How to improve my Dayz FPS?

globrent

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My Computer Specs:
HDD: Hitachi HDS721050CLA360 ATA Device (150GB Free)



My Issue:
I get massive frame drops (down to 5-11) randomly, and usually hang around 24 fps in cities/ 55fps in the woods. I play with all of my settings on very low or off. During gameplay my cpu and gpu never seem to get near 100% usage, but rather ~%60 or below. I include a video in the bottom of my post, excuse my phone footage of a screen, but I had no idea how to record both screens and make them viewable in the same video as well. As a bonus incentive, to whoever can help my fps a reasonable ammount, I will send 5 US Dollars via paypal (or a gift copy of CS:GO)

My game config:

language="English";
adapter=-1;
3D_Performance=1500000;
Resolution_Bpp=32;
Resolution_W=1680;
Resolution_H=1050;
winX=443;
winY=115;
winW=800;
winH=600;
winDefW=800;
winDefH=600;
refresh=60;
Render_W=1680;
Render_H=1050;
FSAA=0;
postFX=0;
GPU_MaxFramesAhead=1;
GPU_DetectedFramesAhead=1;
HDRPrecision=8;
lastDeviceId="";
localVRAM=2085879808;
nonlocalVRAM=2147483647;
vsync=0;
AToC=0;
SWLayersCount=0;
PipQuality=3;
PPAA=2;
Windowed=0;
ssaoEnabled=0;

Steam launch options

-nosplash -skipintro -noPause -cpuCount=4 -maxMem =4096 -exThreads=8

My Nvidia Control Panel settings:

Video of CPU/GPU in action (FPS counter in green, top left):
 


What are my upgrade options for this motherboard?
 
While I dont know your specific motherboard, you should be able to use a 6300 or 8320 processor. These would be a substantial upgrade without changing the motherboard. However, you will likely have to do a bios update before upgrading, and all performance issues may not be resolved as dayz is still hard to run.