Does my cpu bottleneck my gpu?

[Laddeh69]

Hey guys, I'm relatively new to pc building. I've build a rig on the budget i had available things were going pretty well but whilst playying some games like battlefield 1, I get huge fps drops and im not playing on ultra settings, im on a mix of high/med settings, running on a 75HZ monitor, if someone could however tell me if my system is bottlenecked i would appreciate it :)

 

Here are the specs:

Intel core i7-2600 @ 3.4GHZ

Nvidia geforce GTX 1070 Gigabyte G1

16gb RAM@1333MHZ

Asus H61M-C Motherboard

 

Thank you.

 

Also im interested in upgrading my mobo and cpu, and switch over to ryzen, i would appreciate some nice mobo+cpu combos for that as well looking into ryzen 2600, b450 motherboard, not sure on ram however.  

[Daniel Z.]

Are you at 1080p? The 2600 shouldn’t bottleneck the 1070 that much, but more CPU bound titles may have a problem.

[Firewrath9]

A bit, not too much tho

Use MSI afterburner and monitor cpu usage.

[Nena Trinity]

Meh some games are just weird not even using the full CPU & GPU for no reason... Most likely fine! :3

[maestro0428]

That cpu just doesn't have enough grunt to run BFV smoothly with your gpu.  That said, it shouldn't bottle neck the gpu much.  Games that lean heavy on the cpu will show its weakness.

As for a new cpu mb combo, I say a 2600 and ASRock b450 would do it affordably.  Be sure to get some decent cooling if you plan on overclocking.  Also, as for system memory, Ryzen likes higher clocks, but they can be hard to achieve.  I would stick with a dual channel 3200mhz kit.  I like GSkill or Corsair.

[Laddeh69]

Thanks guys !

[deadheaddraven]

I have been dealing with bottlenecking this weekend with my I7 7700(locked)& GTX 1080ti

and for me, it seems to be very much down to the game

 

 

But what seems to stop certain games from bottlenecking was locking the FPS to 60, so if you find your CPU is bottlenecking give that a try 

[Oalei]

can i say everything bottlenecking everything in every different kinds of scenario? @deadheaddraven literally give an example of what im talking about