Is my build bottle-necked?

[Nigerian Wizard]

Hey, I just completed a build recently, and decided to buy a few games from my Steam wishlist to test it out. I've not been able to maintain 60FPS in either Subnautica, or The Long Dark. I've noticed my GPU isn't being fully utilised, usually hovering below ~50%.

System specs:

GPU: Zotac GTX 970 4GB

CPU: Intel i5 4460

Memory: (1x) 8GB Corsair Vengeance

PSU: 500w EVGA

Here are some MSI readings for reference:

The Long Dark (Ultra Preset 1920x1080) MSI Reading Screenshot

 

 

MSI readings in text format:

GPU |Temp: 72^o C | Utilisation: 37% - 1278MHz

CPU1 | 50^o C | 44%

CPU2 | 47^o C | 39%

CPU3 | 47^o C | 48%

CPU4 | 49^o C | 50%

CPU | 50^o C | 45%

RAM | 4338MB

Subnautica (Highest Preset 1920x1080) MSI Reading Screenshot

 

 

GPU |Temp: 67^o C | Utilisation: 29% - 1278MHz

CPU1 | 50^o C | 73%

CPU2 | 48^o C | 70%

CPU3 | 46^o C | 60%

CPU4 | 49^o C | 69%

CPU | 50^o C | 68%

RAM | 5605MB

 

 

Here are some more reference screenshots.

Subnautica:

1

 

, 2

 

 

The Long Dark:

1

 

 

[WestcoastPCBuilder]

Not a CPU or GPU bottleneck. It's the terrible coding of the game themselves.