CPU Hitting 99-100 while gaming

[rockla]

i5 4690 and GTX 970 the ambient temp is 24C and CPU hits 70 when loaded and while playing games like AC Unity , Witcher 3 it hits 99-100% quite frequently should i be worried about ?

[Goodman2265]

its normal

[the jolly roger]

do you have the stock cooler?

 

try reapplying thermal paste, and also do you have adequate airflow?

 

 

 

derp i realized its at 100% load not 100c temperature

[The_Stig]

its normal

What? Hitting 100c with a i5 while gaming is not normal. In fact, its far from normal. OP, check your cooler's thermal paste and if that doesn't fix it, you may have a faulty sensor.

 

if its load, then everything is fine

[AMDisTheBEST]

70c is a bit high. AMD CPU's  max safe temperature is 63 C. I assumed intel CPU's are around that range also. Perhaps you should consider getting an aftermarket cooler. My cpu is an eight core fx 8320. In all my games, the highest load i have seen was like 60% when I was playing GTAV with every setting crank up to max

[Swndlr]

its normal

EDIT: FUCK IT SAID PERCENT USAGE NOT TEMP

AM SORRY VERY SORRY <3

[Cream pie filled car]

What? Hitting 100c with a i5 while gaming is not normal. In fact, its far from normal. OP, check your cooler's thermal paste and if that doesn't fix it, you may have a faulty sensor.

OP is talking about his utilisation not temps. His temps are fine

[Monarch]

I haven't played AC Unity but it's a CPU heavy game so I guess it's normal. In The Witcher 3 if you get 100% usage in cities and villages that's fine. You shouldn't see as high CPU usage in other areas though.

[Enderman]

70c is a bit high. AMD CPU's  max safe temperature is 63 C. I assumed intel CPU's are around that range also. Perhaps you should consider getting an aftermarket cooler. My cpu is an eight core fx 8320. In all my games, the highest load i have seen was like 60% when I was playing GTAV with every setting crank up to max

intel has a TJmax of 105C

it is not recommended to run them for extended periods of time above 85C

 

70C is very safe

[AMDisTheBEST]

I haven't played AC Unity but it's a CPU heavy game so I guess it's normal. In The Witcher 3 if you get 100% usage in cities and villages that's fine. You shouldn't see as high CPU usage in other areas though.

Really? My cpu usage is 45-60% when playing withcer 3 on max setting

[Monarch]

Really? My cpu usage is 45-60% when playing withcer 3 on max setting

 

Go to Novigrad and you'll hit ~100% on all cores. Unless your GPU is the bottleneck.

[AMDisTheBEST]

Go to Novigrad and you'll hit ~100% on all cores. Unless your GPU is the bottleneck.

My GPU hits 100% easily on witcher 3 and GTA V. My CPU never seems to on any of my games though. I check out youtube videos review and benchmark. It seems like 8 core FX never approaches 100% on their tests as well. 

[rockla]

Yeah i have seen some people not even hitting 60% with AC unity