Is I5-3570K causing a bottleneck with this build?

llamentoso

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EVGA GTX 980 Ti ACX 2.0 6GB GDDR5 384bit PCI-E
I5-3570K 3.40GHz
8 RAM

Lots of benchmarks for the GPU like the one i linked below, show results I can't achieve (not even close)...

With Dishonored 2 for example, I had to tweak down some sliders from ultra to get a consistent 60 FPS. While it's supposedly capable of running it on ultra at 72 FPS.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-980-Ti-benchmarks-and-specs.169446.0.html

If the CPU is the problem, then i'd appreciate a suggestions to replace it with.

Thanks.
 
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It can all be done from the motherboard's BIOS. And no, you don't have to redo the whole process, the settings will stay unless you change them again, or the overclock is unstable. I'd recommend an aftermarket cooler like the Cryorig H7 - the 212's reign is over! Anyway, the motherboard should have an auto-tuning feature that you can use... while some will say not to use it, it's really ok for light to mild...

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You should be able to close that gap by overclocking both. Do you at least have a Z-series motherboard, as you can't overclock the cpu without one. A 4.2-4.3ghz OC should be easily doable on that chip with proper cooling.
For the gpu, download MSI Afterburner.
 

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The motherboard is: z77 extreme4
I haven't bought a CPU fan! Just installed the one that came with the processor from intel, will it be enough to cool it while overclocked?
 

llamentoso

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I don't know squat about overclocking and i'd hate to ruin my cpu for just couple of extra frames.

If i were to overclock it, does it stay like that forever? or do i have to redo the whole process every time i want to run a game?
 

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It can all be done from the motherboard's BIOS. And no, you don't have to redo the whole process, the settings will stay unless you change them again, or the overclock is unstable. I'd recommend an aftermarket cooler like the Cryorig H7 - the 212's reign is over! Anyway, the motherboard should have an auto-tuning feature that you can use... while some will say not to use it, it's really ok for light to mild overclocks - it's the high ones that one needs to do manually. So, ~4.2-4.3 on the auto-tune is no problem on that chip. Any higher, and I'd recommend you do it manually.
 
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