Low FPS/FPS drops, on Medium/High End PC

maggot40

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Hello everyone on Tom's Hardware,
I have been having a problem with my PC for a while, in that most games run slower, if not have FPS issues in each game I play, with a reliably solid build for high graphics and FPS..

My current specs are:

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K Devil's Canyon Quad-Core 4.0 GHz LGA 1150

RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) Memory PC3-12800 DDR3 1600MHZ
**These say they are running at 1333mhz**

GPU: NVIDIA MSI Gtx 970 4gb

PSU: Rosewill Hive 750w
** I have been having monthly shutdown issues, but does not seem to effect my GPU or CPU from working optimally*

HDD: WD Blue 1TB Desktop Hard Disk Drive - 7200 RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD10EZEX

Monitor: Asus VG248(Display Port)
** This is a 120hz, 144hz monitor, and I suspect also taxes my GPU, and CPU hard when gaming at high hz**

Games that I play with FPS issues are games like League of Legends (Not a taxing game but still fps drops when in intensive fights etc.), Player Unknowns Battlegrounds, This I get the lowest FPS even on lowest settings, same with league, H1z1, Overwatch (Handles the best, but still sometimes there are FPS drops).. I also would get stuttering during Skyrim SE, and FPS drops when trying out Visual Mods or enhancements...

I appreciate all the help, and I am seriously wondering what it could be, or if I really just need to get a Solidstate, New RAM, New GPU etc.. Thanks for all the help again!

 
Solution
I'd use a program to watch temps and clockspeeds of the CPU and GPU while gaming. Something like MSI Afterburner will work. The idea is to see when the framerate drops happen, are the temps too high and does that cause the clockspeeds to be reduced in order to keep things cool?

edit: Since you know what CPU you have and you know what videocard you have, you can easily find their rated clockspeedds so you can compare them to what you are actually getting

maggot40

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Ok, I've checked temps before, what are the ranges I should aim for, or not aim for?
 

maggot40

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Ok so, My GPU hovers around 60C and my CPU around 40-46C... My CPU is water cooled also...

I just tested PUBG, and my GPU usage % went through the roof at basically 100% usage.

League of legends it doesn't use even like 30%, but it still drops frames in high intensive gameplay.. which is interesting
 
I'd use a program to watch temps and clockspeeds of the CPU and GPU while gaming. Something like MSI Afterburner will work. The idea is to see when the framerate drops happen, are the temps too high and does that cause the clockspeeds to be reduced in order to keep things cool?

edit: Since you know what CPU you have and you know what videocard you have, you can easily find their rated clockspeedds so you can compare them to what you are actually getting
 
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