Graphics Card at 20 - 30% Usage

[CalebPam]

I recently built my PC and I right away expected more of it. I just thought I over estimated my build and put it aside. After a while I'm getting annoyed of the low FPS. I downloaded MSI afterburner to overclock my card in hopes of getting more FPS, before I did any overclocking I noticed that my GPU usage was around 20-30% when playing games. Is there any reason why my GPU is not using it's full power? I have the setting in Nvidia control panel to prefer maximum performance and set the 'Edit Power Plan" options to high performance.

The low FPS is really noticeable in Fortnite. When building I do fast turns which means it has to render a lot of stuff and it drops to 80FPS on the lowest setting. I have a 144hz monitor so 80FPS isn't the prettiest.

System Specs: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/user/BigUziHert/saved/#view=MxTMZL

GTX 1080Ti
AMD Ryzen 7 2700x
Corsair Vengeance pro RGB (2666 speed)
Asus B450-F
Power Supply: Corsair CX650M

 

[bystander]

If you turn settings to the lowest with a high end GPU, you are going to get low usage. You are forcing a bottleneck when doing this. Turn up the settings and enjoy the visuals. 144 FPS to match your monitors refresh rate is not going to be possible in many games.

I'm not sure what Fortnight requires on the CPU side, but that is going to be normal when using low settings for most games. If there is a problem, make sure the CPU is clocking up to normal usage and not getting throttled for some reason.

 

[bystander]

I have seen some benchmarks since my post, and it may be possible to get more FPS, but look to your CPU for the problem. That said, benchmarks for online games are always misleading, as they never test with a lot of action on the screen, and purposefully test without other players involved. Real world gaming is always a lot lower. I don't know if this is the case in your test.

 

[CalebPam]

If you turn settings to the lowest with a high end GPU, you are going to get low usage. You are forcing a bottleneck when doing this. Turn up the settings and enjoy the visuals. 144 FPS to match your monitors refresh rate is not going to be possible in many games.

I'm not sure what Fortnight requires on the CPU side, but that is going to be normal when using low settings for most games. If there is a problem, make sure the CPU is clocking up to normal usage and not getting throttled for some reason.

I'm not sure if Task Manager is reliable but my CPU usage is around 20-30% at 3.9GHz. My GPU is the same 20-30% usage. I am almost 100% sure my components are not running at their full potential. If my game drops down to 80FPS with a 1080ti on lowest settings something is definitely not right.

 

[CalebPam]

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[CalebPam]

I downloaded Riva Statistics and played a game of fortnite. Two of my cores were going from 80-90% and the rest were at 20-30 while my GPU was 20-30%. I’m guessing I have a bottleneck.

If I do have a bottleneck what’s the best way to fix it (if there even is a fix)

If I don’t have a bottleneck what could the problem possibly be?

 

[masterfalcon3000]

I do have the same problem with gtx 1070 Ti Just bought it yesterday with i5 6600K , When i put it on 1080p it gives me 80-100 Fps on low settings fortnite , When i put it 1440p it gives me 120-130 Fps , My cpu usage 60-70%

Should i return my GPU or this is normal ?

 

[bystander]

Those are signs of a bottleneck for both of you. You might also want to make sure the GPU is set to performance mode within the control panel settings.

 

[masterfalcon3000]

Those are signs of a bottleneck for both of you. You might also want to make sure the GPU is set to performance mode within the control panel settings.

Thanks for your reply , Can you take a look on this and also see the comments below
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-3805769/gtx-960-1070ti.html

 

[CalebPam]

Those are signs of a bottleneck for both of you. You might also want to make sure the GPU is set to performance mode within the control panel settings.

It is set to performance mode in the control panel. Is there any solution other than overclocking to improve on the bottleneck? I also googled this stuff before my build and every thread/forum said it would't bottleneck. What's the difference between their build and mine?

 

[bystander]

People say a lot of things, but the truth is, every system has bottlenecks. When people say you won't bottleneck, they really mean to say that you won't bottleneck much in most games. And they are only talking about the CPU. If you get down to it, every system has a bottleneck at all times. It just shifts from the CPU, GPU, Memory and/or other parts. No system is free of bottlenecks.

 

[CalebPam]

People say a lot of things, but the truth is, every system has bottlenecks. When people say you won't bottleneck, they really mean to say that you won't bottleneck much in most games. And they are only talking about the CPU. If you get down to it, every system has a bottleneck at all times. It just shifts from the CPU, GPU, Memory and/or other parts. No system is free of bottlenecks.

So would overclocking my CPU be the best option to help? I'm getting an AIO system in a couple months so I'll be able to overclock but is there anything else I can do?

 

[bystander]

Overclocking would most likely help. Some games like faster memory too.

 

[CalebPam]

Overclocking would most likely help. Some games like faster memory too.

Alright thanks.

I don't know who to pick as the solution but I will do the first reply that seems fit to my problem, thanks again.