Is this normal?

[ebprince the computer nerd]

Whenever I play any game, my GPU goes to around 50-60%, (normal) but my CPU stays at 5-10%. Is it normal for the GPU to have way more usage than the CPU? My CPU is a 5900X, and my GPU is an ASUS RTX 3060 Ti. 

Edited January 6, 2022 by ebprince the computer nerd
i play other games

[CommanderAlex]

Depends on the games being played and if they support multi-core CPUs. Check your thread utilizations to see if it's a couple cores at 100% utilization while in game. 

[ebprince the computer nerd]

2 minutes ago, CommanderAlex said:

Depends on the games being played and if they support multi-core CPUs. Check your thread utilizations to see if it's a couple cores at 100% utilization while in game. 

The games I mostly play are light games and the game I play the most, Roblox, is a single-core game. That explains everything lol.

[CommanderAlex]

3 minutes ago, ebprince the computer nerd said:

The games I mostly play are light games and the game I play the most, Roblox, is a single-core game. That explains everything lol.

Well, that'll do it. 5900X is overkill for Roblox though. 

[Mark Kaine]

yeah lol its normal,  especially if you dont have any issues...

 

(depends on the game and sometimes settings basically) 

 

my current favorite example:

 

fatal frame 5, originally a wiiu game iirc, steam version,  why would this game need any significant resources? it doesn’t... and yet on weaker hardware someone might experience issues ...