CPU Usage 100%

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  1. P

    Question 100% cpu usage and 0% gpu usage whilst running a game, what is happening? Potential bottleneck?

    Whilst running a game my cpu is almost at 100% usage pretty much all the time whilst my gpu is being barely touched by the game itself. this is causing major stuttering and preventing me from enjoying the game to its fullest and im getting sick of it. Darktide is just an example, this problem...
  2. ReHack

    Question GTX 650 low usage specifically on Rainbow Six Siege

    Recently I've been getting very bad framerate and frametime on Rainbow Six Siege, and I believe it's because my GPU is being under utilized, on other games I play like genshin impact or tekken 7, my gpu is being fullly utilized, but somehow, it only has low usage on siege, and because of this my...
  3. Luki2137

    [SOLVED] Cpu usage 100% in task menager but 17% in intel app

    Hi, 1 week ago i built my pc. Everything is ok but i have about 70-100% cpu usage in task menager so my cooler work in higher RPM. I use NZXT cam and Intel XTU to check real cpu usage and it isnt higher than 20%. Please help. View: https://imgur.com/3e7AEbJ Intel i7-11700KF RTX 3060 Gaming...
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    Question Need help permanently removing explorer.exe (WR64.SYS) virus ?

    So everytime I open up my pc my CPU is running at 100% usage and it goes back down to just a few percent whenever I open up task manager (so a virus that hides itself is what that is surely). The process causing this is Explorer.exe and I've found that if I can go go to the details of that...
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    Question CPU USAGE SPIKES

    Hi Please help this computer is my pride and joy. I loaded up my pc this morning and it hasn't been right I cannot do anything on it. Only basic very small tasks like opening chrome even that lags sometimes. I cannot play any games. When I use the Xbox game bars feature where you can see all...
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    Question I5 10400 usage 100% ingame with low GPU usage (urgent)

    Hi, so I bought a brand new pc 2 days ago: I510400f Hikvision 16gb 2666hz cl16 (2 sticks) msi 6600xt 500gb nvme biostar h510 motherboard So yesterday everything was fine playing warzone at low setting 1080p. avrg fps 120 without stuttering or fps drops, GPU usage 95-100% and CPU 65-80%...
  7. Harshana_Leel

    [SOLVED] Google Chrome uses almost CPU load.

    This happened once after I install a game. It may be something with DirectX installation with the game.
  8. twodayxne

    Question Laptop is underperforming

    When playing games, my laptop perform way worse compared to other laptops with similar specifications. Hi, i have an Acer Aspire 3 1315-41 with Ryzen 3 2200U with Vega 3. Recently, i've been searching for games that i can run with some tweaks done so that i can play a slightly more demanding...
  9. Aysf212

    [SOLVED] cpu and gpu usage question

    is it normal for cpu2 to get up to 100% while playing fortnite because i am just testing out and my cpu 2 rose to 100% also i have been experiencing just laggy perforamnce my cpu is 1800x
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    [SOLVED] cpu usage limited to 30% while gaming

    hi every one ! so i just bought a lenovo IdeaPad L340-15IRH Gaming , whitch has an i5 9300hf 8gb ram gtx 1650 , so the over all performance is good but i just noticed one major problem whitch seems to be really odd, while gaming specialy on pubg or r6s, i get fps drops after like 20mins of...
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    Question BSOD and 100% CPU Usage after vacuum + new monitor install, completely lost

    i7 3770k GTX 980 8GB Ram MSI z77A-645 Motherboard 0x00000124 uncorrectable hardware failure I got a new monitor and decided to clean my built computer from 2015. Since then I’ve stopped gaming and haven’t maintained the computer how I used too. I already remembered vacuuming was a bad idea but...
  12. A

    Question Games crashing after bios update and changing CPU settings

    I've been having issues since yesterday where any game I try and play crashes. For RDR2, it will run for a minute, CPU usage will reach 100% and then freeze/crash. It will pop-up with ERR_GFX_STATE. The same happens in Assassins Creed Valhalla and Tomb Raider, with different errors. Cinebench...
  13. gustaskon

    [SOLVED] CPU usage at 100 percent on most games

    Hello, I really need help. My processor runs at 100 percent usage in most relatively new games I play, for example NFS Payback or Far Cry 5, as a result I experience stuttering, frame drops and low framerates. Most of the time, my GPU is running at 30-50 percent usage. I have no idea, what is...
  14. shoelacessturm

    [SOLVED] High CPU usage, insane fps drops

    Hi. So over the past few months of quarantine, I've been encountering numerous problems with my laptop (core i5 9300h, 8gb ddr4 2667 MHz, GTX 1050 4gb) and I've finally come to the conclusion that the root cause was the HDD. Long story short, I removed my Seagate 1tb SATA HDD with an m.2 512 GB...
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    Question Cpu usage 90% !

