I think my CPU is throttling

[qluis96]

Operating System
Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
CPU
AMD FX-6300 59 °C
Vishera 32nm Technology
RAM
8.00GB Single-Channel DDR3 @ 803MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
ASUSTeK Computer INC. M5A78L-M LX PLUS (AM3R2) 68 °C
Graphics
VG248 (1920x1080@144Hz)
2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB (MSI) 59 °C
Storage
931GB Western Digital WDC WD1003FZEX-00MK2A0 (SATA) 29 °C
465GB Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB (SSD) 32 °C
Optical Drives
ASUS DRW-24B1ST i ATA Device
Audio
Realtek High Definition Audio
i'm having trouble running all games, i can go from 100 fps to 20fps in seconds. I'm aware of the bottleneck with the GPU but i have a friend that has the same CPU and doesn't have this issue. Is there anything i can do?

 

[Bo Lee]

Does your friend have the same GPU and CPU? The 1060 is a pretty stout video card. I have an FX 8350 and a GTX1060 which is a lot more CPU than the 6300 and it will have frame drops at times, though not bad, so I have no doubt that your CPU/GPU combo is struggling. I had a 6300 for a couple of years and it played games fine, but it got to where next gen games it really struggled. They would play, but at low settings and would lag out. I found a used 8350 for 25.00 dollars and got it and not I play next gen games consistently at a higher frame rate. If you aren't wanting to upgrade your motherboard and all at this time, try and find a used 8350 and use that until it comes to a time when you can afford to do a bigger upgrade. You won't get 4k with it, but you will be able to play 1080p with that combo pretty well.

 

[rgd1101]

MERGED QUESTION
Question from qluis96 : "I think my cpu may be causing stuttering"

Hey recently I've been having framerate issues, I had a msi 270 2gb and games ran on fine on their respective settings. No stutters or anything. Then I got gtx 1060 you'd think I'd be blasting through games but instead I get random frame drops. My cpu is fx6300 so I'm aware of the bottleneck. Could that cause stuttering?

Yes that's bottleneck. Try to lower settings down and limit fps with vsync because that usually helps the cpu usage problem.