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What is bottlenecking my system?

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By NevFTW
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Hello,

as the title already says, I'm trying to find out which component slows down my gaming experience. While playing Just Cause 3, I could barely reach over 30fps while running at 1080p with most of the settings on medium or low/off. I know my CPU is outdated but I want to be sure if an upgrade would be worth it or if something else is even worse in my system.

 

My System:

CPU: AMD FX 6100 (overclocked to 3.9GHz)

GPU: Gigabyte G1 Geforce GTX 960 2GB

RAM: HyperX 8GB 1600MHz DDR3 

Hard Drive: SanDisk 129gb SSD (game was running on this drive)

Motherboard: ASUS M5A97

 

I attached a picture showing my system while playing the game for about 15 minutes. Maybe it will help someone. (The 61fps maximum was never achieved in game, only when i was in the menu and the average of 35fps is only that high because I was in the menu for a few minutes afterwards. Real gaming was always between 15 and 30.)

 

If someone could tell me which components are the weak spot or could even give me an upgrade suggestion I would be very thankful.

Thank you

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Probably your CPU. You'd be better off switching to the Intel platform. Even an i3 would be better for you at this point.

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Your processor </thread>. 

 

You can upgrade by getting a cheap i5 4460 and H81M/b85 board

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($174.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H-A Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($50.88 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $225.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-10 14:14 EST-0500

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Maybe a bug in the game? No idea..

Probably not

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Probably not

Sorry I have no idea how to find a bottleneck I thought I'll try :)

Did you look at the maximum CPU thread usage? I didn't look at it until just now

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Overclock, overclock, overclock.

 

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Sorry I have no idea how to find a bottleneck I thought I'll try :)

Did you look at the maximum CPU thread usage? I didn't look at it until just now

Yeah that would be helpful

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Overclock, overclock, overclock.

 

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