1600mhz boost for a 1070 8gb?

[lilEpicNam3]

so ive noticed that im having low fps constanly and then i saw that im only getting like 40% gpu usage  SI 1600MHZ normal for boost clocks?

 

[lilEpicNam3]

just to note using msi afterburner i see that my gpu isnt boosting for some reason

 

[filippalfi]

Thats normal. It wont boost higher if GPU usage isnt higher. 

[Jurrunio]

bottleneck somewhere else then, CPU and memory for example

[lilEpicNam3]

1 minute ago, Jurrunio said:

bottleneck somewhere else then, CPU and memory for example

i have 16gb ram and an i7 3770k i was only using 8gb and my cpu was also around 50%
 

[Jurrunio]

maybe thermal throttling?

[lilEpicNam3]

Just now, Jurrunio said:

maybe thermal throttling?

nope both less than 50 degrees

 

[filippalfi]

6 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

maybe thermal throttling?

I dont think so, if usage is only around 40%

 

5 minutes ago, lilEpicNam3 said:

nope both less than 50 degrees

Try cranking the settings up in games and run a few benchmarks like Superposition in 1080p extreme and tell us your clocks. If it stays the same use DDU, wipe your drivers and install fresh ones. 

[lilEpicNam3]

5 minutes ago, filippalfi said:

Try cranking the settings up in games.

ive had this problem so much... in gtav im playing at mostly high settings but my cpu is at around 70% and cpu is around 50 while only getting like 70 fps.. its really annoying.. dont judge me but i was playing fortnite and i was constantly playing with around 60 fps. and this is a huge problem because i have 144hz monitor

right now im playing csgo at max settigns and only getting 80 fos max and dropping whenever in combat

 

what are the reason for a gpu not boosting?

[filippalfi]

Just now, lilEpicNam3 said:

what are the reason for a gpu not boosting?

 

Well yeah, that sounds like a CPU bottleneck which is somewhat fine in CPU bound games like GTA V. Second, 3770k is still a decent CPU in its right and it will do 60 fps fine, but wont cut it with high refresh rate gaming. Just to eliminate any other issue, i would suggest running that benchmark to see how much GPU does actually boost to. 

[lilEpicNam3]

27 minutes ago, filippalfi said:

Well yeah, that sounds like a CPU bottleneck which is somewhat fine in CPU bound games like GTA V. Second, 3770k is still a decent CPU in its right and it will do 60 fps fine, but wont cut it with high refresh rate gaming. Just to eliminate any other issue, i would suggest running that benchmark to see how much GPU does actually boost to. 

yea ill check it out just so strange cause it started doing this out of nowhere..

 

would u recommend any good budget cpu to upgrade to? if i would upgrade i would have to get a new mb aswell and i have a really tight budget so i dont really know what to do

 

i also did a heaven benchmark just now and it boosts easily to 1936 but it doesnt boost in games like csgo/fortnite/apex legends

[filippalfi]

3 minutes ago, lilEpicNam3 said:

would u recommend any good budget cpu to upgrade to? if i would upgrade i would have to get a new mb aswell and i have a really tight budget so i dont really know what to do

 

Well yeah. Personally, i would not go beneath 6 core CPUs these days. So Ryzen 5 2600 or at least i5-8600k, tho Intel is better at high refresh rates,but none of those are options if they arent in the budget. Budget option would be overclocking your CPU and cooling it adequately.

 

It seems that your CPU is bottlenecking then, which can be explained. Try cranking the settings up in all your games. 

[lilEpicNam3]

21 minutes ago, filippalfi said:

Well yeah. Personally, i would not go beneath 6 core CPUs these days. So Ryzen 5 2600 or at least i5-8600k, tho Intel is better at high refresh rates,but none of those are options if they arent in the budget. Budget option would be overclocking your CPU and cooling it adequately. 

i have a beefy aircooler but my motherboard is locked so i cant overclock my cpu.. ive went throught the option to overclock but than buying a new motherboard is the new problem.. i have a really old motherbaord (p8h61-mx r2.0).... and would overclocking give any significant impact with a 3770k?

 

21 minutes ago, filippalfi said:

Well yeah. Personally, i would not go beneath 6 core CPUs these days. So Ryzen 5 2600 or at least i5-8600k, tho Intel is better at high refresh rates,but none of those are options if they arent in the budget. Budget option would be overclocking your CPU and cooling it adequately.

