Low FPS with GTX 970 and i5-2500k

[Dan_118]

Hello,

Before I get into the issue, here are my specs:

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz clocked at 4.1ghz
MSi GTX 970
8 GB Ram

I have played various games and seem to experience stuttering or generally low fps in many of them. Especially in BF1. I am averaging 30 FPS which should just not be happening with a gtx 970 and i5-2500k in my opinion. I was wondering if my card could be defective? Also what would you suggest to monitor while gaming to help identify what component is slowing down my pc?

-Thank you!

 

[lucas_7_94]

Which monitor? How much is the GPU/CPU usage?

 

[Dan_118]

Which monitor? How much is the GPU/CPU usage?

Hello,

I have just a standard AOC 60 HZ monitor.
And here is a pic of my cpu / gpu usage
http://imgur.com/a/DrdZO

 

[Dan_118]

Which monitor? How much is the GPU/CPU usage?

I also just noticed that my CPU is generally at 95-100% usage and my GPU usage spikes down to values like 30, 60, 70 etc.

 

[lucas_7_94]

Maybe it is bottlenecking the GPU.

 

[Dan_118]

Maybe it is bottlenecking the GPU.

Is there any way I could be sure that it is bottlenecking?

 

[heavyartillary9]

overclock your cpu and see if you still see fps lag

 

[Dan_118]

overclock your cpu and see if you still see fps lag

clock at 4.1 ghz atm

 

[heavyartillary9]

ok, turn it down and see if your performance goes down, if so, then your cpu is bottle necking ^-^

 

[Dan_118]

ok, turn it down and see if your performance goes down, if so, then your cpu is bottle necking ^-^

Just changed it back to stock and now the fps is actually a little better and staying above 40, why is that? But still it is a little low for my liking, any suggestions?

 

[heavyartillary9]

hmmmm, sounds like thermal throttling, try monitoring your temps with the oc on and see what your temps go up too

 

[Dan_118]

hmmmm, sounds like thermal throttling, try monitoring your temps with the oc on and see what your temps go up too

Sorry was away all weekend, but temps reached like 65 at most overclocked, rly doesnt make sense. Should I get a new processor or what?

 

[heavyartillary9]

well thats odd, it shouldnt thermal throttle until you hit mid to late 80's

 

[Dan_118]

well thats odd, it shouldnt thermal throttle until you hit mid to late 80's

Yah, this whole situation is odd. I don't believe an i5-2500k and gtx 970 should have so much difficulty reaching 60 fps.. Is it possible that one of the parts is damaged without giving off any signs? Or could it be the windows install that may need a format? I'm actually at a loss as to what the issue is.

 

[heavyartillary9]

run hwmonitor and take some screen shots after running the game so we can see if there is any thing odd going on

 

[Dan_118]

run hwmonitor and take some screen shots after running the game so we can see if there is any thing odd going on

Just played some bf1 with it running. Here are the images:

http://imgur.com/a/ENyM4
http://imgur.com/a/KNyRH

 

[heavyartillary9]

well the issue is your cpu, its hitting 100%, so your bottlenecking the gtx 970, but you really shouldnt be hitting 100% that easily, but your clock is at 3400mhz, its very odd

 

[heavyartillary9]

open up your task manager and see what your idle cpu usage is

 

[Dan_118]

well the issue is your cpu, its hitting 100%, so your bottlenecking the gtx 970, but you really shouldnt be hitting 100% that easily, but your clock is at 3400mhz, its very odd

Idle as in when Im not playing or browsing? Or is there actually a field for idle cpu?

Also I changed my clock back to stock and never changed it back as I wasn't around this weekend.

 

[heavyartillary9]

close everything out like you would if your about to start a game, then check your cpu usage, see if its high, and if it is see whats causing it

 

[Dan_118]

close everything out like you would if your about to start a game, then check your cpu usage, see if its high, and if it is see whats causing it

So at the lowest they are all under 5% but then cpu 0 and cpu 4 is spiking, here are the pics of the spike when nothing was really open except skype:

http://imgur.com/a/VkSnz

 

[heavyartillary9]

open up task manager and see whats causing your cpu to spike like that

 

[Dan_118]

open up task manager and see whats causing your cpu to spike like that

I dont see anything considerably stand out in task scheduler in terms of memory being used when the spike happens, not sure.

 

[heavyartillary9]

thats odd, it should show somthing using up that cpu

 

[Dan_118]

thats odd, it should show somthing using up that cpu

I'm going to do a clean install to windows 10 from windows 7, that is basically last option before upgrading PC.