How are these specs?

[olivergejsoe]

I'd like to see if everything's up to date, as I've been noticing some lag spikes in games like Rust. I'm unsure if it's my motherboard that's too old, or me CPU bottlenecking. Some advice would be lovely

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4460 CPU @ 3.20GHz
3.2 GHz Performance Rated at: 7.14 GHz
Ram 16 GB

 

[cin19]

Either cpu/gpu overheat or the PSU is bad, and it can't handle the gtx1060. From the game system requirement, it is the GPU intensive. http://gamesystemrequirements.com/game/rust

Try the game setting in little bit lower to see what happens.

 

[olivergejsoe]

Either cpu/gpu overheat or the PSU is bad, and it can't handle the gtx1060. From the game system requirement, it is the GPU intensive. http://gamesystemrequirements.com/game/rust

Try the game setting in little bit lower to see what happens.

PSU and Gtx 1060 is brand new, so I wouldn't expect those to be the cause. Must be either CPU or GPU, but I'm unsure how to locate the issue

 

[sizzling]

Download MSIAfterburner and record cpu and gpu usage, for cpu you want to look at each core. I expect its your cpu but monitoring the usage we can prove or disprove this.

 

[olivergejsoe]

Download MSIAfterburner and record cpu and gpu usage, for cpu you want to look at each core. I expect its your cpu but monitoring the usage we can prove or disprove this.

CPU seems to be really jittery and jumpy. GPU seems pretty stable. Tested both inside and outside of several games

 

[madmatt30]

What was your previous gpu ??

If amd have you removed all previous driver & installation files properly??

 

[sizzling]

Ok but do you see fps drops and does it happend at the same time as a cpu core hitting 100%?

 

[olivergejsoe]

Ok but do you see fps drops and does it happend at the same time as a cpu core hitting 100%?

No frame drops apart from the brief half second spikes that basically freeze the screen.

 

[olivergejsoe]

What was your previous gpu ??

If amd have you removed all previous driver & installation files properly??

I haven't switched my CPU out at any point. The one in the PC at the moment is Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4460 CPU @ 3.20GHz. I upgraded my Graphics card and power supply, since the other PSU didn't fit the GTX 1060, everything else is untouched

 

[ArchitSahu]

What was your previous gpu ??

If amd have you removed all previous driver & installation files properly??

I haven't switched my CPU out at any point. The one in the PC at the moment is Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4460 CPU @ 3.20GHz. I upgraded my Graphics card and power supply, since the other PSU didn't fit the GTX 1060, everything else is untouched

What is that PSU?

 

[olivergejsoe]

What was your previous gpu ??

If amd have you removed all previous driver & installation files properly??

I haven't switched my CPU out at any point. The one in the PC at the moment is Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4460 CPU @ 3.20GHz. I upgraded my Graphics card and power supply, since the other PSU didn't fit the GTX 1060, everything else is untouched

What is that PSU?

Corsair vs650

 

[ArchitSahu]

What was your previous gpu ??

If amd have you removed all previous driver & installation files properly??

I haven't switched my CPU out at any point. The one in the PC at the moment is Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4460 CPU @ 3.20GHz. I upgraded my Graphics card and power supply, since the other PSU didn't fit the GTX 1060, everything else is untouched

What is that PSU?

Corsair vs650

That most likely could be the problem I feel. It is not the greatest quality unit and is one of the worst from Corsair's line. Usually, when the PSU is bad the PC just shuts off during gaming and that is not happening here but I have a pretty good feeling that is the problem.

Try updating your drivers to check.

 

[madmatt30]

I did say have you upgraded from an amd gpu (graphics card) not the cpu .

Leftover gpu driver remnants can cause havoc with performance.

 

[olivergejsoe]

I did say have you upgraded from an amd gpu (graphics card) not the cpu .

Leftover gpu driver remnants can cause havoc with performance.

My apology. I'm not very good with PCs if truth be told. I just checked the old graphics card, and it was indeed an amd. How would I uninstall or whatever needs to be done with the possible remnants?

 

[ArchitSahu]

I did say have you upgraded from an amd gpu (graphics card) not the cpu .

Leftover gpu driver remnants can cause havoc with performance.

My apology. I'm not very good with PCs if truth be told. I just checked the old graphics card, and it was indeed an amd. How would I uninstall or whatever needs to be done with the possible remnants?

Boot into Safe mood and use DDU, http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html, to uninstall all AMD and Nvidia drivers, then reboot again. Now install Nvidia drivers.

 

[olivergejsoe]

I did say have you upgraded from an amd gpu (graphics card) not the cpu .

Leftover gpu driver remnants can cause havoc with performance.

My apology. I'm not very good with PCs if truth be told. I just checked the old graphics card, and it was indeed an amd. How would I uninstall or whatever needs to be done with the possible remnants?

Boot into Safe mood and use DDU, http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html, to uninstall all AMD and Nvidia drivers, then reboot again. Now install Nvidia drivers.

Done and tried. CPU and Memory is still spiking every 30 seconds or so

 

[kittu5561]

Do you experience heating issues or have done overclocking before? Because the hardware seems ok to me but I recommend to monitor your cpu and gpu.

 

[kittu5561]

Or just try format.