Is this load % normal?

[tigerfierce13]

So I recently bought a RTX 2080 ti and i9 9900k overclocked to 5ghz. With that, I have a 165 hz monitor and 1000 watt psu.

 

While playing taxing games, the framerate is nothing to complain about, however I notice my load % maxes out at 97-98%, never fully reaching 100% ever.

 

While obviously 2-3% shouldn't be something to complain about, I'm just wondering why it never is at full load even if my framerate is well under 165.

[Fasauceome]

The load can't be perfectly measured so it won't be fully accurate. It's likely being used 100% in whatever way it can. Don't forget, there are shaders, texture mapping units, RTX cores, tensor cores, etc on a GPU now. "100%" can be pretty nebulous.

[tigerfierce13]

38 minutes ago, fasauceome said:

The load can't be perfectly measured so it won't be fully accurate. It's likely being used 100% in whatever way it can. Don't forget, there are shaders, texture mapping units, RTX cores, tensor cores, etc on a GPU now. "100%" can be pretty nebulous.

That makes sense, thanks for the response. It just seemed odd to me that in both CAM and MSIAfterburner, it was maxed at 97-98%, but I guess for this card that's normal.

[Gohardgrandpa]

Hell my 2060 at 1080p 144hz normally sits at 94-95% that’s normal