CPU Usage

[Nigochimaru]

Hey guys how’s it going?  I recently upgraded to a 10600k . It seems pretty good I’m definitely getting at least 20 to 30 frames more endgame on average give or take the game . In dota 2 I went up 80-100 frames to lol. 
 

The main issue I see now is that when I’m playing games I run the MSI afterburner at least since I just got it to kind of see things in my CPU usage never really goes above 30-40% . So couldn’t I be getting more frames if it used more of my CPU?? 

I have 16 gigs of DDR4 ram at 3200 MHZ. 
1080 rog strix 8gb. 

 

My GP was always at 90 some percent . Except for some games only at like 80% so it’s definitely using more of that . 
 

I just feel I’m wasting frames somewhere I thought I would ask the experts

 

thanks in advance

 

[Slottr]

what refresh rate and resolution, what games

[tishous]

The reason for this low CPU usage is that most games can't take advantage of more than a few threads. As you have a 12 thread (6 core) processor, it is expected to be within that type of percent usage range. Even at 1080p, you could be at 30% usage but still be CPU bottlenecked because of this. The only way you could get more frames would be overclocking your CPU as high clock speeds are generally important for high FPS.

[Nigochimaru]

27 minutes ago, tishous said:

The reason for this low CPU usage is that most games can't take advantage of more than a few threads. As you have a 12 thread (6 core) processor, it is expected to be within that type of percent usage range. Even at 1080p, you could be at 30% usage but still be CPU bottlenecked because of this. The only way you could get more frames would be overclocking your CPU as high clock speeds are generally important for high FPS.

So you think my CPU is still bottlenecking my 1080?

[Nigochimaru]

30 minutes ago, Slottr said:

what refresh rate and resolution, what games

1080P 144hz . Modern warfare, insurgency sandstorm , Rust, dota 2 all I’ve tested so far. 

[tishous]

13 minutes ago, Nigochimaru said:

So you think my CPU is still bottlenecking my 1080?

No, as long as your GPU usage is above 96% or so, you don't have any bottlenecks. If you're getting 144+ fps on the games you play, why does it matter anyway? You shouldn't lower visual quality or get caught up on getting the most fps as you can if you are already at your screen refresh rate in my opinion because you don't gain anything.

[Nigochimaru]

3 minutes ago, tishous said:

No, as long as your GPU usage is above 96% or so, you don't have any bottlenecks. If you're getting 144+ fps on the games you play, why does it matter anyway? You shouldn't lower visual quality or get caught up on getting the most fps as you can if you are already at your screen refresh rate in my opinion because you don't gain anything.

Yeah that’s the problem in dota and insurgency I’m getting above 144 but on modern warfare and rust it’s only about 100 FPS . So do you think I just need to lower settings or get a new GPU? Is that the problem? 

[tishous]

29 minutes ago, Nigochimaru said:

Yeah that’s the problem in dota and insurgency I’m getting above 144 but on modern warfare and rust it’s only about 100 FPS . So do you think I just need to lower settings or get a new GPU? Is that the problem?

Your 1080 is perfectly fine for high refresh rate 1080p and there's no point paying $350+ for a better GPU when you've got a capable working one. You should be getting probably about 120fps so make sure you have good temperatures (below 75C) on both the CPU and GPU.  If you haven't done so already, try overclocking your GPU (it's relatively easy) and/or your CPU, given you have enough cooling headroom. If that doesn't work, reducing quality from ultra to even high would definitely push your fps over the 144 mark.