cpu i5-7500 underperforming

[shey_2K]

This is my first post so please excuse any informalities,

 

I have a i5-7500 that is underperforming while playing Call of Duty - Cold War.

Specs:

i5-7500

GTX 1070 8GB

16GB DDR4 2133 MHZ (2x8 kit)

 

I find massive lag spikes, the game running at 30 fps or lower, and my CPU pinned at 100% at all times.

When I first played the game I was running at 70-80 fps smooth on medium-high settings, I am not sure what happened to cause this but a week later of playing my FPS dropped and I experienced all these issues.

I dont have any other programs running in the background except discord, however, I tested it and it runs the same without it.

I reinstalled the game and drivers but still no luck. Setting my CPU affinity to high essentially brings the game back to how it was running before but it lags my discord heavily and I was hoping there was another solution.

 

Any suggestions are welcome, thank you!