CPU Usage only at 24% under Load!!! PLEASE HELP!

[mrconmasterx7]

So heres what happened. I need to RMA a Graphics Card, so i took it out of my PC and while i was doing that, i reapplied thermal paste on my CPU because i thought i might as well do it at that time. So i did and got everything running. So today, i wanted to see what the Temps would be if CPU would be at 90-100% usage. I installed Prime95 and did some testing, when i pulled up task manager, it said it went from like 5% to 24%. so i tried again, same thing. And the Temps didnt even really go up or down. So i installed Intel Burn Test, SAME THING! It only goes up to 24% at 700Mhz. Whats wrong? How can i fix this? Is this maybe why my games were running low and it wasnt my GPU?!?! Is there a way to see if my CPU is failing? PLEASE HELP!!! (I5 4590 3.3Ghz Quad Core) Thanks

[RichieXtheXboss]

try running cinabench it is the only one i know of at actually uses 100%

[lordjaraxxus64]

Your cpu performs like that when not under intense work like video rendering and gaming. Right now with only chrome and skype open my cpu is running at 20-30%. You should be concerned if your cpu was more than that

[lordjaraxxus64]

Wait no you were running a test sorry I'm an idiot

[afyeung]

This happened with my AMD CPU. Might be your motherboard

[dan theman]

Try going into the control Panel and then power options and turn the setting to high performance that will stop the cpu from under clocking itself  hope that fixes it.