Gaming PC underperforming

KevindeBruin · Oct 1, 2016

Hello Tom's hardware,

I build my own gaming pc and I am experiencing some issues while playing games, I thing my processor is underperforming but I dont know that for sure.

My specs are:
Intel Core i5 4590 @ 3.30GHz
MSI Radeon R9 390 Gaming 8GB
Kingston HyperX fury 2x 4GB
MSI Z97 Gaming 5

My temps are looking fine; CPU 63 C max and GPU 71 C max

Please help me

Kevin de Bruin

usa_john · Oct 1, 2016

What games are you playing? Have you made sure that your gpu drivers are up to date?

elbert · Oct 1, 2016

Try hitting control, alt, and delete and bring up the resource monitor. If your cpu is doing a lot of work while idle it could be a virus or software issue. To be safe you could try running virus scan then use malwarebytes. If you need a suggestion for virus scan I suggest avast boot scan.

KevindeBruin · Oct 1, 2016

usa_john :

Im playing GTA5 and i think all my drivers are up to date, my gta has framedrops from 60 to sometimes 30

usa_john · Oct 1, 2016

Yes, hit CTRL+ALT+DELETE and go into Task manager. Then go under performance (it should be called that anyway) and you will see a graph (or more) showing on what percentage u cpu is working.

Since GTA V is one of the most tasking games out there, it takes a lot of percentage from ur cpu. When ur cpu percentage hits 100, it will drop frames. This is probably what u are experiencing?

KevindeBruin · Oct 1, 2016

usa_john :

Yes this is one of the problems I have, but i also experience framedrops if it is around 95%

KevindeBruin · Oct 1, 2016

elbert :

There are no virus issues according to avast

usa_john · Oct 1, 2016

KevindeBruin :

When you say 95 %, is it a steady 95 or is it 100 and then drops to 95 and than back up?

KevindeBruin · Oct 1, 2016

usa_john :

KevindeBruin :

When you say 95 %, is it a steady 95 or is it 100 and then drops to 95 and than back up?

Sometimes its a steady 95 but most of the time its 100 / 100 with drops to 95 and back up.

g-unit1111 · Oct 1, 2016

Do you have any other background applications or processes running that could interfere with your game play?

KevindeBruin · Oct 1, 2016

g-unit1111 :

It is very common that i use skype but i dont think that would be a very big problem.

elbert · Oct 1, 2016

Skype can use a huge amount of CPU if not setup correctly. You may need to uninstall skype and reinstall if its pulling much CPU at all.
https://community.skype.com/t5/Windows-archive/Skype-Extreme-CPU-useage/td-p/4299575

Also lower skype video and audio quality.

amtseung · Oct 1, 2016

If Vsync isn't disabled, disable it. Vsync is well known for causing frame stutter when your PC isn't quite able to push 60fps+ all the time, but gets kinda close. Usually, watching the fps bounce between 30 and 60 fps when right on the limit is a telltale symptom.

KevindeBruin · Oct 2, 2016

My skype isn't using much of my CPU and Vsync is disabled, still having framedrops

elbert · Oct 2, 2016

At this point I can only suggest testing hardware. I've seen drives and memory cause intermittent issues as they start to fail. prime95, memtest, and your drives testing software should be run.

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