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Sudden Spiking in cpu usage

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Hello, As of recent i have been having strange and sudden cpu usage spikes which is causing my computer to stutter horribly and drop frames in games and such. From what i know it can't be a virus for i very recently factory reset my computer. and have changed my nvidia settings to single display performance, and tested it on shadow of mordor. it jumps mid 30 to 100 then back. What could be the potential problem I used to run games like this just fine. Any and all help is appreciated and thank you. Oh and also it appears some of my cpu's are parked, now would unparking it cause damage to my machine or improve performance?

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Have you noticed any performance differences? And it's perfectly normal for your CPU to go to 100% while playing game.

I actually couldn't underclock my 5 year old GPU to make it as slow as a next-gen console.

#pcmasterraceproblems

~Slick

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Have you noticed any performance differences? And it's perfectly normal for your CPU to go to 100% while playing game.

Yes i have noticed a performance difference, the problem is the strange frame rate stutter i have, not only in games but in videos as well.

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Hello, As of recent i have been having strange and sudden cpu usage spikes which is causing my computer to stutter horribly and drop frames in games and such. From what i know it can't be a virus for i very recently factory reset my computer. and have changed my nvidia settings to single display performance, and tested it on shadow of mordor. it jumps mid 30 to 100 then back. What could be the potential problem I used to run games like this just fine. Any and all help is appreciated and thank you. Oh and also it appears some of my cpu's are parked, now would unparking it cause damage to my machine or improve performance?

What are the specs of ur PC?

Current Rig:   CPU: AMD 1950X @4Ghz. Cooler: Enermax Liqtech TR4 360. Motherboard:Asus Zenith Extreme. RAM: 8GB Crucial DDR4 3666. GPU: Reference GTX 970  SSD: 250GB Samsung 970 EVO.  HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB. Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro. PSU: Corsair RM1000X. OS: Windows 10 Pro UEFI mode  (installed on SSD)

Peripherals:  Display: Acer XB272 1080p 240Hz G Sync Keyboard: Corsair K95 RGB Brown Mouse: Logitech G502 RGB Headhet: Roccat XTD 5.1 analogue

Daily Devices:Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact and 128GB iPad Pro

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What are the specs of ur PC?

CPU: i7 3770 8 core 3.4 ghz, GPU: ge force gtx 760, 8gb ram, Motherboard: AZrockz77 extreme. Actually investigating it further and after i made a couple of changes, i noticed something, skype is absolutely chugging my cpu for whatever reason and i believe it may be the source of my problems haha.

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