I5 6600k bottlenecking GTX 1070 at 1080p

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AdiXFurious10

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Why does my i5 6600k overclocked to 4.2 GHZ bottleneck my GTX 1070? I play at 1080p. My full PC specs are:
i5 6600k at 4.2 GHZ
Gigabyte Z170 HD3
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB 2133 MHZ (2 x 8GB)
Asus ROG Strix GTX 1070 08G Gaming
WD Caviar Blue 1 TB
NZXT S340
If anybody could explain why this is happening I would greatly appreciate it!
 
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Ecky
There is always a bottleneck. Either CPU or GPU will bottleneck the other, or your framerates would be infinitely high. Sometimes your CPU will be the limiting factor, and sometimes your GPU, and it will vary from scene to scene and from game to game as to which is the limiting factor (bottleneck) at that particular moment.

If you were getting 25fps and your CPU was at 100%, then yes, you might want to think about upgrading your CPU to get that framerate up. However if you're getting 150fps and running a 60hz monitor, and your CPU is at 100%, what would be the point?
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AdiXFurious10

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I mostly see this on a game called Dirty Bomb. But are you positive this is normal because everywhere I read, it says the i5 6600k definitely won't bottleneck the GTX 1070.
 
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AdiXFurious10

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The game is Dirty Bomb. I will reply when I see the GPU usage. I get around 120 FPS and I sadly use a 60 HZ HP 23XW monitor with 7ms response time.
 
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AdiXFurious10

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That is relieving to know!
 
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If your getting more FPS than the Hz of your monitor even if there was a slight bottleneck it doesn't matter, its not like you can display the extra fps you are loosing. Running >100 fps is very CPU demanding, I'm not surprised its nearing 100%. You have nothing to worry about.

 
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There is always a bottleneck. Either CPU or GPU will bottleneck the other, or your framerates would be infinitely high. Sometimes your CPU will be the limiting factor, and sometimes your GPU, and it will vary from scene to scene and from game to game as to which is the limiting factor (bottleneck) at that particular moment.

If you were getting 25fps and your CPU was at 100%, then yes, you might want to think about upgrading your CPU to get that framerate up. However if you're getting 150fps and running a 60hz monitor, and your CPU is at 100%, what would be the point?
 
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AdiXFurious10

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Thank you so much! I am new to PC building and this is so relieving! Now I know the difference between a limiting factor and a actual bottleneck!
 
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Gregor_3

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unless its bf1, game made by retards in DICE.. i7 or fuck off...no metter what CPU clock you got, games uses 1070 100% and FPS on low barely stays above 60.. with 6600k at 4ghz..maybe in a year or soo, they will make it playable, by that time new BF will come, and will have same problems as every before it...
 
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