Am I experiencing a bottleneck

xRadon

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Hey guys, first time posting - lurking for a time.

So i built my own PC a while back and am quite ok at it, defnitley can handle myself but not too advised about all the technical stuff, especially on the topic bottlenecking.

My setup:
i5-4670k @ 3.4GHz
EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Classified (4GB - Base Clock 1.291 MHz - Boost Clock 1.393 MHz - Memory Clock 3.500MHz)
16GB RAM Corsair Vengance
Motherboard: MSI Z87-GD65

While playing Overwatch e.g. i get this data
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My settings are all set to low to secure a stable framerate for my 144hz monitor.
All i know about bottlenecking that if the CPU is too slow, it will slow down the GPU aswell. Is this the case ? If so, what would be the next step ? Overclock the CPU (i have an ok fan - atleast not stock) or actually buying a new cpu ?

Any help is really appreciated and i thank you in advance! If you need any other data i'm gladly to pass it.

Thank you,
Marc

PS: If this post is in the wrong place, feel to move it to its correct place.
 
Solution
CPU & GPU load aren't an indication of a bottleneck, there's a lot more to it.

If you increase graphics settings, framerate will obviously drop, but you'll get the % about the same. The problem is that you will lower your framerates. Bottleneck is a very overused word.

This thread isn't in the wrong place, no worries.


All the best!
CPU & GPU load aren't an indication of a bottleneck, there's a lot more to it.

If you increase graphics settings, framerate will obviously drop, but you'll get the % about the same. The problem is that you will lower your framerates. Bottleneck is a very overused word.

This thread isn't in the wrong place, no worries.


All the best!
 
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xRadon

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Jul 12, 2016
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Cheers
So does that mean im good ? nothing to worry about ?