CPU usage maxing out

[Mirlorn]

I mostly use my PC to play Rust on Steam. I run 2 monitors and usually have something open on the other one like a webpage, discord, Excel spreadsheet or all of those. It never used to be an issue, but lately my CPU has been sitting right around 65-70% just sitting still in game and if I open something on the other monitor it often climbs to 100% usage. I did recently upgrade my RAM(https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B006507Q88/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1) and I'm not sure if I have a power issue, or if it's time to upgrade that CPU which probably also means a new motherboard. Here is my current build: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/4zJKLD. Any advise is greatly appreciated.

[R3ep3r]

1 minute ago, Mirlorn said:

I mostly use my PC to play Rust on Steam. I run 2 monitors and usually have something open on the other one like a webpage, discord, Excel spreadsheet or all of those. It never used to be an issue, but lately my CPU has been sitting right around 65-70% just sitting still in game and if I open something on the other monitor it often climbs to 100% usage. I did recently upgrade my RAM and I'm not sure if I have a power issue, or if it's time to upgrade that CPU which probably also means a new motherboard. Here is my current build: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/9KV6CJ. Any advise is greatly appreciated.

First of all go in the task manager and look for weird named apps that use most of your CPU power or other apps that do what I said a few words before. 

It might be a virus or a faulty application that uses most of your CPU.

Hopefully it's just a faulty app. It can be reinstalled.

If there's a virus in your PC you must remove it ASAP.

[Mirlorn]

2 minutes ago, R3ep3r said:

First of all go in the task manager and look for weird named apps that use most of your CPU power or other apps that do what I said a few words before. 

It might be a virus or a faulty application that uses most of your CPU.

Hopefully it's just a faulty app. It can be reinstalled.

If there's a virus in your PC you must remove it ASAP.

Thanks for the quick reply. The game itself is using 60%+ and the next closest usage is 1.5%. Nothing crazy sticks out as far as applications.

[R3ep3r]

Just now, Mirlorn said:

Thanks for the quick reply. The game itself is using 60%+ and the next closest usage is 1.5%. Nothing crazy sticks out as far as applications.

Then the game is the problem.

[Mirlorn]

Just now, R3ep3r said:

Then the game is the problem.

Okay, so assuming I want to continue playing it, what changes do I need to make to my PC to handle it?

[R3ep3r]

Just now, Mirlorn said:

Okay, so assuming I want to continue playing it, what changes do I need to make to my PC to handle it?

What are your specs on your PC?

[Mirlorn]

Just now, R3ep3r said:

What are your specs on your PC?

I posted my build. What exactly are you asking for?

[R3ep3r]

2 minutes ago, Mirlorn said:

I posted my build. What exactly are you asking for?

I'll be checking it right now. Sorry, I didn't see that.

LE: What resolution are you playing on and how are the graphics settings?

[Mirlorn]

1 hour ago, R3ep3r said:

I'll be checking it right now. Sorry, I didn't see that.

LE: What resolution are you playing on and how are the graphics settings?

I'm playing at 1080 with pretty much maxed out graphics settings, but this build should be able to handle that. I used the GeForce Experience "optimized" settings.

I just did an experiment and changed to the lowest settings. It had 0 impact on CPU usage. Still idling at around 60% usage.

[R3ep3r]

9 hours ago, Mirlorn said:

I'm playing at 1080 with pretty much maxed out graphics settings, but this build should be able to handle that. I used the GeForce Experience "optimized" settings.

I just did an experiment and changed to the lowest settings. It had 0 impact on CPU usage. Still idling at around 60% usage.

You should consider reinstalling the game since last night before falling asleep I tried to play it and on maximum settings it was frame dropping maybe because I am running on an old WD Black and the textures were loading pretty low and maybe my PC is not that good.