Question How to fix CPU bottleneck on my new PC

[darceyo]

Hello. I have the CPU bottleneck in the most games on my totally new PC build.
I have RTX 4060 and i5-14500 and I can't believe it's bottlenecking.. but it is.

Any suggestions how to fix that?
I've tried to set the FPS limit and make the resolution higher than on my monitor but it's not always helping me...

 

[Lutfij]

How to fix CPU bottleneck on my new PC
Simple answer; if your CPU is your limiter, you go for a CPU or a platform upgrade.

We're going to need more information. When posting a thread of troubleshooting nature, it's customary to include your full system's specs. Please list the specs to your build like so:
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What titles are you taxing the system with and where did you source the installations for the game?

 

[logainofhades]

There is no reason that CPU should be bottlenecking that GPU, unless you are playing games that are very CPU heavy, or very poorly threaded.

 

[USAFRet]

Hello. I have the CPU bottleneck in the most games on my totally new PC build.
I have RTX 4060 and i5-14500 and I can't believe it's bottlenecking.. but it is.

How do you know this?

 

[kanewolf]

There is no reason that CPU should be bottlenecking that GPU, unless you are playing games that are very CPU heavy, or very poorly threaded.

Unless the OP has a single DIMM, which is limiting the RAM bandwidth. That could cause poor CPU performance.

 

[darceyo]

There is no reason that CPU should be bottlenecking that GPU, unless you are playing games that are very CPU heavy, or very poorly threaded.

When I was GPU bottlenecked, the FPS limit helped me, but when I had CPU bottleneck I can't do nothing.. I mean even at 60 FPS it can push the micro stutter to me and the higher resolution will not help me (I'm playing at FHD on 240hz monitor, but I'm limiting the FPS in all games to 120, however it's not the fix for sure.)

 

[darceyo]

Unless the OP has a single DIMM, which is limiting the RAM bandwidth. That could cause poor CPU performance.

2x16 DDR5 (5600 MHz)