CPU extremely high

[Rockman1811]

Hey guys, wish my first thread wasn't asking for help but hey here I am.

 

At boot, my PC is consistently at 100% CPU. It's fine and goes down to around 45% after a couple minutes but it's annoying at best. This wouldn't be too bad if for the fact that as I'm doing anything else on my system, Opening Firefox, Opening a game, Spotify. I can feel my system start to chug like crazy. Even doing File Operations in explorer feel laggy. I have a perfmon report taken at boot. Hopefully, someone can help me shed a light on this.

 

There's also a side problem that also pisses me off and hopefully this will fix it. Every time I open Minecraft and load a world, when my CPU hits 100%, my mouse will just stutter like crazy. Happens in other games as well like Dying light. 

 

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My specs are:

• Windows 10 Pro 64 bit
• MSI H110M Gaming (Latest BIOS, 2018)
• Intel i5 6500 @ 3.2Ghz
• 2x8GB Corsair Vengeance LPX (2400MHz capped at 2133 by MoBo)
• Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 
• Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (boot)
• Internal Seagate Barracuda drives for storage (1 TB, 2 TB, 4 TB)
• EVGA 600B 600 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply

 

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[Rockman1811]

Guess I'll also mention that an upgrade isn't off the table as well. Been wanting to upgrade my Mobo and CPU for a while now.

[Jurrunio]

You can check what's eating CPU usage, use Task Manager.

[Enderman]

Do a clean install.

[Rockman1811]

1 minute ago, Jurrunio said:

You can check what's eating CPU usage, use Task Manager.

Sitting at about 60% CPU at the time of this screenshot

 

[Its_MrMa]

have you tried to look in task manager if there is some bad process?

[Its_MrMa]

2 minutes ago, Rockman1811 said:

Sitting at about 60% CPU at the time of this screenshot

 

task manager using 15% is not normal...

[Rockman1811]

3 minutes ago, Enderman said:

Do a clean install.

It hasn't been too long since I've done that last. I usually do that since I always end up with high CPU usage and that's my last resort. systeminfo is showing me last time I did it was September

 

1 minute ago, Its_MrMa said:

have you tried to look in task manager if there is some bad process?

Usually there isn't anything abnormal except a lot of svchosts. Other times I see AntiMalware service taking all my resources

[Rockman1811]

3 minutes ago, Its_MrMa said:

task manager using 15% is not normal...

I think I just switched from the Performance tab there

[Its_MrMa]

at the moment I have no other ideas if not do a clean install of windows..

[Kilrah]

4 minutes ago, Its_MrMa said:

task manager using 15% is not normal...

It always does that during the first couple of seconds after opening, they took the screenshot too early...

but iCue using 10%... is RGB worth 10% of your CPU? So many of these manufacturer control apps are coded like absolute piles of garbage...

[Komenjoka]

Give some cleanup!

1. Go to Windows search and type "%appdata%" > then go one folder backwards and open folder called "Low" and then go all a way down and open folder "Temp" delete all what allows to delete

2. Dowload "Malwarebyte" its virus cleaning sowft, click to scan and whait to scan all Your PC!

3. You can uninstall some apps that You don t use or didnt know that irs there! Take a look!

[Its_MrMa]

Just now, Kilrah said:

It always does that during the first couple of seconds after opening, they took the screenshot too early...

but iCue using 10%... is RGB worth 10% of your CPU? So many of these manufacturer control apps are coded like absolute piles of garbage...

yeah i noted that... like logitech g hub that on task mgr in the boot section says "high" on boot impact

[Enderman]

5 minutes ago, Rockman1811 said:

It hasn't been too long since I've done that last. I usually do that since I always end up with high CPU usage and that's my last resort. systeminfo is showing me last time I did it was September

Mind describing how you did the clean install?

Did you unplug all the other drives?

Did you delete the partitions at the installation screen?

[Its_MrMa]

1 minute ago, Komenjoka said:

Give some cleanup!

1. Go to Windows search and type "%appdata%" > then go one folder backwards and open folder called "Low" and then go all a way down and open folder "Temp" delete all what allows to delete

2. Dowload "Malwarebyte" its virus cleaning sowft, click to scan and whait to scan all Your PC!

3. You can uninstall some apps that You don t use or didnt know that irs there! Take a look!

i heard that Malwarebytes wasn't very good.. maybe avast free?

[Rockman1811]

1 minute ago, Enderman said:

Mind describing how you did the clean install?

Did you unplug all the other drives?

Did you delete the partitions at the installation screen?

I typically don't unplug the other drives but I did delete all partitions on my SSD at the install screen

[Applefreak]

I totally agree with @Kilrah, those tools should not be installed. Your pc is not top of the line anymore so anything other than necessary should not be running or even be installed. I prefer to do a clean install with every major windows update. 

Make sure once you have a clean install, to not install those utilities. Not only will they eat away the little resources you have left they are also collecting your data and sending it back to whom ever want's it.

[Rockman1811]

Ran a Malwarebytes scan and only thing it found was a false positive.

4 minutes ago, Its_MrMa said:

i heard that Malwarebytes wasn't very good.. maybe avast free?

I typically Use Windows Security nowadays and it's done the job perfectly well

[Its_MrMa]

2 minutes ago, Rockman1811 said:

Ran a Malwarebytes scan and only thing it found was a false positive.

I typically Use Windows Security nowadays and it's done the job perfectly well

so do i, it's so improved since windows 7 days

[Rockman1811]

1 minute ago, Applefreak said:

I totally agree with @Kilrah, those tools should not be installed. Your pc is not top of the line anymore so anything other than necessary should not be running or even be installed. I prefer to do a clean install with every major windows update. 

Make sure once you have a clean install, to not install those utilities. Not only will they eat away the little resources you have left they are also collecting your data and sending it back to whom ever want's it.

I use the utilities for macro profile switching so they're kind of necessary though.

[Kilrah]

I always prefer to use perihperals with built-in profiles for that reason, don't want 5 different gaming peripheral programs running all the time just to handle one button click every blue moon...

Haven't actually even reinstalled my mouse utility since I clean installed 6 months ago. 

[Rockman1811]

I wouldn't be opposed to upgrading my rig either I guess. If it's due to the fact my system is starting to show it's age

[Jurrunio]

1. iCUE being hungry

2. Windows Security can kick in when it shouldnt (i.e. when you're using it), could disable it forever by making it exclude all partitions for scanning

[xAcid9]

1. Remove iCue and see if anything changes after that. 
2. Run Msconfig and take screenshot of everything in Services tab AFTER you tick Hide all Microsoft services.

3. Open Task Scheduler, click Task Scheduler Library and take screenshot. 

 

 

 

[Rockman1811]

2 hours ago, xAcid9 said:

1. Remove iCue and see if anything changes after that. 
2. Run Msconfig and take screenshot of everything in Services tab AFTER you tick Hide all Microsoft services.

3. Open Task Scheduler, click Task Scheduler Library and take screenshot. 

 

 

 

I've uninstalled iCue for now. Ill see how my PC performs through the day.

 

Task Scheduler

 

Services

 

5 hours ago, Jurrunio said:

1. iCUE being hungry

2. Windows Security can kick in when it shouldnt (i.e. when you're using it), could disable it forever by making it exclude all partitions for scanning

Can't really do that as it's my current Anti Virus