Which component is "Bottlenecking" my system?

[Charlie Forbes]

Hey a little disclaimer, I'm new to computers and need some advice I recently heard about the term bottleneck which means a component in your machine is holding it back from performing better.
Here are my specs.
OS Name Microsoft Windows 10 Pro
Version 10.0.16299 Build 16299
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name DESKTOP-7DEVTC4
System Manufacturer NOVATECH LTD
System Model MBB-66008
System Type x64-based PC
System SKU MBB-66008
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6600 CPU @ 3.30GHz, 3301 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. F4, 16/03/2016
SMBIOS Version 2.8
Embedded Controller Version 255.255
BIOS Mode Legacy
BaseBoard Manufacturer Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
BaseBoard Model Not Available
BaseBoard Name Base Board
Platform Role Desktop
Secure Boot State Unsupported
PCR7 Configuration Binding Not Possible
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United Kingdom
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "10.0.16299.371"
User Name DESKTOP-7DEVTC4\User
Time Zone GMT Daylight Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 8.00 GB
Total Physical Memory 7.95 GB
Available Physical Memory 3.17 GB
Total Virtual Memory 16.5 GB
Available Virtual Memory 9.72 GB
Page File Space 8.50 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys
Virtualization-based security Not enabled
Device Encryption Support Reasons for failed automatic device encryption: TPM is not usable, PCR7 binding is not supported, Hardware Security Test Interface failed and device is not InstantGo, Un-allowed DMA capable bus/device(s) detected, TPM is not usable
Hyper-V - VM Monitor Mode Extensions Yes
Hyper-V - Second Level Address Translation Extensions Yes
Hyper-V - Virtualization Enabled in Firmware Yes
Hyper-V - Data Execution Protection Yes

 

[kanewolf]

Unknown from the info you provided. What graphics do you have? What task do you believe is being bottlenecked?

 

[aquielisunari]

are my specs. along with a Seaonic 650W 80+ Gold PSU.

I could also C+P Speccy's summary page.

Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64-bit
CPU
Intel Core i5 4690K @ 3.50GHz 24 °C
Haswell 22nm Technology
RAM
8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 933MHz (10-11-10-30)
Motherboard
MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850) (SOCKET 0) 29 °C
Graphics
D32x-D1 (2560x1440@60Hz)
11264 MBytes of GDDR5X SDRAM [Micron] 23 °C
Storage
298GB Western Digital WDC WD3200BEVT-60A23T0 (SATA) 24 °C
111GB ADATA SP550 (SSD) 22 °C
465GB Western Digital WDC WD5000BPVT-22A1YT0 (SATA) 20 °C
465GB Western Digital WDC WD5000AACS-00D0B0 (SATA) 27 °C
Optical Drives
No optical disk drives detected
Audio
Realtek High Definition Audio

Things like

Hyper-V - Second Level Address Translation Extensions Yes

Isn't relevant. Wading through the weeds to find the hardware shouldn't have to happen. Concise.

 

[USAFRet]

Hey a little disclaimer, I'm new to computers and need some advice I recently heard about the term bottleneck which means a component in your machine is holding it back from performing better.

And what, specifically, is telling you that you have a "bottleneck"?

 

[aquielisunari]

No hardware list. No explanation of issue?

Dmmit Jim! I'm a doctor, not a psychic!!!