Hi I wonder if my CPU bottlenecks my Asus R9 280x GPU

[wyv0]

Hi guys I have a ASUS radeon r9 280x GPU that I bought because I wanted to be able to play Battlefield 4 with max frames about ~60fps but I constantly get about 30fps it's really annoying.
I have a i5 2500k 3.3Ghz processor, 8gb ram, 850w PSU. And when I check my cpu usage when i play bf 4 it shows 50%? shouldn't it show 100%? my gpu has 47%. Is there any way to get my cpu to go 100% then and how?

 

[Karsten75]

50% means two cores are maxed out. If BF4 multi-tasks at more than two cores, then the CPU is not the bottleneck. If, on the other hand, BF4 can't drive multiple cores, I'd guess you're bottlenecked and you'd need a faster processor. Unfortunately the fastest single core is only about 20% faster than what you have today. That is no real solution.

I do know that the i5-series (including the i5-2500K - of which I have one) are very popular for gaming. So it should be OK and you may have to look somewhere else.