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I have a i5 8400 and gtx 1060, and when I play any game the cpu usage shoots up to 100%. This happens on all games I play such as modern ware-fare, rocket league and Fortnite. Even though cod is a graphically intensive game it shouldn’t even go to 80.

i have searched everywhere for weeks, I have gave my system a clean os restart. Please lmk if you know how to fix this. Please include basic fixes because I always seem to forget them thank you.

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That's what happens when a cpu is utilized lol

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Cod should do that. All of my cpus do that on cod. The current cod is much easier on the cpu that Blackops 4 was.

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16 minutes ago, TofuHaroto said:

That's what happens when a cpu is utilized lol

i have nothing running except the game. my friend who has similar specs doesn’t experience this.

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Just now, FOAT said:

my friend who has similar specs doesn’t experience this.

Define similar ?

It's a 6c/6t cpu , not exactly the best multi threaded cpu 

PC: Motherboard: ASUS B550M TUF-Plus, CPU: Ryzen 3 3100, CPU Cooler: Arctic Freezer 34, GPU: GIGABYTE WindForce GTX1650S, RAM: HyperX Fury RGB 2x8GB 3200 CL16, Case, CoolerMaster MB311L ARGB, Boot Drive: 250GB MX500, Game Drive: WD Blue 1TB 7200RPM HDD.

 

Peripherals: GK61 (Optical Gateron Red) with Mistel White/Orange keycaps, Logitech G102 (Purple), BitWit Ensemble Grey Deskpad. 

 

Audio: Logitech G432, Moondrop Starfield, Mic: Razer Siren Mini (White).

 

Phone: Pixel 3a (Purple-ish).

 

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i have done multiple benchmarks and and compared my performance to similar builds and they have much less usage like 60. this really bothers me.

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Just now, TofuHaroto said:

Define similar ?

It's a 6c/6t cpu , not exactly the best multi threaded cpu 

should this be a concern. because games like fortnite should not be running at 100%

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1 minute ago, FOAT said:

because games like fortnite should not be running at 100%

I don't see a problem in that lol

PC: Motherboard: ASUS B550M TUF-Plus, CPU: Ryzen 3 3100, CPU Cooler: Arctic Freezer 34, GPU: GIGABYTE WindForce GTX1650S, RAM: HyperX Fury RGB 2x8GB 3200 CL16, Case, CoolerMaster MB311L ARGB, Boot Drive: 250GB MX500, Game Drive: WD Blue 1TB 7200RPM HDD.

 

Peripherals: GK61 (Optical Gateron Red) with Mistel White/Orange keycaps, Logitech G102 (Purple), BitWit Ensemble Grey Deskpad. 

 

Audio: Logitech G432, Moondrop Starfield, Mic: Razer Siren Mini (White).

 

Phone: Pixel 3a (Purple-ish).

 

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24 minutes ago, FOAT said:

I have a i5 8400 and gtx 1060, and when I play any game the cpu usage shoots up to 100%. This happens on all games I play such as modern ware-fare, rocket league and Fortnite. Even though cod is a graphically intensive game it shouldn’t even go to 80.

i have searched everywhere for weeks, I have gave my system a clean os restart. Please lmk if you know how to fix this. Please include basic fixes because I always seem to forget them thank you.

What resolution and settings are you playing at ?

Also what's your GPU usage in those titles ?

System Specs:

  • CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 @3.40ghz (6C/12T)
  • Motherboard: Asus Prime B450M-K
  • RAM: Corsair LPX 2*8GB DDR4 @3200mhz CL16
  • GPU: Zotac Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 (TU-104 variant) 6GB GDDR6
  • Case: Antec GX202
  • Storage
  • SSD: WD 240GB,
    HDD: Toshiba 1 TB @7200rpm
  • PSU: Corsair CX550 (2017 grey unit)
  • Display(s): BenQ 22 inches monitor, 1080p @ 60hz
  • Cooling: 3 Antec case fans 120 mm (2 blue LED front intake and 1 non LED rear exhaust)
  • Sound: Behringer UMC22 USB Audio interface, AudioTechnica ATH M20x studio headphones
  • Operating System: Windows 10 Pro 64 bit.
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So long as it doesnt cause any performance problems or thermal issues, its nothing you need to worry about.

Im with the mentaility of "IF IM NOT SURE IF ITS ENOUGH COOLING, GO OVERKILL"

 

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CPU             : Ryzen 5 3600 (Formerly Ryzen 3 1200)

GPU             : ASUS RX 580 Dual OC (Formerly ASUS GTX 1060 but it got corroded for some odd reasons)

GPU COOOER      : ID Cooling Frostflow 120 VGA (Stock cooler overheats even when undervolted :()

MOBO            : MSI B350m Bazooka

MEMORY          : Team Group Elite TUF DDR4 3600 Mhz CL 16
STORAGE         : Seagate Baracudda 1TB and Kingston SSD
PSU             : Thermaltake Lite power 550W (Gonna change soon as i dont trust this)
CASE            : Rakk Anyag Frost
CPU COOLER      : ID-Cooling SE 207
CASE FANS       : Mix of ID cooling fans, Corsair fans and Rakk Ounos (planned change to ID Cooling)
DISPLAY         : SpectrePro XTNS24 144hz Curved VA panel
MOUSE           : Logitech G603 Lightspeed
KEYBOARD        : Rakk Lam Ang

HEADSET         : Plantronics RIG 500HD

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9 minutes ago, MartinKweh said:

So long as it doesnt cause any performance problems or thermal issues, its nothing you need to worry about.

there isn’t any problems. except when i stream the quality is dreadful because the encoder is using my cpu to do the work. correct me if i’m wrong 

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26 minutes ago, vinit6694skr said:

What resolution and settings are you playing at ?

