Ryzen 1600 vs i5 8400 vs i7 8700 for gtx 1080 1080p144hz

[predator-gaming]

Hey guys I bought a 1080 and I am getting worse fps with my 1080 than my 1060. I have an AMD. Ryzen 1600 and my 1080 is using 50% to 70% gpu usage which makes my 144hz monitor useless (Fortnite and BF1 drops below 50) Should I buy 8400 or 8700 or stick with 1600. I am also streaming and rendering

 

[norcalsc]

That's interesting I have a 1080 but haven't tried it with my 1600 in a different system. Have you tried to oc your cpu? You should be able to bump it up to 3.9 or 4.0 with no problems. You shouldn't be dropping below 50 fps though. What are complete system specs

 

[vMax]

I agree with nborcalc as the drop seems to be a bit too much. I would double check by running some bench tests against other systems with the same setup to make sure this is not some other issue causing the low performance as the 1080 should be taking the load. Overclocking will help and should be done on the 1600.

As to the high refresh rate gaming at 144Hz, the 8700 will provide better performance matched to the GTX 1080 and 1080p...no getting around that and it will help on the streaming and rendering with the 6 cores and 12 threads as opposed to the 8400 which is just 6 cores and 6 threads.

Do some testing first...then look at the options if not satisfied.

 

[predator-gaming]

That's interesting I have a 1080 but haven't tried it with my 1600 in a different system. Have you tried to oc your cpu? You should be able to bump it up to 3.9 or 4.0 with no problems. You shouldn't be dropping below 50 fps though. What are complete system specs

https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/11467115 here you go