low game performance, possible bottleneck?

IVYsaurBRIDGE · May 5, 2015

I need help finding and fixing a bottleneck in performance. I have an i7 2600, asrock z87 pro 3, 16gb g.skill 1866mhz RAM in dual channel, 750w evga b2 bronze psu, zotac amp! omega gtx 980, and 3.5tb hdd space of various manufacturers. I get 40-50fps in Borderlands The Pre-Sequel, 60 in city but 20-30 up north in gta v, 40-60 fps in civ 5, 20-35 in AC:Unity. Note that it's at 1080p, all are maxed except advanced options in gta, and 2x AA in all. These numbers are much lower than what the 980 is capable of, so can someone help me? Anything is appreciated.

badboyrog2 · May 5, 2015

ok ...so your specs is????

theyeti87 · May 5, 2015

What GPU are you running? a GTX 980?

The specs you did mention, however, don't indicate there should be a bottleneck at the CPU.

IVYsaurBRIDGE · May 5, 2015

I updated with info.

badboyrog2 · May 5, 2015

put FULL specs (MODEL/BRAND)please
which mobo/psu/hdd/ram

RCguitarist · May 5, 2015

Are you running them in 1080p, 1440, or 4k?

IVYsaurBRIDGE · May 5, 2015

Updated with info. (Specs more detailed and I play at 1080p)

badboyrog2 · May 5, 2015

''3.5tb hdd space of various manufacturers''
can you explain this???

anyway after checking everything ...your build should not have a botlleneck issue
so i do not understand whats happen , check for cpu overheat in the bios if all voltages and temp look normal

check if it can be a ram issue...try with only one stick at the time

IVYsaurBRIDGE · May 5, 2015

3.5tb of various manufacturers: i have 2x 250gb WD drive (not sure about rpm; I don't use these anyways) , 1 1tb 5400 rpm drive (idk manufacutrer), and a 2tb seagate 7200rpm drive. My cpu temps are about 80 max under load, 65-75 average under load. GPU rarely goes above 70 celsius.

badboyrog2 · May 5, 2015

i think you got too much hdd for nothing above all if you do not use it ...just keep the 2TB seagate barracuda

and if you check here the max temp for your cpu is around 73
http://ark.intel.com/products/52213/Intel-Core-i7-2600-Processor-%288M-Cache-3_40-GHz%29

check if your cpu cooler is well installed and enough thermal paste applied

darkringer · May 5, 2015

in wish of your HDD are the games instaled and the windows this could be a very useful information

Sorry for my english

Regards

IVYsaurBRIDGE · May 5, 2015

It has preapplied thermal paste, but it's a cheap all-plastic-but-the-heatsink $15 cpu cooler from arctic. I have a hyper 212 evo waiting in a box since I'm upgrading my cpu and motherboard in a week or two if all goes well. Should I try installing that, and seeing if it helps?

IVYsaurBRIDGE · May 5, 2015

I have most games on the 1tb and a few on the 2

darkringer · May 5, 2015

but your windows in wich of them
and think about this
its really necesary to have so many HHDsk and dont have any SSDs
you can do this use a SSD only to manage your windows or use one of your less space HDDs then use one of the most big of them to downloads and other for game instalations in that order you can gain a few FPS (i think its only an opinion)

Sorry for my english

Regards

IVYsaurBRIDGE · May 5, 2015

I had that setup fot windows before, it had no effect for me, and I do not have an SSD.

unplanned bacon · May 5, 2015

badboyrog2 :

I have 4.1 TB

Just because I didn't want to return one :/
I use 2TB for media (which is good since I need somewhere to keep the videos I produce/plan to make) and the other 2TB for games, programs and documents

badboyrog2 · May 5, 2015

''1 1tb 5400 rpm drive (idk manufacutrer), and a 2tb seagate 7200rpm drive''

you mixed two different hdd with two different speed of reading and writing ...not the best match

darkringer · May 7, 2015

badboyrog2 :

Good point

you need to get your stuff more organized first and then we can start to analize what is your real problem

unplanned bacon · May 8, 2015

badboyrog2 :

Yoda's dancing to Inner Smile (what I happened to be listening to when I saw your avatar)

unplanned bacon · May 8, 2015

badboyrog2 :

I do this, and my computer is fine. The faster one does all the work, with the slower one only being used for storage or media access. The SSD has the OS though

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