GTX 1070 paired with i5-8400 is not getting 100% GPU usage on Full HD High settings AAA games

[RealAxm3d]

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Hello i have a problem and i think my gaming build is bottlenecking.

 

I have upgraded from my MSI Aero GTX 1060 6GB to a HP founders edition GTX 1070 8GB and i love the gpu so far but there is a problem. 

The gpu usage is not always 100% (see screenshots) only in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 when i am above 2k feet. 

On other AAA games i still dont get 100% gpu usage. 

I uninstalled the old drivers + the new drivers for the GTX 1070 but didnt helped then i did a complete reset from Windows 11 and this didnt helped. 

But i hope you guys can help me here, thanks in advance! 

if you want more games with test please comment down!. 

sry for my english

 

Pc Specs

 

Windows 11 Build 22000.556 

GTX 1070 8GB HP Founders Edition (Driver Update Version 511.79) No Overclock 

Intel Core i5 8400 2.80GHz No Overclock 

Mainboard MSI H310M PRO-D

Intel stock cooler 

SSD Intenso 512GB 

HDD 2TB Seagate 

16GB RAM 2400Mhz (XMP is active)

 

 

 

[emosun]

We dont need over a dozen screenshots of videogames.

 

From the looks of it your cpu usage is high so it makes sense the gpu wont have very high usage if its waiting for the cpu to constantly catch up.

[IkeaGnome]

Can we get a spoiler for all the pictures?

What's your per core usage on the CPU? 

[RealAxm3d]

9 minutes ago, emosun said:

We dont need over a dozen screenshots of videogames.

 

From the looks of it your cpu usage is high so it makes sense the gpu wont have very high usage if its waiting for the cpu to constantly catch up.

so what can i do? 

thanks for the reply!

[RealAxm3d]

2 minutes ago, IkeaGnome said:

Can we get a spoiler for all the pictures?

What's your per core usage on the CPU? 

Can we get a spoiler for all the pictures?

 

how do i do that? i am new here 

[IkeaGnome]

Just now, RealAxm3d said:

Can we get a spoiler for all the pictures?

 

how do i do that? i am new here 

You can edit your post, add a spoiler with the "eye" icon, then move them into it.

What's the per core usage on the CPU? Task manager>More Details>Performance>CPU>Right click graph and select "Change graph to logical processors"

[RealAxm3d]

2 minutes ago, IkeaGnome said:

You can edit your post, add a spoiler with the "eye" icon, then move them into it.

What's the per core usage on the CPU? Task manager>More Details>Performance>CPU>Right click graph and select "Change graph to logical processors"

[IkeaGnome]

Just now, RealAxm3d said:

What does it do in game? What speed is your RAM running at?

[RealAxm3d]

Just now, IkeaGnome said:

What does it do in game? What speed is your RAM running at?

ok wait i start a game this was in desktop

[RealAxm3d]

5 minutes ago, IkeaGnome said:

What does it do in game? What speed is your RAM running at?

[DreamCat04]

7 minutes ago, RealAxm3d said:

This looks like a CPU bottleneck. If you want to, you can download intel xtu and raise the turbo power limit to allow some more power to it which might help if you really cannot live with a bit of a bottleneck of your CPU

[IkeaGnome]

In that game, you're simply CPU bound. You can turn up some graphics settings, but that will only help a little bit. If the CPU is having to tell the GPU as fast as it can what to do because the GPU is finished so fast, you might be able to make the GPU take a little bit longer making frames.

[RealAxm3d]

11 minutes ago, IkeaGnome said:

In that game, you're simply CPU bound. You can turn up some graphics settings, but that will only help a little bit. If the CPU is having to tell the GPU as fast as it can what to do because the GPU is finished so fast, you might be able to make the GPU take a little bit longer making frames.

Test on Star Wars Battlefront 2 High settings

[IkeaGnome]

2 minutes ago, RealAxm3d said:

Test on Star Wars Battlefront 2 High settings

More balanced, but it's still full CPU usage. This is normal.

[RealAxm3d]

Just now, IkeaGnome said:

More balanced, but it's still full CPU usage. This is normal.

And what can i do now for fixing it? 

[IkeaGnome]

35 minutes ago, RealAxm3d said:

And what can i do now for fixing it? 

I can't remember if Intel XTU will even allow any sort of boost on a H310 or locked CPU, but it could be worth a shot. I doubt it'll let you do much of anything though. 

You could jump up to a higher resolution. There isn't much you're going to do to "fix" something that's not a problem without spending money. Get a higher res monitor, GPU would then be the bottleneck. Every system will have a bottleneck. There's nothing wrong with having one if you're getting the performance you like out of your computer.

[RealAxm3d]

7 minutes ago, IkeaGnome said:

I can't remember if Intel XTU will even allow any sort of boost on a H310 or locked CPU, but it could be worth a shot. I doubt it'll let you do much of anything though. 

You could jump up to a higher resolution. There isn't much you're going to do to "fix" something that's not a problem without spending money. Get a higher res monitor, GPU would then be the bottleneck. Every system will have a bottleneck. There's nothing wrong with having one if you're getting the performance you like out of your computer.

there is no download option for my i5-8400 in the Intel XTU webpage 

[DreamCat04]

15 hours ago, RealAxm3d said:

there is no download option for my i5-8400 in the Intel XTU webpage 

It just means rhat it is not officially supported. That was the case for my 9700 too. Just get it anyway if you want to. With locked CPUs you will have to re-apply the settings you set after every boot though

[RealAxm3d]

2 hours ago, DreamCat04 said:

It just means rhat it is not officially supported. That was the case for my 9700 too. Just get it anyway if you want to. With locked CPUs you will have to re-apply the settings you set after every boot though

is this something like overclock? 

[RealAxm3d]

should i overclock with stock intel cpu cooler? 

[DreamCat04]

6 hours ago, RealAxm3d said:

is this something like overclock? 

No, it's just giving it more power to reach its max clock

 

5 hours ago, RealAxm3d said:

should i overclock with stock intel cpu cooler? 

Well then there's not that much to get out of your CPU probably because you're going to hit thermal limits but you can try lifting the power limit and if it throttles, back it down to where it doesn't throttle. Your i5 shouldn't throttle that fast though

[RealAxm3d]

11 minutes ago, DreamCat04 said:

No, it's just giving it more power to reach its max clock

 

Well then there's not that much to get out of your CPU probably because you're going to hit thermal limits but you can try lifting the power limit and if it throttles, back it down to where it doesn't throttle. Your i5 shouldn't throttle that fast though

just installed msi dragon center for my msi motherboard and activated extreme performance and will look if something has changed

[RealAxm3d]

On 3/15/2022 at 7:15 PM, DreamCat04 said:

This looks like a CPU bottleneck. If you want to, you can download intel xtu and raise the turbo power limit to allow some more power to it which might help if you really cannot live with a bit of a bottleneck of your CPU

could you please send me some screenshots from your settings in intel XTU?