Should I upgrade my CPU (or something else)?

[Jugistyler]

I use my pc for gaming, and recently got into simulation games. Have read that they are more CPU hungry and I wish for more FPS in games like Cities Skylines, ETS2, Farming Sim 19 etc.

Current rig:

• Mother board: Asus B350 Plus
• CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
• GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 1080Ti
• RAM: Kingston HyperX 2x8GB 2666Mhz CL16
• SSD: (Probably Samsung TLC or similar) 2,5" Sata III 120GB (OS)
• HDD: Seagate 1TB 7200rpm (in good condition, nearly full)
• 2 Full HD 60Hz monitors, 1 used for games.

Currently getting max 55 FPS in Cities Skylines when starting new game and drops down to 15 - 20 after building up.

Same for ETS2 getting 60+ outside of cities, in certain cities might drop down to 30.

In other games I can get 60+ FPS on max settings. (Witcher 3, Rust, Assassin's Creed games, heavily modded Skyrim and whatever)

 

I think my CPU is bottlenecking in Cities Skylines (Graphic settings don't make any difference) but not sure about ETS2 or FS19 or similar games.

I also sometimes host small 2-5 player servers in some games and can see performance drop and even stuttering when there is a lot of things happening simultaneously.

 

If I upgrade my CPU what should I upgrade to and how much increase in FPS should I get in general? And how much does upgrading to 1TB SSD (probably 3D TLC, too expensive to get single or double layer) affect the over all performance?

 

 

[Uptivuptiz]

To dertermin if it's the CPU that is bottlenecking try opening Task Manager and put it on the second monitor then fire up Cities Skylines and watch the CPU utilization.

If the CPU is pinned at 100% all the time = CPU is bottlenecking.

If not it might be something else. I do know, however that Skylines is a CPU heavy game.

[TCG_Infiniti]

1080 and a Ryzen 5 1600x???  Get a 3600.  Absolutely your best bet.  No way that isn't the problem.

[TCG_Infiniti]

An SSD won't do tons for in-game performance.  I don't play any of those games, but I'll try to find some numbers online.

[TCG_Infiniti]

You would probably get about 90-100 fps.  I would get some more Ram as well.  A 16gb kit is about $60-$70 rn

 

[Jugistyler]

1 hour ago, Uptivuptiz said:

To dertermin if it's the CPU that is bottlenecking try opening Task Manager and put it on the second monitor then fire up Cities Skylines and watch the CPU utilization.

If the CPU is pinned at 100% all the time = CPU is bottlenecking.

If not it might be something else. I do know, however that Skylines is a CPU heavy game.

I should do this again. If I remember correctly I have almost never seen CPU at 100%, only when hosting a server.