BionicBarry

Update to whoever has any insight. To clear the 4c/4t issue here that everyone couldn’t look past, I replaced the cpu and mobo with a ryzen 5 2600 (6c/12t) and asrock b250m pro 4. I know the cpu and mobo are very basic but I still have the same scenario. Benchmark tests show that I am gpu bound not cpu bound. Kind of strange considering the 1080ti should not be the bottleneck here.

Gpu is pinned at 100% utilization, cpu is at 90% max over 10 runs now.

GPU is pinned at 100% while cpu is at 89-90%

Yeah I definitely agree and understand that, my question was why would my cpu be putting out more frames than the gpu if the cpu is supposed to be the bottleneck.

I was just trying to find the best settings for 120+ FPS for multiplayer as I do with most games. When gears was telling me my gpu is bottlenecking my cpu and putting out 1/3 of the frames I then started to look for a bottleneck.

So there’s an issue with gears benchmark software? Itstates the cpu is putting out 150-200fps and the gpu is putting out 80fps. Also during benchmarking the cpu has lower frame times than the gpu. Hence why it says the bottleneck is 98% gpu. I appreciate your help just wanna make sure I’m understanding this right.

Why would the cpu be putting out more frames than the gpu if that were the case? The gpu is bottlenecking.

First post so I apologies for any taboos. Couldn’t find anything related to this but I may be horrible at searching. My system: i5-7600k asrock b250m pro4 (I know I can’t OC with this mobo, got it for free at micro center) Nvidia GTX 1080 TI FE (I know it’s overkill, got it from a friend) 2x8gb crucial ballistix 2400mhz DDR4 256gb nvme pcie ssd (I forget the brand I’ll edit later) 2tb wd blue 7200rpm hdd 750w evga 80plus bronze (forget the exact model I’ll edit) monitor is an acer 1080p 144hz something after downloading gears 5 I ran a bench and compared with a buddy which made me realize my gpu is potentially underperforming. Benchmark states gpu is bottlenecking the cpu. I’ll attach the screenshots. Tried at ultra and at high settings just for the heck of it. Cpu and you both staying under 68c. Afterburner is set to 120% power limit and 90c thermal limit. From the benchmark my CPU is pumping out frames like crazy and my gpu is falling far behind. I would have never expected this with a 1080ti especially at 1080p. Im going to double check the gpu utilization after I run it a few more times in HWmonitor and afterburner. Is there anything I’m missing right off of the bat? i know my build is a little Frankenstein I’m a grad student and a young dad so I’ve had to work with what I could and have budget with high end stuff (gpu is very out of place).