Do I have a system bottle-neck?

[Steeve]

CPU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113286&cm_re=fx_6300-_-19-113-286-_-Product

Motherboard - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157394&cm_re=asrock_am3%2b-_-13-157-394-_-Product 

Ram - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231558

Graphics Card - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA70F4VB3549

Hard Drive - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIAAEE4VZ8027&cm_re=western_digtital_green-_-22-236-155-_-Product

Power Supply - Some random seasonic PSU it is 80+ bronze and 500 Ws

 

CPU: FX - 6100 (This Processor was discontinued i think but the FX - 6300 is simmilar)

GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 4G

I wanted to know if my CPU is bottle necking my GPU or if it is the other way around.

 

[The Sloth]

your cpu depend on the game, wait for ryzen if you want to build a good budget system. 

[Steeve]

I was playing GTA 5 at 1080p with settings on high and I was seeing arround 45FPS, but my friend has the same card as i do and he was seeing arround 80FPS.

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, Steeve said:

I was playing GTA 5 at 1080p with settings on high and I was seeing arround 45FPS, but my friend has the same card as i do and he was seeing arround 80FPS.

Yeah you might have it. CPU/GPU usage and temps in game?

[Orangeator]

3 minutes ago, Steeve said:

I was playing GTA 5 at 1080p with settings on high and I was seeing arround 45FPS, but my friend has the same card as i do and he was seeing arround 80FPS.

Yes in GTA V that CPU will bottleneck as GTA is a CPU intensive game.

[Steeve]

My GPU doesn't really ramp up in RPM and relatively remains cool but my CPU is usually mildly hot, I use the stock cooler from AMD and I only have one case fan. But I dont know if it is worth to invest into a aftermarket cooler for a few FPS.

[ARikozuM]

The CPU might be slow for the needs of the GTA V engine. You're getting all it can give.

 

Can you use MSI Afterburner to see the CPU temp/clock and GPU temp/clock/VRAM usage? Just insert the screenshots to the thread and we'll take a look at any correlations that we can before confirming that your CPU is holding you back.

[Matias_Chambers]

In some games, the CPU will bottleneck the GPU.