CPU usage at 70% when playing games

[Jacklando]

Is it bad when my cpu usage is at 70% when playing games?

Specs are:

FX6300

8gb ram

6gb gtx 1060

i think thats all you need to decode the problem lol (I was playing h1z1)

[tomoki]

As long as you're not overheating you're fine.

[Analog]

It depends what you're playing, but yes, mind you that FX6300 isn't all that powerful so it has to run harder in heavily CPU bound games. 

[SpaceGhostC2C]

No, it just means finally game developers are coding for more than one core

Just check task manager: if you have something else running in the background besides the game, you may want to get rid of it or wait till it finished. But if the game itself is using 70%... well, great, that means that you didn't go overkill with the CPU (unless there's something else you do with your PC).

[malon]

you still have 30% more to fill so no, not realy

[Jacklando]

1 minute ago, Analog said:

It depends what you're playing, but yes, mind you that FX6300 isn't all that powerful so it has to run harder in heavily CPU bound games. 

It is at 75 degrees Celsius, is that overheating?

[Analog]

If it is a FX 6300, yes, that can be considered overheating, these CPUs are comfortable around the 60-65C mark and aren't really supposed to exceed that. There are a couple of things you can check in order to see if that number is actually true. First, what software are you using to check the CPU temps? I recommend AMD Overdrive, in my experience it gives the most correct readings for AMD CPUs (Look at the package readout, not the one of individual cores). Secondly, if you determine that your CPU is indeed running at 75C, you can try to increase airflow in your case, idk what case you have, but maybe work on cable management. Next, if that doesn't help, there are two ways to go next, either you buy an aftermarket cooler, assuming you are using the stock one, or set a manual voltage in the BIOS. If you have overclocked that is a must, as simply pushing the multiplier and leaving voltage at AUTO, does not mean that the processor is running stock voltage, but rather it is managed by the board itself, and boards have the tendency to add too much voltage.

[Jacklando]

7 minutes ago, SpaceGhostC2C said:

No, it just means finally game developers are coding for more than one core

Just check task manager: if you have something else running in the background besides the game, you may want to get rid of it or wait till it finished. But if the game itself is using 70%... well, great, that means that you didn't go overkill with the CPU (unless there's something else you do with your PC).

Okay, thanks its a stock coolor, ill fix it

[asdf2061]

16 minutes ago, Jacklando said:

Okay, thanks its a stock coolor, ill fix it

I would just get a Hyper 212 Evo just to be safe.

[Enderman]

26 minutes ago, malon said:

you still have 30% more to fill so no, not realy

That's not how it works. A CPU does not need to be at 100% to be a bottleneck.

He would probably be getting like twice as much fps if he was using an i5 or i7.

[SpaceGhostC2C]

9 minutes ago, Enderman said:

That's not how it works. A CPU does not need to be at 100% to be a bottleneck.

He would probably be getting like twice as much fps if he was using an i5 or i7.

I don't think that's the question here. He's asking whether having 70% is a problem. It is not.

A game running on a single, maxed out thread will report 17% usage on the FX-6300, and 25% usage in the i5. The i5 would deliver better performance, but that's irrelevant: what matters is that having 70% instead of 17% is not a problem, just like having 75% instead of 25% in the i5 is not a problem.

[Enderman]

5 minutes ago, SpaceGhostC2C said:

I don't think that's the question here. He's asking whether having 70% is a problem. It is not.

A game running on a single, maxed out thread will report 17% usage on the FX-6300, and 25% usage in the i5. The i5 would deliver better performance, but that's irrelevant: what matters is that having 70% instead of 17% is not a problem, just like having 75% instead of 25% in the i5 is not a problem.

The problem is that his CPU is a bottleneck and he is getting much worse performance than he could be getting.

70% is irrelevant. The 6300 is a weak CPU and needs to be upgraded.

[SpaceGhostC2C]

3 minutes ago, Enderman said:

The problem is that his CPU is a bottleneck and he is getting much worse performance than he could be getting.

70% is irrelevant. The 6300 is a weak CPU and needs to be upgraded.

Can't you read a title? Can't you read the question?
OP came and asked whether 70% usage is bad. So 70% is the only thing relevant here.

No "bottleneck" question. You want to discuss a different topic, feel free to open your own thread.

 

 

No comments on the impersonal "needs to be upgraded". Maybe they should pass a law about it 

[Enderman]

6 minutes ago, SpaceGhostC2C said:

OP came and asked whether 70% usage is bad. So 70% is the only thing relevant here.

70% is bad because it indicates a bottleneck.

[SpaceGhostC2C]

Just now, Enderman said:

70% is bad because it indicates a bottleneck.

I just explained to you why it doesn't. A so-called bottleneck could happen with 17% usage, if the game uses one core, and that core is maxed out and choking.

An i5 could run a game on 3 cores, show 75% usage, and not hold the GPU back.

 

70% usage doesn't indicate anything.

