Bottleneck or what wrong with this build?

[Grasshopper]

Need more thoughts on this case please! 
 

SPEC

Operating System: Windows 11 Pro 64-bit (10.0, Build 22000) (22000.co_release.210604-1628)
CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X5650  @ 2.67GHz (12 CPUs), ~4.1GHz

MEM: 24576MB RAM DDR3 ECC

GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 GIGABYTE AORUS

PSU: EVGA 600 W1, 80+ WHITE 600W, 3 Year Warranty, Power Supply 100-W1-0600-K1

MB: ASUS P6T WS PRO

 

ISSUE

My GPU and CPU in CS2 match work load is about 30%-50% all the time, my fps as you can see is about ~100 with this spec.

What im missing in this situation is this CPU with this OC bottlenecks the GPU so hard? Or something else i missing here? 

 

***Sorry for my bad english and mistakes first post in this forum, if you can help please write your thoughts about this situation.

     I can give more information if needed. 

 

[Shimejii]

i mean you are using a Xeon cpu, what exactly did you expect? They are not designed for gaming, they are only used for it when you can get them super cheap on used markets.

 

CS2 with the update likes fast CPU cores, not a bunch of CPU cores. Youd have to adjust the ingame settings to be in esports mode and go from there.

 

100+ fps with a 3070 and a xeon is honestly not that bad considering.

[Grasshopper]

thanks for respond so fast I expect way more than this...  

esports mode you mean like 1280x720 4:3 or something like that? i went for 1600x900 nothing change really in this setting.

so xeon stopping gpu really bad? 

 

[Shimejii]

14 minutes ago, Grasshopper said:

thanks for respond so fast I expect way more than this...  

esports mode you mean like 1280x720 4:3 or something like that? i went for 1600x900 nothing change really in this setting.

so xeon stopping gpu really bad? 

 

Esports settings have a few guides in each game for what settings to put on low and medium etc. You d have to look up the CS2 Settings guides.

 

Xeon gaming is pretty much only for people on extreme budgets that are buying used office PC type systems. They get the job done but dont expect them to compete with CPUS designed for gaming.

[OddOod]

16 minutes ago, Grasshopper said:

so xeon stopping gpu really bad? 

 

Welcome to the forums!
 

Yes. 

 

[Grasshopper]

9 minutes ago, Shimejii said:

Esports settings have a few guides in each game for what settings to put on low and medium etc. You d have to look up the CS2 Settings guides.

 

Xeon gaming is pretty much only for people on extreme budgets that are buying used office PC type systems. They get the job done but dont expect them to compete with CPUS designed for gaming.

In my settings everything on low basically.

 

I dont have much budget too but i guess i made a big mistake choosing this type of build i expect more from this. Thanks for your thoughts.

[Grasshopper]

13 minutes ago, OddOod said:

Welcome to the forums!
 

Yes. 

 

Thanks! I guess really really hard.. what would be PERFECT choice for rtx 3070..?

[OddOod]

Just now, Grasshopper said:

what would be PERFECT choice for rtx 3070

5600X

[svmlegacy]

There are Core i7's nearly identical to this Xeon. it's not because it's a Xeon that's causing this, it's because it's a 14 year old Xeon. The platform itself is what's holding this back.

[Mark Kaine]

11 hours ago, Shimejii said:

i mean you are using a Xeon cpu, what exactly did you expect? They are not designed for gaming, they are only used for it when you can get them super cheap on used markets.

 

CS2 with the update likes fast CPU cores, not a bunch of CPU cores. Youd have to adjust the ingame settings to be in esports mode and go from there.

 

100+ fps with a 3070 and a xeon is honestly not that bad considering.

but in the screenshot the cpu is barely used? and the gpu doesn't boost... i think it might be a driver or settings issue but i don't see how its a cpu bottleneck,  none of the cores are even close to max?

 

 

i agree 100fps seems ok, but this system should probably do a lot higher. 

[Grasshopper]

11 hours ago, svmlegacy said:

There are Core i7's nearly identical to this Xeon. it's not because it's a Xeon that's causing this, it's because it's a 14 year old Xeon. The platform itself is what's holding this back.

Yeah its old but usage? like Mark Kaine mentioned

[Grasshopper]

2 hours ago, Mark Kaine said:

but in the screenshot the cpu is barely used? and the gpu doesn't boost... i think it might be a driver or settings issue but i don't see how its a cpu bottleneck,  none of the cores are even close to max?

 

 

i agree 100fps seems ok, but this system should probably do a lot higher. 

yeah thats the main reason i created this post, i added few more pictures from the game. How its bottlenecking when cpu usage is like this? driver of cpu?

[Mark Kaine]

51 minutes ago, Grasshopper said:

yeah thats the main reason i created this post, i added few more pictures from the game. How its bottlenecking when cpu usage is like this? driver of cpu?

what's your windows power plan?

[Grasshopper]

15 minutes ago, Mark Kaine said:

what's your windows power plan?

balanced but i tried performance yesterday no changes really...  

[svmlegacy]

On 2/22/2024 at 10:08 AM, Grasshopper said:

Yeah its old but usage? like Mark Kaine mentioned

It's more to do with the platform itself rather than raw CPU horsepower. That CPU is missing a lot of features that newer ones have (AVX, for example). Just because it isn't at 100% doesn't mean it's not holding you back.