Hi, I have an i5 6500 @ 3.2ghz (other specs at end of question) and have recently noticed that my idle CPU usage is around 45%. During games this easily ticks into the 90s and often spikes at 100%, causing massive frame rate drops. I can confirm that during these times by GPU is running at a mere 60% usage, this is textbook bottlenecking.
I was surprised to find that Battlefield 1 runs at a mere 30fps and below (with stuttering) even on the lowest settings due to this, and games like Borderlands 2 have been experiencing the same issue, and they weren't before (a couple months ago). I was wondering, what could cause this? I have a friend with the same specs as me who is running Battlefield 1 without any issues on the highest settings. Is it worth me replacing CPU? And if so, what's a good LGA 1511 socket CPU that I could replace it for?
Specs:
GPU: GTX 970 4GB EVGA
CPU: i5 6500 3.2ghz quad core
RAM: 16gb DDR4 Corsair Vengeance
Motherboard: MSI b150m Bazooka
PSU: 600W
HDD: 2TB SATA Seagate
SDD: 240gb Samsung
I was surprised to find that Battlefield 1 runs at a mere 30fps and below (with stuttering) even on the lowest settings due to this, and games like Borderlands 2 have been experiencing the same issue, and they weren't before (a couple months ago). I was wondering, what could cause this? I have a friend with the same specs as me who is running Battlefield 1 without any issues on the highest settings. Is it worth me replacing CPU? And if so, what's a good LGA 1511 socket CPU that I could replace it for?
Specs:
GPU: GTX 970 4GB EVGA
CPU: i5 6500 3.2ghz quad core
RAM: 16gb DDR4 Corsair Vengeance
Motherboard: MSI b150m Bazooka
PSU: 600W
HDD: 2TB SATA Seagate
SDD: 240gb Samsung