Attempting to Identify a Bottleneck

[Gabgreen]

Hi guys,

I recently started playing 7 Days to Die and noticed that my computer was only getting around 40 - 50 FPS on medium high graphics. As the holiday deals are going around i'm trying to identify what my main bottleneck is but i'm having quite a bit of trouble pinpointing what part to upgrade.

This is my current system build:

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Intel Core i7-4790 @ 3.60GHz

4 sticks of  4GB DDR3 SDRAM @1600MHz

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6gb

A Dell 0KWVT8 motherboard

SSD SanDisk Ultra II 1TB

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This computer used to be a pre-build but I did make a couple of modifications like replacing the graphics card with a GTX 1060 and changing out the storage device. When checking to see if I was being held back by my graphics card or CPU I noticed that my GPU was reaching close to 100% usage making me think that I need to upgrade my GPU but I don't see why I cant pull more than 40 - 50 FPS on this game.

 

If you need anymore info on my build please let me know!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[spiralfuzion]

There doesn't seem any bottle neck whatsoever

 

[sambarr]

It depends on the games but the relatively low frequency on the CPU might hinder performance, a bit (although it does turbo at 4.0).

 

What's the power supply like? Also, are we talking 1080p resolution?

 

Make sure your nvidia drivers are up to date.

[Shreyas1]

change the resolutions a bit, and see if that affects anything

[Gabgreen]

Thanks for the speedy responses!

I believe that all my nvidia drivers are up to date, I'm using 1080p resolution and I don't quite know what my power supply is but its input voltage is 100-240VAC, input frequency is 50hz-60hz if that helps

[sambarr]

2 minutes ago, Gabgreen said:

Thanks for the speedy responses!

I believe that all my nvidia drivers are up to date, I'm using 1080p resolution and I don't quite know what my power supply is but its input voltage is 100-240VAC, input frequency is 50hz-60hz if that helps

Is it the prebuilt Dell's (or whatever brand) power supply? Unlikely because the 1060 needs a 6-pin power connector.... but I need to know... the wattage of that thing.

[Gabgreen]

I haven't changed the original power supply but the 1060 did connect to the computer with no issues

the model number for my prebuilt is XPS 8700 if that helps

[sambarr]

3 minutes ago, Gabgreen said:

I haven't changed the original power supply but the 1060 did connect to the computer with no issues

the model number for my prebuilt is XPS 8700 if that helps

OK it's a 460 watt (http://www.ebay.ca/itm/like/262910575915?chn=ps&dispItem=1)

 

Hmm... I don't know what to think about that, those units should be quite decent... enough power at 84 watts CPU and 120 watts GPU.

[Gabgreen]

Perhaps its a software issue but I just checked GeForce and the latest drivers for my GPU are installed. 

[sambarr]

https://www.google.ca/search?ei=apAfWq2cH-GMjwT_4J7ADg&q=7+Days+to+Die+performance&oq=7+Days+to+Die+performance&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0l5j0i22i30k1l5.458.1916.0.1972.12.11.0.0.0.0.158.1182.3j7.10.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..2.10.1181...0i67k1.0.3Qmony53OMM

 

I guess it's time to play with the game settings and see what's the problem. Some games are really badly optimized.