    So.i.bought a new.ssd which is teamgroup ssd 256 nvme m.2 , put windows.10 on.it and all good , i installed somegames on.it , i played ans.everything good , after while on desktop , pc suddenly work slow , i opened task manager , i.noticed 90 95% cpu usage , antimalware service executable taking...
  16. S

    [SOLVED] My CPU usage is spiking up and my GPU usage is sitting low in COD Warzone

    Hello I tried looking for threads that match my problem here ive came across close ones but nothing identical a few days ago i upgraded to an RTX 2060 SUPER and everything was flawless except for call of duty warzone it ocassionally kept crashing mid game and ive decided to track my cpu / gpu...
  17. M

    Question 100% CPU Usage idle with high end processor

    Specs first: i7 9700K @ 5.2 GHz MSI MPG Z390 Pro Carbon 16GB DDR4 2400MHz GTX 1080 SSD and HDD with 240GB and 2TB respectively. Task manager screenshot: View: https://imgur.com/a/cwDKnZq Hi there. In the past week or so my PC has developed the problem of having 100% CPU usage constantly...
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    Question High cpu usage before and after changing cpu

    My old cpu(i7 6700k)recently started rising to 100% usage while streaming and playing games and even sometimes while playing games especially in modern warfare and even games like fortnite. So i decided to finally upgrade to a 9700k but I’m still getting the same problem even with a completely...
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    Question CPU usage 100% with Intel Core i5 (6th Gen) 6500 / 3.2 GHz and GTX 1070

    Hi guys, I've been searching loads of different post on my problem, but still no solution has been the right one :-(... I have a Ideacentre AIO y910-27ish with quite good specs! But i've been experiencing a really bad gaming experience with it! As I can see my CPU are constantly running on...
  20. Zzzyonix

    [SOLVED] Cpu running 100% with nothing running. Help

    I was just messing around the voltages to get lower temperatures with stability and I found a stable voltage. But then, my cpu usage went 100% on the home screen running nothing. Did changing the voltage affect this? Hardware Specs: Cpu: Ryzen 2200g OC - 3.90Ghz - 1.3125V Gpu: Vega 8 OC -...
  21. Hello man

    [SOLVED] High System Interrupts on New System

    I know EVERYONE asks "wait, what is this process, how come I'm idling with high CPU usage?!" but I have exhausted all internet solutions I can find here, and I work in IT. My server at home is an old Lenovo E32 with an i5 4590S, 12GB of DDR3 1600, an EVGA 500W G3 PSU, a GTX 1060 and a decent...
  22. T

    Question CPU Usage 100% on brand new gaming PC

    Hello guys. My cousin recently bought a brand new gaming PC (The build is below). He bought it from an eshop with the newest windows 10 version installed and when he got the pc he just installed a couple of games and some programs like discord or steam.. After that he opened fortnite and...
  23. P

    Question Why my CPU usage is at 100% while I'm playing Rainbow Six Siege?

    Hello everyone. I've been playing siege since 2017 and I really love the game, but the last 7-8 months my game has poor fps and that is because my cpu is at 100% all the time. My gpu is the gtx 1070 and cpu is fx 9370. When I bought the game that wasn't the case though, I was playing with 100+...
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    Question High CPU Usage

    G'day All! Hoping someone can help me clarify something. When playing Battlefield V on high settings at 3440x1440 resolution (100hz) I use the setting future frame rendering and the games performance drastically increases in smoothness and FPS. However when I turn this setting off I get a...
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    Question Got a New Network Card but now CPU is 100%

    Hey. So my family decided to get Gigabyte speed services and I reluctantly agreed to get a network card since it seems like the previous model could 'only handle' >100 mbps (they like 'uniformity' and i'm already a black sheep for using Windows still and not Macs). But upon using Adobe or...
  26. Ugz

    Question i7 4790k 100% usage

    Whenever i am gaming, watching youtube videos or watching netflix i have been getting spikes on my cpu. Usually i would have about 40% usage while gaming however since the past few weeks its been rising to 80/90/100 which causes the program i am using (Gaming,Discord,Youtube,Netflix) to freeze...
  27. Vishal_7

    [SOLVED] 100% CPU usage after recent Windows 10 updates Ryzen 3 2200G

    I do not know what has caused this issue but my processor constantly is running at 100% cpu usage even though nothing is running the background. I have following specs: CPU: RYZEN 3 2200G [3.725Ghz/ 1.330 VOLTAGE] GPU: INTEGRATED VEGA GPU [ 1320MHz ] with 1.22V RAM: CORSAIR 8GBX2 SINGLE RANK...
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    Question CPU usage at 100%, drops when task manager opened

    Hi everyone! My CPU usage is at 100% and when I open the task manager it near instantly drops to around 10-15%. I''ve had this for a while now, actually. It was just today when I decided to check it out online and found out multiple posts saying it's some kind of virus. one of the posts said...
  29. flatland3r

    [SOLVED] My CPU is under 100% under load

    As the tittle suggests my CPU is under load. The temperature seems to be around 50-70C yet the CPU itself is 100% is this harmful for my device? Keep in mind it's only under stressful games such as R6 or Metro Exodus. Thank you PC Specs ● Intel - Core i5-7600K 4.0GHz OC Quad-Core Processor ●...
  30. K

    Question High Cpu Usuage When playing older graphic game

    95%100% cpu usuage. here is my setup here is graphics:
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    Question 100% CPU Usage while playing games

    One day, I started experiencing crashing while playing games. I didn't know why it was happening so I started doing some tests. I opened up task manager and saw that I was using 100% of my CPU. I never noticed that this was happening previously but it seemed wrong. I asked my friends what their...
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    Question Windows Logon GUI Application high cpu usage

    I noticed that my pc was getting slow and when I checked task manager i see this process "Windows Logon GUI Application" eating my cpu usage and disappearing after few seconds when i check task manager. Any help would be greatly appreciated. task manager picture: View...
  33. Impala640

    Question Reinstalling windows 7

    Hi, I recently built a computer and it has been slow lately so I plan on reinstalling windows 7. I did a check to make sure it was not a corrupt drive which it isn’t. So I tried to download a windows 7 iso but since I have slow internet it would take 12 hours to download, so I looked on my...