So what should I do?

[Aaron_Hundlin]

So I'm trying to figure out what I should upgrade on my PC. Ran a benchmark and I feel my scores used to be much higher and my FPS in games seems as if it's dropped as well. Anyone have a recommendation on what should get replaced and to what I have nearly no budget to work off of. On a side note as well during large downloads my PC develops a stutter causing visible pausing during videos and even just moving the mouse around. I had some power issues for a while in Japan after I built it and the power in the room would be shut off by other people trying to mess with my roommate also had a water leak that shorted out the power strip my second monitor was plugged into frying the monitor and the HDMI port it was connected to has yet to ever work since. I'm currently using a DVI to HDMI adapter to use my computer.

 

Most recent benchmark

UserBenchmarks: Game 63%, Desk 73%, Work 52%
CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 - 72.2%
GPU: Nvidia GTX 970 - 65%
SSD: Toshiba HG6 128GB - 88.7%
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB - 82.8%
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB - 72.4%
MBD: Gigabyte GA-H170-HD3-CF

 

Benchmark from 2 years ago

UserBenchmarks: Game 66%, Desk 90%, Work 64%
CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 - 90.7%
GPU: Nvidia GTX 970 - 64%
SSD: Toshiba HG6 128GB - 108.7%
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB - 93.8%
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB - 77.1%
MBD: Gigabyte GA-H170-HD3-CF

 

 

[yenbob288]

Several things could lead to this, as new games are coming more power munching, I suggest you get a newer motherboard or a newer GPU. This could also lead to software, do you have any antivirus?

[Jihakuz]

I would get a new graphics card, probably around a 1070. I personally have a 1070 and in any 1080p game, I can get it to high and run at 60fps+.

[Aaron_Hundlin]

1 minute ago, yenbob288 said:

Several things could lead to this, as new games are coming more power munching, I suggest you get a newer motherboard or a newer GPU. This could also lead to software, do you have any antivirus?

I run 2 separate antivirus's, yes I know that's not really recommended fully but it makes me feel better that and neither conflict with each other. Using Zonealarm and AVG both free versions.

[yenbob288]

1 minute ago, Aaron_Hundlin said:

I run 2 separate antivirus's, yes I know that's not really recommended fully but it makes me feel better that and neither conflict with each other. Using Zonealarm and AVG both free versions.

Ok, so take it from me, I had McAfee and when I went to uninstalled it, it worked. oh i wish that were true. It stayed on the pc always running and I could never close it, so I reset the hard drive and it was brand new. It could also be your hard drive slowing down.