Only Averaging around 120 fps in CSGO lowest settings with gtx 1060 3gb and i3 8100

[cleancutcase17]

I feel like I should be getting atleast 200+ Also this is annoying since I have 144 hz

 

[jimmysmitty]

Well playing at the lowest settings puts more strain on the CPU. Have you checked if the CPU is maxed out during gameplay? If it is then its bottlenecking and you wont be able to push faster unless you either increase the settings or upgrade the CPU.

 

[bystander]

The CPU probably won't be maxed even if it is the bottleneck. Just one core would be near max.

 

[jimmysmitty]

The CPU probably won't be maxed even if it is the bottleneck. Just one core would be near max.

Source can use more than one core. It can easily push a dual core.

 

[s.anihilare]

try to put lower settings and max resolution

 

[sizzling]

This is a quad core and while cs go can use 3-4 cores/threads it’s terrible at distributing the load evenly.

I agree for checking if any single core is maxing out.

 

[cleancutcase17]

On MAX settings GPU is getting about 40 - 50 percent usage same with cpu still around 120 fps with frequent drops into the 90s

 

[sizzling]

Total cpu usage is meaningless, you need to monitor all 4 cores. Only takes 1 at close to 100% to limit performance.

 

[cleancutcase17]

None of them are at 100% They are all at 20-30% usage around 60% combined while my gpu is at 20% usage

 

[bystander]

The CPU probably won't be maxed even if it is the bottleneck. Just one core would be near max.

Source can use more than one core. It can easily push a dual core.

Just because an engine uses multiple cores, doesn't mean they use them all equally. It only takes 1 thread to be slowed down on a single core in order to slow everything down. A single thread doesn't get used on multiple cores, just 1. Although some advanced thread loading techniques do exist these days, they rarely get used and didn't get used back when CSGO was created.

Anyway, it seems like something else is the bottleneck if he's getting 20-30% usage per core.

 

[bystander]

I'd personally check to make sure you don't have v-sync or any other frame limiter turned on, and that your monitor is operating at 144hz. The most logical problem is that you have it set to 120hz (using HDMI) and v-sync is on.