Question Could my RAM bottlenecking my entire system?

[marques-1998]

Hi community, hope you are well.

Recently I upgraded my old msi 1060 gaming X to a old gigabyte gtx 1080 and I notice that I am not using my cpu or gpu at maximum performance, for example BF V, maximum setting I get like 90fps but my cpu is at 60% and my gpu between 80-90%. Coul it be that my RAM is too "old"?
My System:
CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-7700 3.6Ghz
MotherBoard: Asus EX-B250M
GPU: GIGABYTE GTX 1080 G1 Gaming 8G
Ram: G.Skill Ripjaws V 16Gb (2x8Gb) DDR4-2400Mhz
Disc: SSD SAMSUNG 870 EVO 1TB
PSU: Seasonic S12II 520W

Ty for your time.

 

[logainofhades]

I would go into your bios and make sure XMP is enabled. I doubt the 2400 ram is holding you back, with that GPU, and even if it was, your board doesn't allow for faster.

 

[marques-1998]

I would go into your bios and make sure XMP is enabled. I doubt the 2400 ram is holding you back, with that GPU, and even if it was, your board doesn't allow for faster.

Yes, XMP is enable.

 

[marques-1998]

The best exemple for this is playing elden ring, my rig is more that capable to run that at 60fps, I get 45-50...

 

[thestryker]

You cannot overclock DRAM on a B series board of that generation so even if it was, which there's no reason to believe it is, there's nothing you can particularly do about it without making more dramatic changes to your system.

Chances are that it's your system in general holding things back, but even at 60% usage a single core or two could easily be at 100% which would be your limitation. Generally speaking if the GPU usage is in the 90s then you're relatively balanced, but as it dips lower typically that signifies CPU limitation.

 

[marques-1998]

You cannot overclock DRAM on a B series board of that generation so even if it was, which there's no reason to believe it is, there's nothing you can particularly do about it without making more dramatic changes to your system.

Chances are that it's your system in general holding things back, but even at 60% usage a single core or two could easily be at 100% which would be your limitation. Generally speaking if the GPU usage is in the 90s then you're relatively balanced, but as it dips lower typically that signifies CPU limitation.

But while playing Elden Ring the CPU is at 50% and the GPU at 70%, in theory I should be getting more performance right?

 

[logainofhades]

Your PSU is a bit weak, for that GPU, just as an fyi. I do think it's time for a platform upgrade.

 

[marques-1998]

Your PSU is a bit weak, for that GPU, just as an fyi. I do think it's time for a platform upgrade.

I thought the same, and I will upgrade it soon, do you think that's teh problem?
I dont think so because playing other gpu intensive games like RDR2 I dont have any problem, gpu stay at 99% and I get like 70 fps.
Ty for your time once again.

 

[logainofhades]

I would say the CPU is holding you back, in BF V.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzX7Wc1Sn9o

 

[thestryker]

But while playing Elden Ring the CPU is at 50% and the GPU at 70%, in theory I should be getting more performance right?

Only if none of those CPU cores are running maxed out, but I'm guessing at least one is. There's a lot that happens in game engines which requires high single threaded performance and if you've maxed out that thread that is the bottleneck.