 

 

You are just holding to anything to use as an excuse to bash the CPU, instead of helping OP. Hateboys gonna hate, I guess.

[Enderman]

1 minute ago, SpaceGhostC2C said:

I just explained to you why it doesn't. A so-called bottleneck could happen with 17% usage, if the game uses one core, and that core is maxed out and choking.

An i5 could run a game on 3 cores, show 75% usage, and not hold the GPU back.

 

70% usage doesn't indicate anything.

 

 

You are just holding to anything to use as an excuse to bash the CPU, instead of helping OP. Hateboys gonna hate, I guess.

Oh, look, a CPU using 6 cores at less than 70% that's a bottleneck.

You clearly have no idea how bottlenecks work.

 

A CPU does not need to be at 100% to bottleneck.

A CPU CORE does not need to be at 100% to bottleneck.

Please go do some research on how CPUs work and why AMD cores are a bottleneck.

[SpaceGhostC2C]

Just now, Enderman said:

Oh, look, a CPU using 6 cores at less than 70% that's a bottleneck.

(...)

You clearly have no idea how bottlenecks work.

 

A CPU does not need to be at 100% to bottleneck.

A CPU CORE does not need to be at 100% to bottleneck.

Please go do some research on how CPUs work and why AMD cores are a bottleneck.

I just said that CPU can "bottleneck" even at 17%. Of course it doesn't need to be at 100%. Of course seeing 70% doesn't mean anything.

 

Go home, Enderman, you're drunk.

[Jacklando]

34 minutes ago, Enderman said:

The 6300 is a weak CPU and needs to be upgraded.

pay for an i7 for me then bb, not everyone can afford new expensive equipment 

[Enderman]

2 minutes ago, Jacklando said:

pay for an i7 for me then bb, not everyone can afford new expensive equipment 

Buy a used i5/i7 for about $150, that will be a huge improvement.

You also need a motherboard though which is about $100  depending where you live.

You can make part of the money back by selling the 6300+mobo on a site like craigslist.

[Taja]

Again the CPU police is on the house, ignoring the post itself and instead talking about amd CPUs.

 

About the 70% usage, it is not a problem really. If it was using that on idle or light usage,it would be strange and problematic.

[Jacklando]

14 minutes ago, Enderman said:

Oh, look, a CPU using 6 cores at less than 70% that's a bottleneck.

You clearly have no idea how bottlenecks work.

 

A CPU does not need to be at 100% to bottleneck.

A CPU CORE does not need to be at 100% to bottleneck.

Please go do some research on how CPUs work and why AMD cores are a bottleneck.

 

12 minutes ago, SpaceGhostC2C said:

I just said that CPU can "bottleneck" even at 17%. Of course it doesn't need to be at 100%. Of course seeing 70% doesn't mean anything.

 

Go home, Enderman, you're drunk.

honestly im so confused rn lol

I know its a bottleneck ($100 cheap processor with a decent video card) And I know I could be getting a better FPS, but honestly I have an AMD processor because I cannot afford the enthusiast and fancy new processors, sure I could be getting 10 extra fps but honestly I dont care enough and dont have the money. Thanks for answering the question though about the reasons for the overheating and 70% of cpu usage! Real help! Got the temperature down to 55 C and the percentage is at around 20% now

[Jacklando]

1 minute ago, Enderman said:

Buy a used i5/i7 for about $150, that will be a huge improvement.

You also need a motherboard though which is about $100  depending where you live.

You can make part of the money back by selling the 6300+mobo on a site like craigslist.

Also tbh i probably wont many any back lol, I have a $50 gigabyte motherboard (entry level) and that entry level processor. I was under a tight budget on this build. I started with a gtx 950 and just upgraded it. I'll keep that in mind though, thanks

[Enderman]

3 minutes ago, Jacklando said:

Also tbh i probably wont many any back lol, I have a $50 gigabyte motherboard (entry level) and that entry level processor. I was under a tight budget on this build. I started with a gtx 950 and just upgraded it. I'll keep that in mind though, thanks

Well the right choice would have been to upgrade your CPU+mobo before buying an expensive 1060, but whatever, it's already done.

Just save up now and try to upgrade your CPU+mobo in the future so you don't waste your GPU's performance

[Jacklando]

Just now, Enderman said:

Well the right choice would have been to upgrade your CPU+mobo before buying an expensive 1060, but whatever, it's already done.

Just save up now and try to upgrade your CPU+mobo in the future so you don't waste waste your GPU's performance

Yea, that probably would have been smart, but oh well, still a large fps upgrade.

[OnionRings]

Not sure if this will help you or not OP but try turning up your settings on your game as high as they can go (to a comfortable frame rate that is) sometimes that can force the GPU to do more work and take work off the CPU, this only ever happened to me once before in GTAV, when my settings were low and my frame rate was 80-100 my GPU relaxed but then my CPU was kicking up to 100% causing issues. Ramped up my settings and it lowered.