Is there a bottleneck in my system?

[nhelweg]

I feel like I am not getting everything out of my new GTX 1070 OC'ed to 1800MHz boost clock.

My specs:
- GTX 1070 8gb ASUS OC
- i5-6500; not overclocked
- 2x4gb of crucial RAM
- ASUS Z170 PRO GAMING
- Corsair SPEC ALPHA case

 

[Multipack]

Have you checked your CPU usage/temps in game?

 

[nhelweg]

Have you checked your CPU usage/temps in game?

During heavy load in bo3 I get 100% CPU usage and 99% GPU usage according to HWMonitor.

 

[Multipack]

100% CPU usage is pretty much confirming bottleneck. The fact that your GPU manages to run at 99% too means it's probably only slight, but I would guess that's the problem.

Do you know if your CPU is overheating and throttling at all? Use HWInfo sensors to log the max stats during games and see what they say.

 

[nhelweg]

100% CPU usage is pretty much confirming bottleneck. The fact that your GPU manages to run at 99% too means it's probably only slight, but I would guess that's the problem.

Do you know if your CPU is overheating and throttling at all? Use HWInfo sensors to log the max stats during games and see what they say.

The max temp of my cpu package after gaming was 58c. I don't know much about CPU temps so is this to much? Will it be overheating or throttling?

 

[Multipack]

No that's a totally fine temp. It wouldn't start throttling for another 20 degrees. It does seem like your CPU may be bottlenecking the card though. If it's at 100% then it cant keep up with the GPU and you'll see fps drops at random times. The 1070 is a demanding card, and a 6500 is the minimum you'll need to run it.

There's not really much you can do except overclock your CPU. As it's an i5 without hyper threading and you have a z170 board it is an option, but only if you have the right BIOS version etc.

 

[nhelweg]

No that's a totally fine temp. It wouldn't start throttling for another 20 degrees. It does seem like your CPU may be bottlenecking the card though. If it's at 100% then it cant keep up with the GPU and you'll see fps drops at random times. The 1070 is a demanding card, and a 6500 is the minimum you'll need to run it.

There's not really much you can do except overclock your CPU. As it's an i5 without hyper threading and you have a z170 board it is an option, but only if you have the right BIOS version etc.

Okay, thanks!