Desktop window Manager very high GPU usage

[cheesypizza1222]

For the past couple years, every time I do something hardware intensive (like playing a game), Desktop window Manager will start spiking up and using almost 100% of my GPU, dropping me down to like 1fps. Over the years I've tried countless methods online (like reinstalling old gpu drivers), but nothing has ever fixed it.

 

The only thing that kinda helps is disabling my Nvidia GPU and just using my integrated graphics, but even then my frames still drop sometimes on Youtube/Firefox (and without my NVIDIA Gpu on, I can't even play most graphically intensive games). Client Service Runtime Process also runs in parallel with it, but it causes much less harm.

 

PC SPECS:

• Laptop Model: Dell Inspiron XPS 15 9560
• 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
• windows 10 Version 22H2 (OS Build 19045.3155)
• CPU = i7-7700HQ 2.80Ghz, 4 cores, 8 logical processors
• 16GB of Ram
• Nvidia GPU: GTX 1050 (Version 31.0.15.3623)
• Integrated GPU: Intel HD Graphics 630 (Version 27.20.100.9664)
• 130w Power Adapter (idk if this matters, but my laptop battery died like a few years ago, so its always plugged in. I can't remember if this was a problem before it died)
• Dell BIOS Version: 1.24.0 (windows says theres an optional firmware update, but the version looks like the exact same version I already have)

 

Some screenshots are below of dwm using tons of gpu randomly while I'm just using firefox. If you want, I can try to get a screenshot of it when I have a game open and my Nvidia Gpu on.

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[AAVVIronAlex]

What is the resolution of the screen?

 

Do you have a live wallpaper? (not likely)

[manikyath]

the %load is a meaningless number if you dont know what clock speed it's running at.

 

for all we know it's stuck at idle clocks, making the %load quite inflated.

 

my desktop's "idle" GPU usage is around 30%, because at idle the GPU is in some low hundreds of MHz.

[cheesypizza1222]

14 hours ago, AAVVIronAlex said:

What is the resolution of the screen?

 

Do you have a live wallpaper? (not likely)

Its 3840 x 2160, and no I don't have a live wallpaper

[cheesypizza1222]

15 hours ago, manikyath said:

the %load is a meaningless number if you dont know what clock speed it's running at.

 

for all we know it's stuck at idle clocks, making the %load quite inflated.

 

my desktop's "idle" GPU usage is around 30%, because at idle the GPU is in some low hundreds of MHz.

Okay, I downloaded GPU-Z to find out the clock speed of the gpus, so here is a screenshot for both of the gpus. You can see on the third image how the clock speed spiked up from 350 to like 1100. Is this what you wanted?

 

 

[AAVVIronAlex]

12 hours ago, cheesypizza1222 said:

Its 3840 x 2160, and no I don't have a live wallpaper

It is most likely because of the low clocks and that massive resolution grouped together. That should be why it is constantly reporting to be as high.

[cheesypizza1222]

30 minutes ago, AAVVIronAlex said:

It is most likely because of the low clocks and that massive resolution grouped together. That should be why it is constantly reporting to be as high.

So how can I fix it, and make it stop dropping my fps?

[AAVVIronAlex]

You mentioned having a 1050Ti in your laptop, yet it does not show up in the Task Manager, why is that so?

[AAVVIronAlex]

Also, what games do you play?

[cheesypizza1222]

14 hours ago, AAVVIronAlex said:

You mentioned having a 1050Ti in your laptop, yet it does not show up in the Task Manager, why is that so?

well when I'm not playing any games, i go to device manager and disable my nvidia gpu. This usually makes the huge frames drop happen less

[cheesypizza1222]

14 hours ago, AAVVIronAlex said:

Also, what games do you play?

Some games I've played recently: Minecraft, Subnautica Below Zero, Persona 5 Royal, Pheonix wright collection

 

On all the games, in order to get a playable fps consistently, I have to bring them to low or lowest setting, and even then, sometimes my frames will randomly drop to like an unplayable level for a few minutes

[AAVVIronAlex]

6 hours ago, cheesypizza1222 said:

Some games I've played recently: Minecraft, Subnautica Below Zero, Persona 5 Royal, Pheonix wright collection

 

On all the games, in order to get a playable fps consistently, I have to bring them to low or lowest setting, and even then, sometimes my frames will randomly drop to like an unplayable level for a few minutes

That sure is not normal behaviour for a 1050

 

6 hours ago, cheesypizza1222 said:

well when I'm not playing any games, i go to device manager and disable my nvidia gpu. This usually makes the huge frames drop happen less

Nor is this.

[AAVVIronAlex]

6 hours ago, cheesypizza1222 said:

well when I'm not playing any games, i go to device manager and disable my nvidia gpu. This usually makes the huge frames drop happen less

How exactly does that happen, if I understand correctly, you switch the GPU on every time you launch a game?

[cheesypizza1222]

21 hours ago, AAVVIronAlex said:

How exactly does that happen, if I understand correctly, you switch the GPU on every time you launch a game?

yeah, i turn it on for graphically intensive games which run poorly on my integrated graphics, then i turn if off when I'm done (because for some reason, the biggest frames drops happen right after closing the game, but stop when I disable the gpu)

[AAVVIronAlex]

You should check your GPU temperatures after gaming.

[Ether Zhang]

I was heard of this problem before, it seems like a driver bug from Intel or Nvidia, while the Windows detects the GPU utilization reversely, so when it shows 85%, it is actually 15% used, and 85% idle.

 

I think this has been fixed in a newer driver version, you can try to upgrade your iGPU driver.