CPU Bottleneck?

[LupusTenebris]

I am trying to better understand bottlenecking. If my CPU is only at an average of >=30% on all cores and my GPU is at 90%-98% average. Do I have a bottleneck on my GPU?

 

Specifications:

 

MB and CPU

• Intel i7-3770k Quad-Core 3.5GHz (3.9GHz Turbo)
• ASUS SABERTOOTH Z77 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Memory

• 2x 500gb 7200rpm 16mb Cache drives with 3Gb/s
• 2x CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 15000) Desktop Memory Model CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9R

GPU

• EVGA GeForce GTX 660 Ti 2GB 192bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16

I am running Windows 10.

 

[i_build_nanosuits]

I am trying to better understand bottlenecking. If my CPU is only at an average of >=30% on all cores and my GPU is at 90%-98% average. Do I have a bottleneck on my GPU?

no, that's what you want...if your GPU is loaded all it can handle all the time then nothing is impacting it's performance therefore there are not ''bottleneck'' in your system. Your limiting factor to performance therefore is your GPU which is what you want.

[LupusTenebris]

no, that's what you want...if your GPU is loaded all it can handle all the time then nothing is impacting it's performance therefore there are not ''bottleneck'' in your system. Your limiting factor to performance therefore is your GPU which is what you want.

My GPU is going to die soon. Do you think that it would be a good idea to get two GTX 960 SSC for SLI. I am a streamer. One card would handle the game while the other handles output. Any help in this area would be much appreciated.

[i_build_nanosuits]

My GPU is going to die soon. Do you think that it would be a good idea to get two GTX 960 SSC for SLI. I am a streamer. One card would handle the game while the other handles output. Any help in this area would be much appreciated.

no, always buy a single powerful GPU it's always better than two lesser ones...and it leave you with the option to trow in another card down the road...your i7 CPU should have no problem running games and handling the stream at the same time anyways.

You should buy a GTX 970 or R9 390 for 1080p gaming and the best card you can afford if you play at higher resolutions.

[kev507]

If this were a CPU bottleneck, we'd be able to see better performance with a better CPU, but no matter what you put in there, you won't improve performance, so we can clearly see the reason framerates and GPU usage are low is the game code. If we put in better game code with the same CPU and GPU, performance would skyrocket, therefore the game code is the bottleneck not the CPU.... 

[Thony]

i_build_nanosuits gave u the best answers

I agree on everything he said.