low usage of every computer part in game

[cnnrsmith]

I have a pretty good computer that has good cooling and a good power supply, but my usage for any of my parts never goes above 50% unless I'm running a benchmark. My specs are a Ryzen 7 2700x, msi b450 tomahawk max, 32 gb ddr4 ram at 3466 mhz, rtx 3070, a samsung 860 evo 500 gb ssd, with a seagate barricuda 2 tb hdd. Whenever I run benchmarks my cpu usage will get maxed, along with my gpu, but if I'm playing any game at all the highest usage will be my 3070 at around 45% tops. I was wondering how to fix this because I'm not having hardware issues just software, and the fps I'm pulling is well below what my friends with similar systems get.

[Helpful Tech Witch]

Res and refresh rate? 

What's CPU usage like?

Is the ram dual channel?

Do you have as fps limit or vsync on?

[cnnrsmith]

Just now, HelpfulTechWizard said:

Res and refresh rate? 

What's CPU usage like?

Is the ram dual channel?

Do you have as fps limit or vsync on?

res is 1920x1080 refresh rate is 144 on main monitor

cpu usage stays beneath 40%

the ram is dual channel 

vsync and max fps limit are off

[Gorou92]

sorry but 3070 is not a 1080p gpu and even if you want it to be the 2700x is bottlenecking it so either sell it with profit or replace 2700x with a 5600x

 

[Chris Pratt]

2 hours ago, cnnrsmith said:

res is 1920x1080 refresh rate is 144 on main monitor

cpu usage stays beneath 40%

the ram is dual channel 

vsync and max fps limit are off

If I had to guess, you likely have a monitor with adaptive refresh on. This essentially behaves the same as vsync without the tearing, because the refresh varies within the range of the monitor. On a 144hz display, that means it's going to cap you at a maximum of 144 FPS. So, yeah, if you're playing something competitive high FPS games at 1080p on a 3070, capped at 144 FPS, 45% GPU utilization sounds about right.

[-rascal-]

2 hours ago, cnnrsmith said:

I have a pretty good computer that has good cooling and a good power supply, but my usage for any of my parts never goes above 50% unless I'm running a benchmark. My specs are a Ryzen 7 2700x, msi b450 tomahawk max, 32 gb ddr4 ram at 3466 mhz, rtx 3070, a samsung 860 evo 500 gb ssd, with a seagate barricuda 2 tb hdd. Whenever I run benchmarks my cpu usage will get maxed, along with my gpu, but if I'm playing any game at all the highest usage will be my 3070 at around 45% tops. I was wondering how to fix this because I'm not having hardware issues just software, and the fps I'm pulling is well below what my friends with similar systems get.

 

What games are you playing that you notice the ~45% usage?

 

Are you running the games on Fullscreen, Windowed Mode, or Borderless?

You want to run at Fullscreen, some games will make the CPU / GPU NOT run a full speed if using the other 2 options.

 

Task Manager overall CPU usage is not exactly a true way to check CPU usage.

The Ryzen 2700X is an 8-core / 16-thread CPU.

If 4-cores / 8-threads are running a full 100%, Task Manager will still only show CPU usage as 50%.

 

If your game that you are having trouble with is only coded to use...say.... 2-cores / 4-threads, you will only see a max ~25% CPU usage.

 

 

[cnnrsmith]

2 minutes ago, Chris Pratt said:

If I had to guess, you likely have a monitor with adaptive refresh on. This essentially behaves the same as vsync without the tearing, because the refresh varies within the range of the monitor. On a 144hz display, that means it's going to cap you at a maximum of 144 FPS. So, yeah, if you're playing something competitive high FPS games at 1080p on a 3070, capped at 144 FPS, 45% GPU utilization sounds about right.

ok thx ill check it out

 

[cnnrsmith]

1 minute ago, -rascal- said:

 

What games are you playing that you notice the ~45% usage?

 

Are you running the games on Fullscreen, Windowed Mode, or Borderless?

You want to run at Fullscreen, some games will make the CPU / GPU NOT run a full speed if using the other 2 options.

 

Task Manager overall CPU usage is not exactly a true way to check CPU usage.

The Ryzen 2700X is an 8-core / 16-thread CPU.

If 4-cores / 8-threads are running a full 100%, Task Manager will still only show CPU usage as 50%.

 

If your game that you are having trouble with is only coded to use...say.... 2-cores / 4-threads, you will only see a max ~25% CPU usage.

 

 

I mainly play EFT and Rust, but it happens on any game I play. The only thing I see my components maxed on is when I'm benchmarking.

[cnnrsmith]

5 minutes ago, -rascal- said:

 

What games are you playing that you notice the ~45% usage?

 

Are you running the games on Fullscreen, Windowed Mode, or Borderless?

You want to run at Fullscreen, some games will make the CPU / GPU NOT run a full speed if using the other 2 options.

 

Task Manager overall CPU usage is not exactly a true way to check CPU usage.

The Ryzen 2700X is an 8-core / 16-thread CPU.

If 4-cores / 8-threads are running a full 100%, Task Manager will still only show CPU usage as 50%.

 

If your game that you are having trouble with is only coded to use...say.... 2-cores / 4-threads, you will only see a max ~25% CPU usage.

 

 

I just loaded into an offline raid to show you what task manager looks like while I'm playing games. This is on EFT and I was only on like 60-70 fps in game

[Chris Pratt]

2 minutes ago, cnnrsmith said:

I just loaded into an offline raid to show you what task manager looks like while I'm playing games. This is on EFT and I was only on like 60-70 fps in game

Make sure you're using the max refresh in the display settings in Windows. If you run the game fullscreen it can independently set the refresh rate, but running windowed or borderless, it's limited by what's set in Windows. You probably have it at 60hz there.

