i7-3770K - should I upgrade?

[Peddeh]

Hello,

I've been playing Battlefield 4 recently and noticed that my CPU usage is jumping from 75-80%. I believe this to be on the verge of a bottleneck, correct me if I'm mistaken.

The CPU is clocked at 4.6GHz and has been since I bought it (just under a year ago). If is the case that I should upgrade, what would you suggest be the best route?

Thanks!


EDIT: rest of the system:
MSI MPower Z77 (I'm well aware if I wanted to upgrade, I would need to swap this out)
16GB DDR3 2400MHz
AMD Radeon R9 290X (Gigabyte)
Corsair 850W PSU
OS: Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit

 

[PepitoTV]

I really doubt it's worth to upgrade that processor, even not knowing the rest of your build, which you should post in order to receive better advice.

 

[8350rocks]

Upgrading will not help you unless you jump to X79 platform and get something like a 3930k/4930k on a X79 MB.

That upgrade will run you something on the order of $700 give or take.

Your 3770k is fine, the 4770k would amount to 1 more FPS typically at 50-60 FPS.

 

[Peddeh]

Rest of system added.

 

[PepitoTV]

That's a really high end system, as 8350Rocks stated, if you really want to upgrade your processor then you're looking at a X79 platform which will set you back $700-$800, with a performance gain of at most 10 fps for CPU intensive games (like BF4, Crysis 3) and none at all for everything else.

 

[Peddeh]

Ok, thanks for the responses.

 

[jrmurph3]

I have an i5-3550 and my CPU usage runs about the same as yours. I really wouldn't worry about it especially since I don't have problems with an inferior CPU.