i5-3470 3.2ghz and GTX1070 Bottleneck?

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quletadik23

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Hi, I just wondering if my system is experiencing some bottleneck?

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sometimes I'm getting a minimum of 35 fps
and maximum of 60 fps (Vsync 60hz) @1080p Battlefield 4

Specs:
i5 3470 3.2ghz - 3.6ghz Turbo
Zotac GTX1070
SAMSUNG EVO 840 256GB SSD
2TB HDD VS35
VP550P Antec
ASUS P8H61-M LE/USB3
Vengeance® — 1x8GB DDR3 Memory Kit (CMZ8GX3M1A1600C9)
 
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from what you have posted I would agree. single channel ram is the single biggest bottleneck you have. add another stick and there should be no bottleneck at all. your CPU should be beefy enough for any high end GPU for the next gen after pascal, after that you may need an upgrade. you may not want to buy another stick but its your best bet if you plan on gaming with your rig like you want.
 
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I'd argue the single channel ram is not the problem at all, it makes little difference on an old ivybridge setup.
The old 3470 will hold back a 1070 a little bit imo.(& When I say hold it back I mean you won't be pushing much past 80fps on the latest titles if you have a 100htz+ monitor)

Below 60fps though in bf4 is absolutely not normal at all.

That setup should play any game at 60fps vsynced rock solid.
 
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Actually I do have a question, why does it appear your card is clocked at 1038 MHz? Thermally 52C isn't much of anything so I'm not sure why throttling might be happening, but Zotac's 1070 base clock is I believe somewhere around 1600 MHz.
 
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one thing I do see looking at your numbers. Your GPU clock looks a little low in game @1038 mhz (should be at least 1506 mhz base 1683 mhz boost). If that is happening all the time in the game that could also be your problem. but could be a software bug not reporting your clocks right. it's else something to look into besides the ram stick.
 
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ummm disagree slightly but not totally wrong either in regards to gaming. Some games will make zero difference in frame rate with single vs dual channel ram but others that are memory intensive do make a difference though slight. see here...

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/does-dual-channel-memory-make-difference-in-gaming-performance/7/

biggest issue i see is the clock rate of the GTX 1070...if accurate that is the problem...if not, back to square one.
 
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same for me. And why i recommended more ram at first. the article I mentioned was short on games in the list but enough to make the point. some games help some hurt some don't matter. So the statement madmatt said of it being outright better in single channel is outright wrong. In the article, single channel setups performs better or the same in most benchmarks of games yes, all no (the racing game was one in the article that did better with two channeles in benchies). And again it leaves out the subjective user experience which counts to me. Example... For years before frame latency became a "thing" for AMD (and nvidia) in general but especially in crossfire. I had noticed the bad stutters (i ran 3 PCs in SLI or crossfire depending) in gaming rigs I had...it wasn't til FCAT was used by reviewers that frame latency became a thing they checked regularly. At which point benchmarks backed up what I was seeing in my AMD GPU systems. Point being user experience counts for something even if it's not scientific per say. Way i see it is this type of personal benchmark is a scientific application we haven't designed or programed for yet. Ultimately I prefer benchmark because it has facts and figures based in science but I never rule out what i see in experience either.

All that aside the big issue and question is has the OP double/triple checked his clocks in game with another application?
 
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@atomicWAR

Errm - I never said single channel is better than dual channel - I merely referred to the link YOU posted which shows single outperforming dual in gaming in 8 out of 10 results.
I consider those results skewed at best , theres a slight performance increase in dual channel especially if running hyperthreaded CPU's.

Certainly not enough to cause massive ingame fps drops though.
 
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Anyway, can you check if my motherboard is good or should i upgrade it ? The ram supported is only 1333/1066. Is that good enough ?

 
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Well this is a non k version and my motherboard inly have BLCK overclocking. The max clock it can achieve is only 3.5ghz
103x34. The multiplier cant go up. Only max at 34
 
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