cpu bottleneck but bottleneck calculator says I should have a gpu bottleneck?

[BentoBox]

My current set-up is an hd 6970 and an a8-7600k (I know, pretty cheap and bad), I'm on max power settings on BIOS, and I get like 70 FPS average on the CSGO benchmark test 1080p low, and about 80 FPS with an HD 7770 same cpu(same settings). In addition I had little to no background programs on both tests and I'm really starting to question things. First a guy told me I had a CPU bottleneck, but when I plugged my specs into thebottlenecker.com it said I had a 10% GPU bottleneck???

Incase you wanted some of my specs here it is.
Everything is at stock clock.

a8-7600k
xfx HD 6970
g.skill ares 2133 mhz 8gb ddr3
1tb barracuda 7.2k rpm


I'm honestly not sure what to do, in other games performance is relatively the same, in tf2 on low 1080p I get around 60 fps but it can dip down to 40. Should I just get an upgrade, if so, for what part?

 

[13thmonkey]

That site is worse than useless.

Your CPU is weak, but your GPU is top end but old, so not too strong.

You need a new CPU and GPU to see a real difference, and not just an A10, you need to get away from APUs.

 

[WildCard999]

Terrible website, there's a much better way to see if your CPU is holding back your GPU. All you need to do is play the game on high settings for a bit and note the FPS then lower it down to Low settings. If the FPS increase then your GPU is reaching it's upper limits, if the FPS doesn't change then your CPU is the issue and should be upgraded if higher FPS is needed.

https://davescomputertips.com/how-to-determine-gpu-vs-cpu-bottlenecks-and-possible-solutions/

 

[BentoBox]

That site is worse than useless.

Your CPU is weak, but your GPU is top end but old, so not too strong.

You need a new CPU and GPU to see a real difference, and not just an A10, you need to get away from APUs.

Yes, I've been thinking about a CM 212 and i5 2500k combo OC to around 4.5

 

[mbilal2]

Hi there,

The frame dips you experience in TF2 are due to CPU bottlenecking. However the CPU bottlenecking is minimal and only occurs in CPU intensive scenes. You get smooth gameplay during other times.

CS:GO is a CPU intensive game and your frames there are limited by your CPU. In my opinion, if you do want to upgrade, a complete system upgrade is necessary. That being said 40fps is still playable and the upgrade would depend on your budget. To sum up; you are experiencing CPU bottlenecking though it is quite minimal since your GPU isn't great as well...


Usually upgrading the GPU is recommended. I wouldn't recommend an upgrade of the CPU alone as the FM2+ socket is pretty much outdated. Here's an upgrade I would suggest:

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Cnq8VY
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Cnq8VY/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1300X 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($128.29 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard ($73.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($82.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Asus - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Phoenix Video Card ($154.78 @ OutletPC)
Total: $440.04

I don't know what kind of PSU you have so I didn't add one in. Also you never gave a budget so I picked up decent low-mid priced components.

 

[USAFRet]

Chiming in for a third vote of "That site is absolutely useless!"