Also what's your GPU usage in those titles ?

i play at 1920 x 1080 on all titles and by gpu only goes to 16 1875F615-3B3E-47B8-A388-022734BFF3C2.thumb.jpeg.32d36430bd3746cc9bceeb9e075e1b0f.jpeg

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Need to use a real program to see gpu usage.

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29 minutes ago, TofuHaroto said:

I don't see a problem in that lol

is there a fix to this? because it doesn’t seem healthy that my cpu is running at its max load !

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is there a fix to this? because it doesn’t seem healthy that my cpu is running at its max load !

That's not unhealthy lmao 

It's normal 

PC: Motherboard: ASUS B550M TUF-Plus, CPU: Ryzen 3 3100, CPU Cooler: Arctic Freezer 34, GPU: GIGABYTE WindForce GTX1650S, RAM: HyperX Fury RGB 2x8GB 3200 CL16, Case, CoolerMaster MB311L ARGB, Boot Drive: 250GB MX500, Game Drive: WD Blue 1TB 7200RPM HDD.

 

Peripherals: GK61 (Optical Gateron Red) with Mistel White/Orange keycaps, Logitech G102 (Purple), BitWit Ensemble Grey Deskpad. 

 

Audio: Logitech G432, Moondrop Starfield, Mic: Razer Siren Mini (White).

 

Phone: Pixel 3a (Purple-ish).

 

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If The pc is on, it’s at 100% perfectly fine. 
And windows show 0-6% from the gpu, so that isn’t a good indicator. 
Better cpu or bandaid with resolution and settings. 

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Main RIg Corsair Air 540, I7 9900k, ASUS ROG Maximus XI Hero, G.Skill Ripjaws 3600 32GB, 3090FE, EVGA 1000G5, Acer Nitro XZ3 2560 x 1440@240hz 

 

Spare RIg Lian Li O11 AIR MINI, I7 4790K, Asus Maximus VI Extreme, G.Skill Ares 2400 32Gb, EVGA 1080ti, 1080sc 1070sc & 1060 SSC, EVGA 850GA, Acer KG251Q 1920x1080@240hz

 

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13 minutes ago, FOAT said:

i play at 1920 x 1080 on all titles and by gpu only goes to 16 1875F615-3B3E-47B8-A388-022734BFF3C2.thumb.jpeg.32d36430bd3746cc9bceeb9e075e1b0f.jpeg

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20% CPU usage is by Malwarebytes disable it while gaming if you are not getting your desired FPS. 

If both CPU and GPU at 100% when Gaming it's okay. Try software like MSI afterburner to monitor live CPU and GPU usage while gaming.

System Specs:

  • CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 @3.40ghz (6C/12T)
  • Motherboard: Asus Prime B450M-K
  • RAM: Corsair LPX 2*8GB DDR4 @3200mhz CL16
  • GPU: Zotac Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 (TU-104 variant) 6GB GDDR6
  • Case: Antec GX202
  • Storage
  • SSD: WD 240GB,
    HDD: Toshiba 1 TB @7200rpm
  • PSU: Corsair CX550 (2017 grey unit)
  • Display(s): BenQ 22 inches monitor, 1080p @ 60hz
  • Cooling: 3 Antec case fans 120 mm (2 blue LED front intake and 1 non LED rear exhaust)
  • Sound: Behringer UMC22 USB Audio interface, AudioTechnica ATH M20x studio headphones
  • Operating System: Windows 10 Pro 64 bit.
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17 minutes ago, Mick Naughty said:

Need to use a real program to see gpu usage.

 

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Don’t see an issue if that’s usage listed first. 

Main RIg Corsair Air 540, I7 9900k, ASUS ROG Maximus XI Hero, G.Skill Ripjaws 3600 32GB, 3090FE, EVGA 1000G5, Acer Nitro XZ3 2560 x 1440@240hz 

 

Spare RIg Lian Li O11 AIR MINI, I7 4790K, Asus Maximus VI Extreme, G.Skill Ares 2400 32Gb, EVGA 1080ti, 1080sc 1070sc & 1060 SSC, EVGA 850GA, Acer KG251Q 1920x1080@240hz

 

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54 minutes ago, FOAT said:

there isn’t any problems. except when i stream the quality is dreadful because the encoder is using my cpu to do the work. correct me if i’m wrong 

That would be because your CPU isn't fit for streaming. At the very least you want HT/SMT for that if you're going to use a 6 core - at least if you care about quality or performance. Since you have an nvidia GPU however you could try using geforce experience instead of your CPU so the load is on the graphics card's hardware encoder.

 

Also you posted a screenshot where you can clearly see the game is only using 70% of your CPU while malwarebytes is hogging 20% of it on its own for some reason.

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Did you look at the image before posting it?

Don't ask to ask, just ask... please 🤨

sudo chmod -R 000 /*

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