GPU and CPU utilization not 100%

Runnable · February 25, 2020

My newly built PC has issues with some games.
My GPU never reaches 100% and my CPU neither. I'm taking Assasin's Creed Origins as example. I sometimes (depending on the place) get only 40-50 FPS. This shouldn't be the case with my setup. The GPU is only utilized around 60% at 1080p high. The CPU is also around 50-60% utilization. Some CPU cores rarely go over 60% but not a single CPU core exceeds 80%. The weird thing is that I can set my res to 4K (3840x2160) and the frame difference is barey there. Fortnite is my seconds example. I get much better FPS with this, but my frames are dropping quite often. Most of the time I stay at 110-144 FPS but the frames sometimes drop down to 50 FPS sometimes. This is really annoying and this shouldn't be the case with my hardware, plus it's not using 100% of the GPU or CPU. No bullshit like frame caps or V-Sync. Chipset and GPU drivers are installed and up to date.
Specs:
Ryzen 5 2600X
RX 5700XT
ASRock B450M Pro4
RipJaws V 16 GB (2x 8GB) 3200 MHZ

be quiet! Pure Power 11 500W

boggy77 · February 25, 2020

ram in slots 2 and 4? xmp enabled?

Runnable · February 25, 2020

3 minutes ago, boggy77 said:

ram in slots 2 and 4? xmp enabled?

Yes running in dual channel with xmp at 3200 mhz.

Kasper_MC · February 25, 2020

I've had the same problem with my old setup - different games though. I had a 2600 and a 1070... not that I think that system was producing the same amount of FPS either... but the big drops and not full utilisation on GPU and CPU was the same! - I updated my bios on my Gigabyte X470 Ultra Gaming motherboard - that fixed it... except in Post Scriptum, which I think is just very poorly optimized...

Runnable · February 26, 2020

10 hours ago, Kasper_MC said:

I've had the same problem with my old setup - different games though. I had a 2600 and a 1070... not that I think that system was producing the same amount of FPS either... but the big drops and not full utilisation on GPU and CPU was the same! - I updated my bios on my Gigabyte X470 Ultra Gaming motherboard - that fixed it... except in Post Scriptum, which I think is just very poorly optimized...

My BIOS was already on the latest version but I downgraded it to an older version because the latest one doesn't officially support my CPU for some reason.