[SOLVED] PC is running slower. Am I in need of upgrade?

[waldo.depree]

Hi there,

At this moment my PC is running fine but not great. Especially when running multiple google chrome pages and music it tends to be slow. Also, in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 it is really slow. I know this game is hard on CPU's so I think the first thing that should be upgraded is my CPU. I am however open to suggestions! What do you think should be upgraded first to get better performance at the activities as mentioned before?

Specs:
Operating System
Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
CPU
Intel Core i7 4770 @ 3.40GHz 31 °C
Haswell 22nm Technology
RAM
16,0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 665MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
Intel Corporation DH87RL (CPU 1)
Graphics
2590G4 (1920x1080@144Hz)
4095MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (EVGA) 32 °C
Storage
931GB Western Digital WDC WD10EZEX-00RKKA0 (SATA ) 29 °C
111GB KINGSTON SV300S37A120G (SATA-2 (SSD)) 27 °C
465GB Samsung SSD 860 EVO 500GB (SATA (SSD)) 29 °C
Optical Drives
No optical disk drives detected
Audio
NVIDIA Virtual Audio Device (Wave Extensible) (WDM)

 

[EridanusSV]

4 cores are mediocre nowadays. Although, Flight Sim is really hard to run anyway. If you think you need an upgrade, then upgrade. It's your money.