Do i have a bottleneck or how to check?

[jorge051598]

Im kind of new to PC gaming and want to know how to tell if i have a bottleneck in my system. i read that if my cpu is at 100% or so and gpu is lower that means the CPU is a bottleneck but in the games i run (beamng.drive, rust, The forest) i kept track of the usages and my GPU never went above 80% and my cpu only reached 70-75% and drops and goes up. But in beamng.drive GPU usage never goes over 50% and CPU is goes up and down but never past 80%. i did read beamng.drive is more cpu bound. I had a gtx 960 and my frames did go up with the 970 but with the 960 i had 99% gpu usage

Im running 1 1920x1080 monitor and 1 1360x768 tv
Monitor is hooked up with HDMI and TV is hooked up with Display port to HDMI

PC specs
CPU: AMD fx-8320 overclocked to 4.1 Ghz cooled by corsair H-60
GPU: MSI GTX 970 4gb not overclocked
Ram: 16gb hyperx fury ddr3 ram 1866
MOBO: MSI 970 gaming
Powersupply: EVGA supernova gs 650w 80+ Gold
Storage: blaze 120gb ssd & 1tb WD blue
Case: NZXT H440
Well that should be everything if you need more info just let me know

 

[madmatt30]

Everyone has a bottleneck of some form or another , there is no perfect pairing of CPU/GPU , one will always be stronger than the other.

A 4ghz+ fx 8 core & a 970 is a perfectly decent pairing though IMO.

The cpu is limiting in games like rust & the forest because of its actual core speed, you won't see 100% CPU usage simply because they're not multi-threaded across all 8 cores of your CPU.

 

[jorge051598]

Everyone has a bottleneck of some form or another , there is no perfect pairing of CPU/GPU , one will always be stronger than the other.

A 4ghz+ fx 8 core & a 970 is a perfectly decent pairing though IMO.

The cpu is limiting in games like rust & the forest because of its actual core speed, you won't see 100% CPU usage simply because they're not multi-threaded across all 8 cores of your CPU.

ok, i do plan to upgrade soon to join the intel side but im still debating if i should go with an i5 or an i7? i am gonna buy new MOBO,Ram,and cooler as well or will i not see much of a performance increase?

 

[prkle]

I'd suggest waiting for the new Zen lineup from AMD before upgrading. With your current gpu, you won't see any crazy fps boosts by upgrading the cpu. A 970 is about the fastest gpu i would want to pair with that cpu for 1080p gaming though.