[SOLVED] Possibly low performance for specs

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Magmacream187

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When I play some games I am not able to turn the graphics up as high as I think I should be able to. In Fortnite, I'll get around 115 fps on low settings but it will drop down to 30 pretty consistently. I understand that this could just be from the poor optimization on Epic's side, but I'm wondering if there's something in my setup that is causing my computer to run worse. I have updated drivers and that's not the problem. Also on Destiny 2, I can't even run the game on any settings. When I run on the highest settings my computer almost blows up, but there is hardly any difference between the fps when I run the game on the lowest of the low settings compared to medium settings, causing me to think it can't be my graphics card. Also, when I put all of the settings to the highest settings it only uses half of my vram. On Overwatch I can only run low-medium settings and I think I should be able to run more than 70 frames.
On the website for the Powercolor Red Devil RX 590 it says that it recommends at least 600w of power, while I only have 500w, so that could be a problem. CS:GO runs fine at all max settings but why does that get around 130 frames and other games won't run well?

CPU: Ryzen 3 1300x
GPU: Powercolor Red Devil RX 590
Power Supply: Some kind of 500w Rosewill
HDD: IDK but it's 1 terrabyte
MB: Asus tuf b450 gaming pro

UserBenchMark: https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/24175553

CPU temps don't get above 50 degrees on CS:GO and GPU won't get higher than 70 pretty much ever (mostly stays around 50-60.
Parts on PC part picker: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Magmacream187/saved/#view=hD2q3C (btw that power supply isn't correct, I have a 500w Rosewill power supply)

If I am not under performing, what should i upgrade?

Thanks for any help you can give!
 
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Magmacream187 said:
CS:GO runs fine at all max settings but why does that get around 130 frames and other games won't run well?
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Because CS:GO is the 'lightest' game of the titles you have listed, running like 2-4 cpu threads, and not very hungry for gpu resources.
The other games you've listed... some of your specs don't even meet the recommended requirements, so of course performance is going to be subar.

-The 1300X is a limitation in more heavily threaded titles and the multiplayer ones.

-Your storage drive is running pretty darn slow, and that's going to slow down everything.
Is it the 5400 or 7200rpm model?
Check the health of the drive with this: https://crystalmark.info/redirect.php?product=CrystalDiskInfoInstaller

-Ram is another...
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Magmacream187 said:
CS:GO runs fine at all max settings but why does that get around 130 frames and other games won't run well?
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Because CS:GO is the 'lightest' game of the titles you have listed, running like 2-4 cpu threads, and not very hungry for gpu resources.
The other games you've listed... some of your specs don't even meet the recommended requirements, so of course performance is going to be subar.

-The 1300X is a limitation in more heavily threaded titles and the multiplayer ones.

-Your storage drive is running pretty darn slow, and that's going to slow down everything.
Is it the 5400 or 7200rpm model?
Check the health of the drive with this: https://crystalmark.info/redirect.php?product=CrystalDiskInfoInstaller

-Ram is another flag. It's slow for a Ryzen build. You may or may not have heard this yet, but Ryzen is sensitive to memory speeds. At least 3000mhz is preferred.
Also, it's in single channel. That's a no-go for newer games.
 
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Zizo007 said:
Its your CPU not your GPU. I had a Ryzen 1400 and games were slow. BFV was a slideshow with 64 player. I upgraded to a 1800X and everything is smooth now. Its because nowdays games use more than 4 threads and the 1300X only has 4.
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Alright thanks. I know eventually I'll have to upgrade my ram, powersupply, and CPU, but which one should I upgrade first? Also do you think that the power supply not reaching my graphics card's recommendations could potentially be a problem?
 
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Zizo007 said:
With your current motherboard you can use Ryzen 3000 like a 3600X or 3700X but update your motherboard's bios to the latest version before installing the new cpu.

I would upgrade the CPU 1st then memory.
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I thought the b450 supported 3rd gen out of the box? I was looking at the Ryzen 5 3600x and it seems good so would it be a good upgrade?
 
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Zizo007 said:
Only the MSI B450 Tomhawk support Ryzen 3000 out of the box. Yes the 3600X would be a huge upgrade from your 1300X.
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Pretty sure that’s incorrect. The b450 tomahawk doesn’t usually support ryzen 3000 out of the box, it’s the tomahawk MAX that does. And that’s not the only one. The entire line of b450 MAX boards are specifically made to support zen 2 out of the box so that includes others besides the tomahawk max.
 
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Zizo007 said:
Point is his board doesn't support Ryzen 3000 out of the box.
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I think thats not really a problem because he has an old chip to do the Bios update with.
Never the less I would do the RAM upgrade first, because that 1x 8 gb 2400 mhz cripples every cpu on that board. On top its way cheaper and maybe the performance of the 1300x will be sufficient after the upgrade, and maybe not. Make sure you get 2x8 3200 cl 16 at the least, preferably faster.
 
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EndEffeKt_24 said:
I think thats not really a problem because he has an old chip to do the Bios update with.
Never the less I would do the RAM upgrade first, because that 1x 8 gb 2400 mhz cripples every cpu on that board. On top its way cheaper and maybe the performance of the 1300x will be sufficient after the upgrade, and maybe not. Make sure you get 2x8 3200 cl 16 at the least, preferably faster.
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Thanks for the help, I'll probably just get them both at the same time.
 
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I agree that you'll want the RAM upgrade. 1x8GB of DDR4-2400 will cripple the gaming performance of any Ryzen processor. Like EndEffeKt_24 said, replacing that with a 16GB (2x8GB) kit of DDR4-3200 would likely help your performance quite a bit, and at least in the US, can be found for as little as $70 now.
 
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cryoburner said:
I agree that you'll want the RAM upgrade. 1x8GB of DDR4-2400 will cripple the gaming performance of any Ryzen processor. Like EndEffeKt_24 said, replacing that with a 16GB (2x8GB) kit of DDR4-3200 would likely help your performance quite a bit, and at least in the US, can be found for as little as $70 now.
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Yeah that's the one I was looking at thanks
 
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