Computer setup underperforming

[Hieronymus]

Hello all!

 

My current PC setup doesn't run as smooth as it should(or at least so far I know), and I was hoping some of you bright brains in here might help me solve this problem

 

This is my setup:

 

Operating System

Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1

 

CPU

Intel Core i5 3570K @ 3.40GHz 53 °C

Ivy Bridge 22nm Technology

 

RAM

8,00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 665MHz (9-9-9-24)

 

Motherboard

MSI B75MA-P45 (MS-7798) (SOCKET 0) 28 °C

 

Graphics

S24B350 (1920x1080@60Hz)

3072MB ATI AMD Radeon HD 7970 (XFX Pine Group) 45 °C

 

Hard Drives

112GB OCZ-AGILITY3 (SSD) 30 °C

233GB Seagate ST3250823AS (SATA) 30 °C

 

Optical Drives

DTSOFT Virtual CdRom Device

 

Audio

Logitech G35 Headset

 

As far as I'm concerned I should be able to play most games at high/higher graphic settings, yet it doesn't seem to run properly.
For instance, my friend runs BF4 on high with a GTX 580 with no problems, however my game keeps having these laggspikes like every time it has to load something new.

Thanks in advance

Best Regards

Hieronymus

[Mo5]

Update all your drivers and games to the latest version. Same goes for Windows as well (Windows Updates).

[Hieronymus]

I've tried that, but it didn't seem to work.

[Mo5]

I've tried that, but it didn't seem to work.

What's your PSU? It might not deliver enough power. Just a guess.

[Freaky_spider]

could you show us the FPS, i mean 'lagspickes' isnt really that informative, it may be bf4 being crazy...

[Hieronymus]

Oh sorry, didn't see that wasn't posted.

It's a Corsair CX 600W

[Hieronymus]

could you show us the FPS, i mean 'lagspickes' isnt really that informative, it may be bf4 being crazy...

When I run benchmark in game it gives me between 60-78 FPS. And it also runs smooth, when the laggspikes doesn't occur.

I'm sorry but I don't know a way to "show" you the FPS, but I'm willing to try everything  

[Hieronymus]

If it's just in BF4 don't be worried, that game is terribly unoptimized at the minute.

Yes I know, but it just felt weird that my friend could play it with a less powerful setup than mine on the same graphic setting.

(sorry for double posting)

 

And I remember when I played WoW a while back it didn't run over 35FPS in ultra, which was the almost the same rating as my old 6870

[Freaky_spider]

When I run benchmark in game it gives me between 60-78 FPS. And it also runs smooth, when the laggspikes doesn't occur.

I'm sorry but I don't know a way to "show" you the FPS, but I'm willing to try everything  

i would guess it is bf4 being unoptimized.... when mantle comes out i would expect more stable FPS.

[Hieronymus]

i would guess it is bf4 being unoptimized.... when mantle comes out i would expect more stable FPS.

Yeah that's what I believed as well.

Maybe I'm just paranoid, but I just don't feel like my computer is the "monster" it should be.