Should my system be running better than it is?

[Hadoe]

I built my computer a while ago and I've noticed that with all games I've had to turn most of the settings down to low medium settings and I feel like the parts I've put in my system should be performing better than they are. I could be wrong about this though so I'd like to know someone else's opinion.

I've included pictures of cpuz and gpuz as well as some game settings. I always try to get 60 fps in every game I play.

I feel like I should be getting a higher average than 58 with these settings

So what do you think? Is there something wrong with the hardware? Or is this normal? My os is Windows 7 x64 bit.

 

[GhislainG]

A Radeon 5670 is a budget gaming card.

 

[memadmax]

I noticed that you had the 5670 ^, and I noticed that ur RAM is in single channel mode (only one stick?) Turn all ur Catalyst setting for "performance" you wont notice a difference... Catalyst AI for performance will provide the most improvement.

 

[memadmax]

Also, in your game settings, set any "shadows" settings to low. This will yield the most FPS in my Opin. Then it will give you more room to work with other settings.

 

[Hadoe]

I noticed that you had the 5670 ^, and I noticed that ur RAM is in single channel mode (only one stick?) Turn all ur Catalyst setting for "performance" you wont notice a difference... Catalyst AI for performance will provide the most improvement.

Yep I've got a 5670, I just thought it would run better than this. Just wanted to make sure there wasn't some other problem, I guess it's time for an upgrade. Also yes I have just one stick of ram.

One more question though. In CCC under "Catalyst A.I." there is an option for "Enable Surface Format Optimization" I have it turned on. Does this affect performance in anyway? Or is it better to leave it on?