CPU 100% usage

[ssrl]

Hello,

I'm experiencing a problem with my PC. Recently, I've noticed that the CPU reaches 100% usage even with relatively light actions, such as launching a game. This wasn't happening before. When the CPU hits 100%, a red light also turns on on the motherboard.

To provide some context, I used to be able to render videos without any issues using DaVinci Resolve and the h.264 codec. Now, when I try to do the same, the CPU immediately spikes to 100% and I'm forced to stop the process.

I'm wondering if the issue could be due to a bottleneck, although I never had this type of problem before. My PC's configuration is as follows, which I consider quite powerful, so I'm surprised by this issue:

• ASUS ROG Strix NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
• Intel Core i9 13900k
• CORSAIR DOMINATOR PLATINUM RGB DDR5 RAM 64GB
• Corsair iCUE H170i ELITE LCD XT
• Corsair RM1000x

Could you help me understand what is causing this excessive CPU usage?

Thank you.

[GuiltySpark_]

1 minute ago, ssrl said:

Now, when I try to do the same, the CPU immediately spikes to 100% and I'm forced to stop the process.

If you're rendering on the CPU, it should hit 100%, unless I'm not understanding the problem? 

 

HWiNFO open to the Sensors screen when you do this might enlighten us on if something else is amiss. 

[ItTakes2ToMango]

I do not believe that it was not hitting 100% before.... I think you just didn't notice

[Middcore]

What do you mean by "forced to stop the process"?

[Sawa Takahashi]

1 hour ago, ssrl said:

When the CPU hits 100%, a red light also turns on on the motherboard.

Make sure that it is a debug light labelled CPU that is lighting up. If this is the case, there is a problem with your CPU. You may need to reseat it and refresh the thermal paste while you are at it.

[ssrl]

2 hours ago, ItTakes2ToMango said:

I do not believe that it was not hitting 100% before.... I think you just didn't notice

this is possible, however this red light thing is new to me, I would have noticed this if it had happened before, this is new to me

[ssrl]

1 hour ago, Middcore said:

What do you mean by "forced to stop the process"?

I don't want to ruin the CPU or other components that's why i said i am forced to stop the process, it doesn't seem right for that red light to appear, right?

[Middcore]

Just now, ssrl said:

I don't want to ruin the CPU or other components that's why i said i am forced to stop the process, it doesn't seem right for that red light to appear, right?

 

As others have said, the CPU hitting 100% during a CPU workload is what you want. 

 

I wish I had a dollar for every thread I have seen on these forums from people complaining about their hardware not being fully utilized.

 

To comment on the motherboard light, we need to know what light it is and what it indicates. 

[ssrl]

2 hours ago, GuiltySpark_ said:

If you're rendering on the CPU, it should hit 100%, unless I'm not understanding the problem? 

 

HWiNFO open to the Sensors screen when you do this might enlighten us on if something else is amiss. 

but is it normal that the little red light appears on the motherboard debug for the CPU? hwinfo photos:

before start rendering:
https://prnt.sc/vZfWUykQkVCI
https://prnt.sc/ybNl-ymXbdEE

while rendering:
https://prnt.sc/dWH8p2AtC3u6

[Middcore]

Just now, ssrl said:

but is it normal that the little red light appears on the motherboard debug for the CPU? hwinfo photos:

before start rendering:
https://prnt.sc/vZfWUykQkVCI
https://prnt.sc/ybNl-ymXbdEE

while rendering:
https://prnt.sc/dWH8p2AtC3u6

 

The red light is probably because your CPU is overheating. 

[GuiltySpark_]

You're overheating at only 183W and throttling. Either that coolers pump isn't running, its making poor contact with the CPU or its exceptionally hot in the room with the PC. 

[ssrl]

1 hour ago, GuiltySpark_ said:

You're overheating at only 183W and throttling. Either that coolers pump isn't running, its making poor contact with the CPU or its exceptionally hot in the room with the PC. 

you are right, the problem is not that the CPU reaches 100% usage but how it heats up, I tried with benchmarks and it instantly reaches 100C - the heatsink pump works, I also saw with corsair icue software, could it be the thermal paste? 

[unclewebb]

48 minutes ago, ssrl said:

thermal paste

Consider installing a Thermalright Contact Frame and redo the thermal paste while you are at it.

 

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/thermalright-lga1700-bcf-contact-frame

 

[ssrl]

2 hours ago, unclewebb said:

Consider installing a Thermalright Contact Frame and redo the thermal paste while you are at it.

 

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/thermalright-lga1700-bcf-contact-frame

 

just bought this and also bought the thermal grizzly kryonaut, I will let you know if I have any improvements

[ssrl]

On 12/13/2023 at 10:40 PM, ssrl said:

just bought this and also bought the thermal grizzly kryonaut, I will let you know if I have any improvements

I didn't solve anything, and I changed both the frame and the thermal paste

[Mark Kaine]

buy a good aircooler , problem solved. aios are terrible,  and what you're experiencing is why.