bottleneck performance?

[Judge_Xero]

Hmm OP. You did mention that you did a clean OS install. Did you make sure to install the motherboard Chipset drivers?
Comparing your screen shot to others, both your CPU and GPU usage is low. So it could be a communication issue on the motherboard causing the lower performance.

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Here is what mine looks like in Mor Dhona at primetime on Hyperion. i5 4670k but with an AMD 290 - Maximum Settings @ 2650X1440 Resolution. I guess this is what people call looking at the Aetherite?

This is with the 4670k at stock settings as well, which means it will only turbo up to 3.8Ghz if required, so it's not like it's going to be a huge difference over the i5 4450.

Edited: Ram 2 X 4 GB @ 1600Mhz - Cas 9 (9-9-9-21)

Running overclocked Ram that is not 100% stable can cause similar issues as well. So ideally you will want to test everything at stock or confirmed stable settings.