The PC fails to perform when faced with any challenges it should manage
The PC fails to perform when faced with any challenges it should manage
Hi, I own a gaming PC that should handle any game you throw at it with a GTX 1060 3gb, Ryzen 5 2600, and 8 GB of RAM. I recently upgraded my motherboard and CPU from an i3 7100 to a Ryzen 5 2600, yet the performance remains unchanged, if not worse in some titles. Fallout 4 has trouble reaching 60 fps on high settings, which shouldn’t be an issue since the game was released four years ago and wasn’t very polished then. Hunt: Showdown barely hits 30 fps on low settings, and I’ve seen others with similar setups achieve 60 on medium. These are just a few cases where I want to play but am stuck due to low and inconsistent frame rates. One idea I’ve had is that my graphics card might be underperforming. A friend who owns a HP Pavilion with a GTX 1060 3GB didn’t mind frame rates and offered to trade me his 1050 Ti for mine. Since then, the performance has dropped significantly. The card is an HP model, which looks unusual and unconventional. Could this be the reason? I’d appreciate any advice or help with this issue. Thank you.
How was the performance before the swap? Both games you referenced were quite CPU demanding, which should have been improved by your multi-core upgrade, though core speed hasn’t seen a significant change. I understand userbenchmark isn’t perfect, but it still indicates only a 1-2% variation between single cores, which isn’t much.
Are you doing anything else concurrently? If so, it might be reducing available CPU resources. Apart from that, the gap between a 1050Ti and a 1060 3GB should be noticeable unless the system is throttling. Regarding your friend’s 1060 6GB card, it actually performs better in most tests, around 10% more efficient.
Also, what resolution are you aiming for?
Before swapping the graphics card, I didn’t own Fallout 4, but Hunt and Battlefield performed similarly. After upgrading the CPU, there was a clear improvement in battlefield frame rates by roughly 5 to 10 frames. However, Fallout and Hunt now experience noticeable drops, around the 30s range. Before the CPU change, Fallout maintained a steady 50-60 fps, whereas now it’s inconsistent. Hunt has consistently struggled regardless of settings. I’m not making any changes while gaming and always try to close programs before launching a game, opting for 1080p resolution.
the intel i3-7100 offers fewer cores but can be comparable in single-thread performance. Although the 2600 might seem slower overall, it could actually run faster in certain scenarios. If you're playing games, not all titles are equal—many older games struggled with multi-threading and performed better with just 1 or 2 threads. Fallout 4, for example, tends to run better on the i3-7100 than on the R6-2600.
the 1060 is not a top-tier gaming card; it should manage 1080p at high to ultra frame rates between 30 and 60fps, but on larger AAA titles it usually drops to around 30fps. It’s a mid-range card at best and wasn’t built for high performance.
to find out where your bottleneck is, observe system performance while playing games. Even Task Manager can give useful insights. Key areas to watch are:
1. CPU usage – check how high or low it is, whether cores are consistently at 100%, and if all cores are sharing the load.
2. GPU usage – ensure it’s not overutilized and that performance is in the middle range.
3. RAM usage – verify you’re not maxing out memory and that Windows isn’t swapping to disk due to low RAM. 8gb is usually sufficient, but gaming can push it higher. In Task Manager’s Performance tab, look at Committed memory usage; if it’s a fraction (like 11/18), you might be swapping.