 

It seems that your CPU is bottlenecking then, which can be explained. Try cranking the settings up in all your games. 

so i just launcher gtav and if u look top left u will see my problem

[filippalfi]

19 minutes ago, lilEpicNam3 said:

i have a beefy aircooler but my motherboard is locked so i cant overclock my cpu.. ive went throught the option to overclock but than buying a new motherboard is the new problem.. i have a really old motherbaord (p8h61-mx r2.0).... and would overclocking give any significant impact with a 3770k?

No overclocking with that, yeah. It will certainly do better when overclocked, its up to you to decide is it worth getting a new motherboard. 

 

I would say it is, if it can be found for the right price. There is one more thing you can do, to gez GPU usage higher, but it will still be good mostly for 60 fps. You can enable DSR in nvidia control panel and set a custom resolution to 2560x1440. That will bring your GPU usage much higher. 

 

15 minutes ago, lilEpicNam3 said:

so i just launcher gtav and if u look top left u will see my problem

Yeah, i understand. Can u max out the game please? 

[lilEpicNam3]

1 minute ago, filippalfi said:

No overclocking with that, yeah. It will certainly do better when overclocked, its up to you to decide is it worth getting a new motherboard. 

 

I would say it is, if it can be found for the right price. There is one more thing you can do, to gez GPU usage higher, but it will still be good mostly for 60 fps. You can enable DSR in nvidia control panel and set a custom resolution to 2560x1440. That will bring your GPU usage much higher. 

ive tried dsr before but it makes everything look too blurry and i dont want higher usage i just want more fps.. but in terms higher usage means more fps but with dsr it wont give me more fps 

[filippalfi]

1 minute ago, lilEpicNam3 said:

ive tried dsr before but it makes everything look too blurry and i dont want higher usage i just want more fps.. but in terms higher usage means more fps but with dsr it wont give me more fps 

Well higher GPU usage usually means higher FPS in CPU bound stuff,dont know how to explain it properly.  Try reinstalling the drivers even tho this is a CPU issue. 

[lilEpicNam3]

1 minute ago, filippalfi said:

Well higher GPU usage usually means higher FPS in CPU bound stuff,dont know how to explain it properly.  Try reinstalling the drivers even tho this is a CPU issue. 

no i somewhat understand what ur trying to say but i feel that dsr will give me higher usage with no fps increase yet i still dont want to do it because it makes everything look blurry

[filippalfi]

Just now, lilEpicNam3 said:

no i somewhat understand what ur trying to say but i feel that dsr will give me higher usage with no fps increase yet i still dont want to do it because it makes everything look blurry

Well, you have nothing to lose, u might try it, and turn up setings to very high. 

[Jurrunio]

maybe windows power settings is set to powersave?

[lilEpicNam3]

1 minute ago, filippalfi said:

Well, you have nothing to lose, u might try it, and turn up setings to very high. 

yes srry i was changing the settings.. i had to restart 2 times so i took awhile.. this is COMPLETELY MAXED with advanced graphics included 

[lilEpicNam3]

6 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

maybe windows power settings is set to powersave?

no i just checked and i have windows power setting on high performance 

seems like my cpu usage is still really low.... which is weird to me because if it was a cpu bottleneck then wouldnt it be at 99%?

 

these are my specs if u need anymore info

Pc Specs:

CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770K CPU @ 3.40GHz (4.20Ghz Turbo)
GPU: Gigabyte G1 Gaming Geforce GTX 1070 8gb 
Motherboard: ASUS P8H61-MX R2.0
RAM: HyperX 16gb 1600Mhz
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB Drive + Kingston 240GB SSD
Case: Zalman Z11 Plus 
 

Other hardware:

Monitor: (1)Acer Predator XB240H 144Hz, (2)Philips 227E(LHA)
Mouse: Sibera Rival 110
Headset: Hyperx Cloud II
Keyboard: Corsair K70 MX-Brown (red backlit)
Microphone: Blue Snowball Ice

[filippalfi]

5 minutes ago, lilEpicNam3 said:

yes srry i was changing the settings.. i had to restart 2 times so i took awhile.. this is COMPLETELY MAXED with advanced graphics included 

How much RAM and whats the speed of it? Do u know how to set cpu affinity in task manager? 

[lilEpicNam3]

Just now, filippalfi said:

How much RAM and whats the speed of it? Do u know how to set cpu affinity in task manager? 

i uploaded my specs in my reply above and yes i do know how to set affinity

[filippalfi]

Just now, lilEpicNam3 said:

i uploaded my specs in my reply above and yes i do know how to set affinity

Set priority to high or realtime and make sure all cores are checked. 

[lilEpicNam3]

Just now, filippalfi said:

Set priority to high or realtime and make sure all cores are checked. 

yea i set it to high.. all my cores were checked but still the same usage.. about 55%