[cnnrsmith]

2 minutes ago, Chris Pratt said:

Make sure you're using the max refresh in the display settings in Windows. If you run the game fullscreen it can independently set the refresh rate, but running windowed or borderless, it's limited by what's set in Windows. You probably have it at 60hz there.

I think it's right but thats what it looks like

[-rascal-]

14 minutes ago, cnnrsmith said:

I just loaded into an offline raid to show you what task manager looks like while I'm playing games. This is on EFT and I was only on like 60-70 fps in game

 

 

You don't want to tab out and look at the CPU usage.

AS SOON as you tab out, usage will immediately tank.

 

Use an overlay, or another piece of software to measure / read CPU usage while in-game

Something that comes to mind is MSi AfterBurner.

(Not my image, just grabbed it from Google Images)

 

[cnnrsmith]

Just now, -rascal- said:

 

You don't want to tab out and look at the CPU usage.

AS SOON as you tab out, usage will immediately tank.

 

Use an overlay, or another piece of software to measure / read CPU usage while in-game

Something that comes to mind is MSi AfterBurner.

Yeah I have msi afterburner overclocks running but I usually have task manager on my side monitor, and it looks the same. I'll set up the msi afterburner usage monitor and send a screenshot

[Chris Pratt]

14 minutes ago, cnnrsmith said:

I think it's right but thats what it looks like

I'm not entirely sure that displays the actual active refresh rate or just the maximum the monitor supports. You need to go into the advanced display properties and make sure it's set to 144 in the drop down.

[cnnrsmith]

Just now, Chris Pratt said:

I'm not entirely sure that displays the actual active refresh rate or just the maximum the monitor supports. You need to go into the advanced display properties and make sure it's set to 144 in the drop down.

Yeah its set to the same in there.

[cnnrsmith]

36 minutes ago, -rascal- said:

 

You don't want to tab out and look at the CPU usage.

AS SOON as you tab out, usage will immediately tank.

 

Use an overlay, or another piece of software to measure / read CPU usage while in-game

Something that comes to mind is MSi AfterBurner.

(Not my image, just grabbed it from Google Images)

 

I am playing rust right now and when I screenshot it doesnt show the geforce thing but gpu hits 50% max cpu like 40%

[-rascal-]

15 hours ago, cnnrsmith said:

I am playing rust right now and when I screenshot it doesnt show the geforce thing but gpu hits 50% max cpu like 40%

 

Well that explains WHY the CPU usage is under ~50%.

I'm looking at Rust benchmark / gameplay videos, and questions other player have asked.

Concluded that:

• Rust runs on Unity 5 game engine, and is only up to 2 CPU cores (I'm assuming 2-cores / 4-threads).
  • It won't stay pegged at 100% on 2 cores, though. Windows can (and will) toss the process around from one core to another.
  • You'll see anywhere from 20% ~ 40% on each core at a time
  • Plus, Windows itself, and other programs / applications running in the background will take up *some* additional CPU usage
     
• As for why your GPU is sitting at 50% usage...not sure yet
  • From what I can see, people are getting 90%+ GPU usage, even at 1080p

 

Rust (2021?) tested on a Ryzen 5800X + RTX 3070.

4K / 1440p / 1080p resolution at different graphics settings.

 

As you can see CPU usage (measured per THREAD) is pretty low.

Again, Rust is not coded to use more cores...limitation of the game / game engine.

 

[cnnrsmith]

1 hour ago, -rascal- said:

 

Well that explains WHY the CPU usage is under ~50%.

I'm looking at Rust benchmark / gameplay videos, and questions other player have asked.

Concluded that:

• Rust runs on Unity 5 game engine, and is only up to 2 CPU cores (I'm assuming 2-cores / 4-threads).
  • It won't stay pegged at 100% on 2 cores, though. Windows can (and will) toss the process around from one core to another.
  • You'll see anywhere from 20% ~ 40% on each core at a time
  • Plus, Windows itself, and other programs / applications running in the background will take up *some* additional CPU usage
     
• As for why your GPU is sitting at 50% usage...not sure yet
  • From what I can see, people are getting 90%+ GPU usage, even at 1080p

 

Rust (2021?) tested on a Ryzen 5800X + RTX 3070.

4K / 1440p / 1080p resolution at different graphics settings.

 

As you can see CPU usage (measured per THREAD) is pretty low.

Again, Rust is not coded to use more cores...limitation of the game / game engine.

 

We got offlined but I'll load into a random server and send what the usage looks like along with settings

[cnnrsmith]

1 hour ago, -rascal- said:

 

Well that explains WHY the CPU usage is under ~50%.

I'm looking at Rust benchmark / gameplay videos, and questions other player have asked.

Concluded that:

• Rust runs on Unity 5 game engine, and is only up to 2 CPU cores (I'm assuming 2-cores / 4-threads).
  • It won't stay pegged at 100% on 2 cores, though. Windows can (and will) toss the process around from one core to another.
  • You'll see anywhere from 20% ~ 40% on each core at a time
  • Plus, Windows itself, and other programs / applications running in the background will take up *some* additional CPU usage
     
• As for why your GPU is sitting at 50% usage...not sure yet
  • From what I can see, people are getting 90%+ GPU usage, even at 1080p

 

Rust (2021?) tested on a Ryzen 5800X + RTX 3070.

4K / 1440p / 1080p resolution at different graphics settings.

 

As you can see CPU usage (measured per THREAD) is pretty low.

Again, Rust is not coded to use more cores...limitation of the game / game engine.

 

Here's me benching it, on like medium to low settings.

[cnnrsmith]

Just now, cnnrsmith said:

Here's me benching it, on like medium to low settings.

IMG_2325.wmv 19.73 MB · 0 downloads

Sorry I thought it would send it as a playable file, didn't know you would have to download it.