GPU and CPU only 50% busy?

Da
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When I play Fortnite my CPU and GPU are 50% full and I don't know why, as a processor I have an Intel Xeon x5680 and as a graphics card an rx 590 nitro +. I heard to get the full FPS the GPU MUST be 100% full. So why isn't my GPU under 100% load?

PS: I have 20 GB ddr3 1666 mhz

Ge

Single thread performance is important in games, you don't seem to have enough of that. The CPU is also a bit older (10 years). And there's no DDR3 RAM with 1666 MHz, do you mean 1600 or 1866 MHz?

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The CPU simply brakes the GPU endlessly. It is an ancient architecture with 6 cores and Xeon. They were never really designed for maximum single thread performance

Da

Actually it doesn't matter to me, the Bottleneck calculator tells me that I get a Bottleneck of 13% with the Intel xeon x5680 and the rx 590, and everything over 10% is recognized as a Bottleneck, and besides, the CPU is only too bad when that CPU is 100% busy and the GPU is 50% only then you can say that the CPU is the bottleneck, but not if both are only 50% busy, you can say that the CPU is too weak…

Da

Actually it doesn't matter to me, the Bottleneck calculator tells me that I get a Bottleneck of 13% with the Intel xeon x5680 and the rx 590, and everything over 10% is recognized as a Bottleneck, and besides, the CPU is only too bad when that CPU is 100% busy and the GPU is 50% only then you can say that the CPU is the bottleneck, but not if both are only 50% busy, you can say that the CPU is too weak…

Da

If I load the CPU with something else, for example streaming, will the load on the GPU also increase?

li

That is wrong. The entire CPU, i.e. All cores, does not have to be fully utilized for the CPU to leak. It is enough if one of, for example, 8 cores at 100%.

Da

If I load the CPU with something else, for example streaming, will the load on the GPU also increase?

li

If you think that this will give you a performance boost, you won't get it.

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A CPU with 12 threads is 50% full if you have 6 threads on 100%. I don't think Fortnite scales to 12 threads.
And what the heck is a bottleneck calculator?

me

The 10 year old Xeon is a 6 core with 12 threads, but most games can't load all threads. This means that 12 threads are 100% full, but the rest are idle, so on average the entire CPU is 50% full.

In this case, the CPU brakes the GPU. You can still try tweaking the settings to get a few more FPS.

Otherwise you would have to upgrade, recommend going on an R5 3600.

Ge

If you have 1 person who prepares salad and 3 who only serve the ingredients, although 1 would be enough, then the 4 people are only 50% full. Then the one person has to be quicker with the preparation, otherwise it won't be faster.

It is similar with the CPU, it simply can't be distributed to all cores, the commands have to be sent to the GPU one after the other. I develop games myself, I know my way around there.

Da

Actually it doesn't matter to me, the Bottleneck calculator tells me that I get a Bottleneck of 13% with the Intel xeon x5680 and the rx 590, and everything over 10% is recognized as a Bottleneck, and besides, the CPU is only too bad when that CPU is 100% busy and the GPU is 50% only then you can say that the CPU is the bottleneck, but not if both are only 50% busy, you can say that the CPU is too weak…

Da

But what good is a worse GPU for me? The bottom line is less fps

Da

This is a bottleneck calculator

li

And? That doesn't change the fact.

Da

https://pc-builds.com/calculator/Xeon_X5680/Radeon_RX_590/0la12Vgk/

Da

https://pc-builds.com/calculator/Xeon_X5680/Radeon_RX_590/0la12Vgk/

Da

https://pc-builds.com/calculator/Xeon_X5680/Radeon_RX_590/0la12Vgk/

li

Why are you sending it to me Just because he says that Bottleneck is only 16% doesn't mean that it is! He can't change the laws of physics. Understand it!

Da

Yes, but when I upgrade the CPU, I need a new motherboard and a new CPU new RAM bar

li

The website also says that the CPU must run at 110% on ALL cores for the bottleneck to be 13%. Fortnite is not optimized for 6 cores.

Ge

This is just a general result, apparently that's not the case with Fortnite. Why do you ask if you don't believe us anyway?

Da

Who says that? I want to see what you say

me

Yes, you need a new motherboard, a new ram and a new CPU

Da

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Ge

The video is already over a year old. There are now new Ryzen 5 3xxx models and prices have also dropped.

li

You don't want to understand it?

Da

It's really true, it definitely has to have something to do with the architecture, little has happened at intel in the past 10 years, in return for amd

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Then buy a Ryzen. But a 10 year old Xeon is just not really suitable for current games!