Im really sorry if I posted this in the wrong section. I just figured the tech gurus would all be here!
PLEASE I beg you to help me I have such a weird problem and I cant even begin to understand what the problem is.
Let me start off by saying my firestrike score has ALWAYS been extremely consistent over the years. 12,900 for cpu ( 7800x3d ) and 22,500 for gpu ( 3090ti ) these numbers have SLIGHTLY varied from time to time but extremely consistent.
Fast forward october 2025. I reinstall windows 10 fresh. let it update, install drivers ( chipset, nvidia, network, etc ) everything runs perfectly i install 3dmark firestrike and once again I get the good old numbers Ive seen for the past years, 12900 cpu and 22500 gpu. this is comfirmation to me everything is fine. fast forward november 15. I dont know what happened, i did NOTHING or installed nothing during this time but i run firestrike and my graphic score is 21.000 CONSISTENTLY. 5 runs, all 21.000. I dont understand why. I am confused and dont know how to fix it. I boot up arc raiders thinking to myself my gpu is probably dying. I end my gaming session 3 hours later. I run firestrike, 22.500 graphic score. I am beyond confused and I dont connect the dots to maybe launching arc did something? I run firestrike 3/4 more times, consistently 22.500. I am relieved and happy it fixed itself. I close my pc and sleep. Next morning I boot up pc and run firestrike, back to 21.000 score. I launch Arc , play 1 run, close Arc, 22.500 score on firestrike.
What can this possibly mean? Please help me im sorry for typing this wall of text.
PLEASE I beg you to help me I have such a weird problem and I cant even begin to understand what the problem is.
Let me start off by saying my firestrike score has ALWAYS been extremely consistent over the years. 12,900 for cpu ( 7800x3d ) and 22,500 for gpu ( 3090ti ) these numbers have SLIGHTLY varied from time to time but extremely consistent.
Fast forward october 2025. I reinstall windows 10 fresh. let it update, install drivers ( chipset, nvidia, network, etc ) everything runs perfectly i install 3dmark firestrike and once again I get the good old numbers Ive seen for the past years, 12900 cpu and 22500 gpu. this is comfirmation to me everything is fine. fast forward november 15. I dont know what happened, i did NOTHING or installed nothing during this time but i run firestrike and my graphic score is 21.000 CONSISTENTLY. 5 runs, all 21.000. I dont understand why. I am confused and dont know how to fix it. I boot up arc raiders thinking to myself my gpu is probably dying. I end my gaming session 3 hours later. I run firestrike, 22.500 graphic score. I am beyond confused and I dont connect the dots to maybe launching arc did something? I run firestrike 3/4 more times, consistently 22.500. I am relieved and happy it fixed itself. I close my pc and sleep. Next morning I boot up pc and run firestrike, back to 21.000 score. I launch Arc , play 1 run, close Arc, 22.500 score on firestrike.
What can this possibly mean? Please help me im sorry for typing this wall of text.