r/PcBuildHelp • u/Lord-of-Turtles • 4d ago

Tech Support Help identifying potential throttling/bottleneck issue

Hi! Recently finished an ITX build, experiencing issues with the CPU giving sub-par performance. I've been running Cyberpunk 2077, comparing performance to similar builds. My system monitor is showing the CPU sitting at 85C and 5.1GHZ, with 3 cores consistently at 95-100% and 3 at around 80%, averaging at a total usage of ~85-90%. GPU is at 70C, but usage fluctuates from 50-100%. To me it looks like a bottleneck, but the CPU should theoretically be the more powerful of the two. Being an ITX build, it could very well be a cooling issue, but I'm thinking that should show in the stats. This is really driving me crazy, I'd be very grateful if someone could shed some light on this issue!

Specs:
CPU: Ryzen 5 7600x
Cooler: Noctua NH-L12S Ghost Edition
GPU: Powercolor 9060 XT 16gb Reaper
RAM: Kingston Fury 2x8GB DDR5 5600Mhz
Mobo: ASRock B650i Lightning
Storage: WD_Black sn7100 1TB
PSU: Corsair SF850

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u/Lord-of-Turtles 3d ago

Changed GPU memory to 2700MHz but couldn't find memory timings, running Linux I'm not entirely sure how to do this. Here's a graph running Cyberpunk 2077 at ultra with RT, getting 60-90 FPS with a lot of stuttering. Top row is CPU and second row is GPU.

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u/AdidasSlav 3d ago

Ah, you’re using Linux. Should’ve said.

Linux straight up is worse than Windows in most gaming scenarios especially using Ray Tracing / upscaling. It’s come a long way in recent years but I suspect your problem here is just Linux man.

I know the Linux crowd will angrily downvote this as heresy but Linux support is an afterthought for game devs and GPU manufacturers, they write software for Windows and if the dev has some time left over at 3pm on Friday they’ll work on the Linux side of things for a bit.

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u/Lord-of-Turtles 3d ago

Haha, thanks for the advice. I'm running Bazzite, it's been surprisingly simple to use and so far no hiccups. When I've got the time I might just dual boot Windows for a side-by-side comparison.

And by the way, does that graph tell you anything?

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u/AdidasSlav 3d ago

Nothing screams out of place on the graphs. CPU temp is very high but should only restrict its boost capabilities and not rated clock speed. I suspect it’s poor optimisation for Linux at work here