Another high end computer getting low fps on all games.

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My computer, according to GeForce experience should be able to run all games at ultra with no problem, yet I can barely play games at low settings at around 30 frames, such as ArmA III, which is extremely frustrating. I've been told it's the storage that I have, almost my entire Tb of HDD is used up, but I'm looking for an experts opinion on this first.

GPU: GeForce GTX 970
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-490K CPU @ 3.50GHz
Memory: 24.00 GM RAM ( 23.87 GM usable)
Resolution: 1920 x 1080, 60Hz
OS: Windows 8.1
Available Storage: 215 GB free of 931 GB
Power Supply: NEX750B (750 W)
 
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1. Arma3 is miserable for fps. Guru3d ran a 2011-3 build at 4.4GHz with a gtx970 on ultra and barely got more than 40fps. So that particular game isn't really a strong point for arguement.

2. If the had is your source storage, where the OS resides, your actual usable space will be considerably less than the 215GB showing. Windows will be using pagefile.sys, virtual memory etc all of which isn't taken into account, so it's entirely possible you have storage issues but you have @20% free space so that's going to be iffy as to exactly what your settings are.

Personally, I'd be more inclined to believe it is either temps throttling the cpu or a ram issue, both of which are easily checked.
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1. Arma3 is miserable for fps. Guru3d ran a 2011-3 build at 4.4GHz with a gtx970 on ultra and barely got more than 40fps. So that particular game isn't really a strong point for arguement.

2. If the had is your source storage, where the OS resides, your actual usable space will be considerably less than the 215GB showing. Windows will be using pagefile.sys, virtual memory etc all of which isn't taken into account, so it's entirely possible you have storage issues but you have @20% free space so that's going to be iffy as to exactly what your settings are.

Personally, I'd be more inclined to believe it is either temps throttling the cpu or a ram issue, both of which are easily checked.
 
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How would I be able to check these? Would I have to bring it into a shop? I built it myself so I know my way around it if need be. I have a tem checker and the cpu temp sometimes goes up to 120F, but I'm not sure if that's drastic or not. I tried to do a test of my own? by taking out my 2 original 4 GB RAM, running Dark Souls III, with about 9-10 fos on lowest settings and a lowered resolution, taking out the 2 HyperX Beast 8GB RAM sticks with 13-15 fps and the two together have around 14-15, sometimes 20 fps. How would I be able to effectively and correctly do this process?

 
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You have intel cpu, so Realtemp or speccy will work reliably for temps. (It's easier if you use °C instead of °F)

If you are running Win7 or newer, Microsoft has built into the OS a ram checker that will check the ram for you. There are also free programs like MemTest86.

The nice thing about speccy (from piriform, same ppl who make CCleaner) is that it'll also give pertinent info about your hdd. You can also 'start' 'run' 'chkdsk' and windows will run check disk at your next reboot.
 
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