Oc LHR (ver 2.0)

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[veeg]

Hello

How many peripherals are connected during this time? Also it may be the psu as well..

@phillpower2

[DirtyHarry]

What temperature of your GPU when testing? Can it be throttled when using it in overclocked mode?

[vattghern]

Hello

How many peripherals are connected during this time? Also it may be the psu as well..

@phillpower2

I don’t think it’s the power supply. I did a little research and came to the conclusion…

Perhaps this problem is on the part of the BIOS of my videocard and the model range as a whole. Perhaps it has a BIOS, which is also installed in Gigabyte 3060 Ti Pro OC cards, where there is an additional 6-pin power connector. Because of what TDP increases and limits, in turn, also increase. I have a regular Gaming OC, with one 8-pin power connector. And according to the data I found on the internet, my default TDP should be 200W and the maximum is 220W. On my native videocard, judging by Gpu-z, in the NVIDIA BIOS TDP column, the default TDP is 220W, and the maximum is 230W. Because of this, I think the videocard is not loaded at 100% TDP. And, according to the tests that I managed to find on techpowerup, this is the norm for my videocard, they also increased the Power Limit to 104% in Afterburner when testing the video card. Their videocard, as in my case, was loaded at a maximum of 95% by TDP. Regarding Combustor, when testing in this program, the frequency was from 1740 on the core (not higher), so this is a problem in the furmark. Maybe my research will help someone. Although I could be wrong.

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In games, I do not experience any problems, the frequency in the game ranges from 1880 to 1920Mhz.
The only thing I don’t understand is why in Afterburner the percentage of power consumption is indicated at 100% -102% when starting a heavy game at ultra graphics settings, using the example of the same cyberpunk 2077. That is, in GPU-Z and other testing programs, the maximum TDP is 93-95 %, and in the game TDP is 100% and even more. I’m a little confused. Perhaps Afterburner reads data from the sensor more accurately. Or is it generally normal for all RTX cards, because the GPU does not allow itself to be burned so that it does not run into max power consumption. In any case, I will be glad to any of your suggestions.

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[vattghern]

What temperature of your GPU when testing? Can it be throttled when using it in overclocked mode?

The video card is new and in any game I have not seen that the temperature exceeded 65-67 degrees. Perhaps for this reason, the power consumption is not 100% TDP, but I think this is unlikely.

[phillpower2]

I have a 650W Masterwatt power supply.

I don’t think it’s the power supply. I did a little research and came to the conclusion…

Having done years of PSU research I can 100% tell you that you are wrong, CM PSUs are junk and the Masterwatt range is so bad that it is ranked as Tier D • Recommended only for very cheap, iGPU systems here you are killing your GPU and other hardware.

Being that the OP is receiving assistance elsewhere this thread will be closed to avoid any misunderstandings.