So I'm trying to figure out if its my CPU or GPU holding me back in games and could use some help.

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I have a AMD FX 9370, Gigabyte Radeon R9 280x 3gb OC edition 256gbSamsungSSD and 1TB WD HDD and 16gbs of Ram at 1600mhz. The games i play are Arma 3, Dayz, Skyrim(HeavlyMODDED+ENB), GTAV, Fallout4, Far Cry 4. and a few more... In most of these titles i get about an average of 30-35 FPS, Min 15-20FPS, Max 70-90 FPS(I usually only get this high of FPS when I'm indoors.)My temps on both cpu and gpu never go over 150f/65C I play these games at 1080p with mostly High settings.
 
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Here's what you do:
1) play the game using graphics settings that make it playable. while using FRAPS to find the average FPS (frames per second) - write down the average
2) lower the graphics settings. If you were playing on HIGH settings - drop them to LOW
3) play the game again and use FRAPS to find the average FPS - write it down
4) compare the FPS at high to the FPS at low
5) if the LOW settings provide higher FPS then your graphic card is bottlenecking (because the CPU chip can still do its job fine but the graphics card can only keep up with less graphicky thinks happening on-screen)
6) if the LOW settings provide the same or similar FPS then your CPU is bottlenecking (because it shows that even when the graphics card has less...
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Here's what you do:
1) play the game using graphics settings that make it playable. while using FRAPS to find the average FPS (frames per second) - write down the average
2) lower the graphics settings. If you were playing on HIGH settings - drop them to LOW
3) play the game again and use FRAPS to find the average FPS - write it down
4) compare the FPS at high to the FPS at low
5) if the LOW settings provide higher FPS then your graphic card is bottlenecking (because the CPU chip can still do its job fine but the graphics card can only keep up with less graphicky thinks happening on-screen)
6) if the LOW settings provide the same or similar FPS then your CPU is bottlenecking (because it shows that even when the graphics card has less work to do the FPS doesn't increase then something else is bottlenecking)
 
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