[SOLVED] I need help knowing if I am overestimating the power of my PC.

[ieatpeeps]

Good evening,
I operate (by operate I mean play games) on a custom built PC. Specs are below. I don't know how well my computer should be operating on a universal knowledge base. Should I be getting the fps I am currently getting or should I be getting more? Is there a bottleneck in my PC? Currently I am concerned with the game Valorant. I am also trying to start recording my gameplay to upload to Youtube.

Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4790K CPU @ 4.00GHz, 4001 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s)
Motherboard: Z97X-Gaming 7
GPU: (recently upgraded from GTX 960) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
Memory: 16 GB of DDR3
2 Hard drives: 1.) WDC WD6400AAKS-75A7B2
2.) ST3500418AS
3.) Both harddrives are old and have been used for a long time, you can see more by just copying the models into google.
Power supply: Corsair CX750M
*I play on a 60 Hz monitor

When I first got Valorant the game worked smooth, just recently the game started dishing out constant 90 fps. Before I was capped at 160 fps, just recently I capped it to 120. It seemed like If I went under that, the game just seemed to stutter with input lag for me.
I have a TV set up next to my monitor... as a second monitor for when I tried to record. When recording there is clear input lag.
Am I expecting too much from my computer for what it is actually worth?
I will take any suggestions, let me know of any tests that would help us figure out this... problem.(?)
Also let me know of any extra info anyone needs.
Please and thank you in advance.

 

[4745454b]

Recording/streaming with that setup is out. At least with modern AAA games. Older 4C/8T CPUs just can't do it. I'm not familiar with Valorant so I have no clue what frame rate you should be getting. If it use to run better and you have an older setup my general advice is to clean everything and make sure your clock speeds and temps are good.

 

[ieatpeeps]

Recording/streaming with that setup is out. At least with modern AAA games. Older 4C/8T CPUs just can't do it. I'm not familiar with Valorant so I have no clue what frame rate you should be getting. If it use to run better and you have an older setup my general advice is to clean everything and make sure your clock speeds and temps are good.

Okay, looks like its time to save up for a new CPU. But with that how would I know what else I need to change? How would I know if my motherboard is compatible? I'm relatively clueless with things like this.

Edit: Also something regarding not streaming/recording, I had task manager up on my second display while in game. CPU was being utilized to 50% and my GPU to 16%. Is this ideal?

 

[4745454b]

Nothing will carry over. The drives, but that's about it. Ram has moved onto DDR4. Intel is notorious for having their motherboard support one or two generations of CPUs. You have a 4 series Core CPU. The 9 series is out, with 10 in theory being on the way.

50% CPU load might seem ok, but whats probably happening is some of the cores are at 100%, while others are basically doing nothing. This means the game isn't well threaded and you've maxed out your CPU for that game.