What slows down my computer in-game?

[kilo24]

In Doom 2016 for example, I hover around 60fps when not much is happening but during combat I get stutters and the FPS can often drop into the 20's (medium vs. ultra settings makes no difference). Here's a list of my specs:

OS: Windows 10 Pro 64 Bit
RAM: 16GB
CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K CPU @ 3.4GHz, 4
Cores, 4 Logical Processors
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Pro4

What could be the problem? I've verified the GPU is attached to the correct PCI-e slot and that there are no cooling problems. I've tried disabling all startup applications and rebooting, no difference. My RAM is in dual core mode. Perhaps I should also note that sometimes when the computer is performing a heavy task it produces a rattling sound.

 

[Supahos]

www.userbenchmark.com

Post link it gives you at end here

Also only have some sort of temp monitoring program and post max temps during the run as well as cpu speed during the run

 

[kilo24]

www.userbenchmark.com

Post link it gives you at end here

Also only have some sort of temp monitoring program and post max temps during the run as well as cpu speed during the run

https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/14310468

 

[Supahos]

Temps? Your cpu isn't boosting at all so I'm curious

 

[kilo24]

Temps? Your cpu isn't boosting at all so I'm curious

sorry about the quality of this, i'm not sure how to better share it https://imgur.com/a/AjYedch

 

[Supahos]

You can just tell me the max cpu and GPU temps I don't need pictures

 

[dontlistentome]

It sounds to me like your CPU is limiting things for some reason. Try running the game at low settings 1080p, the run the game in the same area at low settings 720p. Did the framerate increase?

You have an unlocked CPU, are you overclocking?

 

[kilo24]

You can just tell me the max cpu and GPU temps I don't need pictures

CPU: 79C
GPU: 25C

 

[Supahos]

At 79°C it probably won't turbo boost. That will definitely hurt performance. I'd get a better cooler and oc the processor. Maybe something like a cyroig h7

 

[kilo24]

It sounds to me like your CPU is limiting things for some reason. Try running the game at low settings 1080p, the run the game in the same area at low settings 720p. Did the framerate increase?

You have an unlocked CPU, are you overclocking?

Tried setting everything to low and then 720p, neither made a difference in FPS. I'm not overclocking.

 

[kilo24]

At 79°C it probably won't turbo boost. That will definitely hurt performance. I'd get a better cooler and oc the processor. Maybe something like a cyroig h7

What does OC the processor mean? I don't really speak hardware.

 

[Supahos]

Overclock it. That chip should overclock pretty well if you get a better cooler which I think you need to do anyway if it got to 79 in that short benchmark I'm sure it's throttling under heavy load gaming

 

[kilo24]

Overclock it. That chip should overclock pretty well if you get a better cooler which I think you need to do anyway if it got to 79 in that short benchmark I'm sure it's throttling under heavy load gaming

Alright, I can afford that cooler but it'll obviously take a bit to get here. I'll get back to you.

 

[kilo24]

Actually, there's still something I'm unsure about. If it needs to be overclocked to actually perform well (research tells me that turbo boost is only a slight improvement) then isn't there still another unidentified problem with my computer? Normally you don't need to overclock, right?

 

[Supahos]

If you can get it from 3.4 to 4.4-4.6 that's nearly 33% more performance that's not kiddy steps

 

[kilo24]

Wait I'm confused about something here https://imgur.com/a/HJRQoIr in Core Temp should i be paying attention to the temperatures on the far left or the ones under "max"?

 

[Supahos]

Uhh the ones under max. Yikes that's not good at all. You definitely need a new cpu cooler

 

[Supahos]

Something like a cyroig h7 would be cheapish and work well

 

[kilo24]

It's strange because on some bootups, even if I wait 10 minutes the max is lower (and apparently the max for my CPU is 105C). Does that just mean it won't turbo boost? Anyway I doubt it should ever go that high at all so that new cooler should come in handy.

 

[Supahos]

At 80 it starts slowing down to help.keep from.dying at 90 or so it's slows down a lot, at 100 it's running probably 1/3 speed trying not to die

 

[kilo24]

How come all sources in Google search results say no throttling will occur until 100 or 105?

 

[Supahos]

105 is the shutdown temp

 

[kilo24]

Well it's hit 106 without shutting down and I specifically read 105 is the throttle temp

 

[kilo24]

It also only hit 105 one or two times (every time I boot up my PC is different and temps never go back down if they're raised by opening a game) so I'm starting to doubt if I'm really being throttled, especially when search all results also say that turbo boost is only an increase in 10 frames, not a "33% increase" or anywhere near that. I don't want to get my hopes up in vain that the cooler will solve my problems when it's not getting here for a week and I'm getting very conflicting information.

 

[Supahos]

The 33% wasn't for turbo boost that was stock clocks vs the oc I listed there