CPU Reaching 100% performance..why..?

[nashy02]

I've just built my first computer, but being a computer illiterate I didn't notice my CPU was reaching 100% on most games until someone pointed it out to me.
Any help please.. 

[MANIDY inc]

well it means you playing games that are hard on your cpu, its not like its a bad thing, its high temps that kill it not being at 100%

 

but look in task manager and close other things eating it up that you dont need open.

[Valkyrie Lenneth]

windows version ? if windows 7 make sure service pack 1 is installed to support haswell fully 

 

also it depends on the game, on bf1 and assasins creed it wouldnt suprise me,  make sure to check if windows isnt updating on the background also 

[Guest]

Can you name them? Did you oc your i5. It should not reaching 100% tbh. See if temps are fine. i5 might bottleneck some game but still is not to the point reaching full 100

[Valkyrie Lenneth]

3 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

Can you name them? Did you oc your i5. It should not reaching 100% tbh. See if temps are fine. i5 might bottleneck some game but still is not to the point reaching full 100

on a stock and oc 4.2ghz 4690k at bf1 100% is EASILY reached with a 1070gtx and on assasins creed series aswell tbh i5 is falling behind on gaming ( the newer ones only, fine on the rest )

[nashy02]

-That's the thing. The game was basically the only thing running. 
 

-Windows 10 

-World of Warcraft was the game that I noticed it on, with settings on High, temperatures seems to be fine. Using Coretemp is shows they're at 35-40. I don't OC because I'm not computer savvy and I wouldn't be able to do it. 

[Guest]

World of warcraft is a CPU intense title so I've heard because it's an MMO. 

[Valkyrie Lenneth]

6 minutes ago, nashy02 said:

-That's the thing. The game was basically the only thing running. 
 

-Windows 10 

-World of Warcraft was the game that I noticed it on, with settings on High, temperatures seems to be fine. Using Coretemp is shows they're at 35-40. I don't OC because I'm not computer savvy and I wouldn't be able to do it. 

any mmo can peak a cpu to 100% if ur standing in the middle of a city with hundreds of players,  black desert online pops an cpu to 100% with ease aswell (i5)

[HKZeroFive]

Why? There's a simple answer. Your CPU is the bottleneck.

 

Since it looks like you're doing 1080p 144Hz gaming, I wouldn't be surprised if the i5 4690K bottlenecks that GTX 1070 in several titles... even when overclocked.

[nashy02]

To try and lower it I went and stood in an open forest with no people in site, and still seemed like it was struggling. 
What caught me onto the fact that there may be an issue was because I was only getting 60-70 FPS with a 144hz Mon + 1070 GPU. I feel like I should be getting more.

But if its a natural occurrence and there isn't an issue I won't look into it anymore.

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, nashy02 said:

To try and lower it I went and stood in an open forest with no people in site, and still seemed like it was struggling. 
What caught me onto the fact that there may be an issue was because I was only getting 60-70 FPS with a 144hz Mon + 1070 GPU. I feel like I should be getting more.

But if its a natural occurrence and there isn't an issue I won't look into it anymore.

is your computer dusty? 

[ARikozuM]

3 minutes ago, nashy02 said:

To try and lower it I went and stood in an open forest with no people in site, and still seemed like it was struggling. 
What caught me onto the fact that there may be an issue was because I was only getting 60-70 FPS with a 144hz Mon + 1070 GPU. I feel like I should be getting more.

But if its a natural occurrence and there isn't an issue I won't look into it anymore.

World of Warcraft doesn't rely much on the GPU. Your CPU is what does most of the work. Raising the resolution will cause the GPU to work more for you.

 

Also, try some of the fixes on WoW's forums for the latest expansion. The issues have been addressed but it might help you out if there are any lingering files in use.

[nashy02]

3 minutes ago, fpo said:

is your computer dusty? 

Nah, I gave it a clean a few days ago. 

[ARikozuM]

8 minutes ago, HKZeroFive said:

Why? There's a simple answer. Your CPU is the bottleneck.

WoW is multi-core, not multi-threaded, but the CPU is the bottleneck.

[HKZeroFive]

Just now, ARikozuM said:

WoW is multi-core, not multi-threaded, but the CPU is the bottleneck.

I said the CPU is the bottleneck... I never said WoW was multi-threaded. I'm not some i7 fanatic.

[ARikozuM]

Just now, HKZeroFive said:

I said the CPU is the bottleneck... I never said WoW was multi-threaded.

 Yes, you did...

Just now, HKZeroFive said:

I'm not some i7 fanatic.

Yes, you are. Fun fact: digging through the WoW code reveals that up to 8 core usage was planned, but six is the limit. Good to know. For who? No idea.

[HKZeroFive]

1 minute ago, ARikozuM said:

 Yes, you did...

???

16 minutes ago, HKZeroFive said:

Why? There's a simple answer. Your CPU is the bottleneck.

Where have I said that WoW was multi-threaded? Stop taking words out of my mouth.

1 minute ago, ARikozuM said:

Yes, you are. Fun fact: digging through the WoW code reveals that up to 8 core usage was planned, but six is the limit. Good to know. For who? No idea.

Do you have some vendetta against me because this is getting ridiculous. I've said this before and I'll say it now - it's time to recognise that i5s aren't the 'best' you can get for gaming and that i7s can indeed have performance gains and benefits over them contrary to popular belief. Have I said that i5s are a bad choice? No.

[ARikozuM]

Just now, HKZeroFive said:

???

I said that "you did say "the CPU is a bottleneck"". I just wanted to share a bit of info about WoW that I found interesting.

[HKZeroFive]

1 minute ago, ARikozuM said:

I said that "you did say "the CPU is a bottleneck"". I just wanted to share a bit of info about WoW that I found interesting.

My apologies then.

 

I'm not an i7 fanatic though.

[ARikozuM]

Just now, HKZeroFive said:

My apologies then.

No problem, it's 1AM over here and I'm still waiting on the last client so I may not be fully coherent.