What's bottlenecking my computer in games?

Kill_roy99 · Apr 23, 2016

So, I built my PC a good while back and I don't know if/what is wrong. I get very low fps in games people with much worse rigs (or so I think) easily climb towards the 100's

My build
•MSI A88X-G45 Gaming motherboard
•AMD A10-7850K apu (I believe it is an apu although Idk the difference)
•MSI NIVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
•2x4GB sticks of Corsair DDR3 @ 1,340MHz
•256 GB Samsung SSD
•1TB Western Digital disk drive @7,200RPM
•750w Corsair power supply
•running Windows 10 64-bit

I built it my self with very little knowledge of PC building and it's very possible I got terrible parts. if so, a replacement part suggestion would be nice. If anyone can see a obvious mistake or can help me figure out what's wrong I would greatly appreciate it.
Thank you in advance for any help.

AUnlikelyPotatoe · Apr 23, 2016

:/ make sure it's plugged into the gpu and not the motherboard, it sound like a "duh" thing but people do it.

Supahos · Apr 23, 2016

Your CPU would be the weak link in most games. Only way to fix it is both a new board and new CPU, as there are no "good" option for the fm2 socket

Kill_roy99 · Apr 23, 2016

Oops it's not solved, sorry I don't know how to use this site

AUnlikelyPotatoe · Apr 23, 2016

/\. A 7850k would not bottleneck an 960

AUnlikelyPotatoe · Apr 23, 2016

And btw, a apu is basically a processor with slightly more dedicated graphics.

AUnlikelyPotatoe · Apr 23, 2016

Do you have msi afterburner? If so, play a game and look at the core clocks

Kill_roy99 · Apr 23, 2016

@potatoe ok, so there's no big difference between cpu and apu

tominsac · Apr 23, 2016

cpu and mobo

tominsac · Apr 23, 2016

what games and at what res?

Kill_roy99 · Apr 23, 2016

Ok, will afterburner help point out what's wrong?

Kill_roy99 · Apr 23, 2016

@tominsac any game at any res

AUnlikelyPotatoe · Apr 23, 2016

Yes, your gpu may not be running at full speed, msi afterburner will tell you.

Kill_roy99 · Apr 23, 2016

tominsac :

any big title,
BF4, Arma2, Planetside2, Borderlands 2
all basically <20-30 frames or unplayable

Kill_roy99 · Apr 23, 2016

AUnlikelyPotatoe :

ok, ill try it

tominsac · Apr 23, 2016

Temps?

AUnlikelyPotatoe · Apr 23, 2016

Temps don't matter if he is running at 300mhz...

Kill_roy99 · Apr 23, 2016

could running 2 screens hurt, the second never actively has more than chat open

AUnlikelyPotatoe · Apr 23, 2016

No, it shouldn't

Kill_roy99 · Apr 23, 2016

AUnlikelyPotatoe :

I ran BF4 and Afterburner said my gpu was either high 90's or maxed the whole time

AUnlikelyPotatoe · Apr 23, 2016

What do you mean by 90s

Kill_roy99 · Apr 23, 2016

AUnlikelyPotatoe :

90%
sorry I'm dumb and don't read, you said to look at cores not usage (and that may have been temp)

AUnlikelyPotatoe · Apr 23, 2016

It's ok

AUnlikelyPotatoe · Apr 23, 2016

It should give you core clock and then a MHz reading

Kill_roy99 · Apr 23, 2016

AUnlikelyPotatoe :

I'm getting a core clock on my gpu of a little over 1,000
and memory clock ~3,000

What's bottlenecking my computer in games?

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