Question cpu and gpu usage at 50% in rust

[quintenw204]

when i play rust no matter what the settings the cpu and gpu usage stays at around 50 % and i get between 40 and 70 fps avering around 55
how can i fix this?
all other games work fine
my rig is
rtx 2060 ventus stock
ryzen 5 2600x stock
2x8gb ddr4 g skill aegis ram

 

[NightHawkRMX]

Since games may not utilize all 12 threads of your CPU, your Ryzen 5 2600x CPU may be theoretically maxed out with just 1 core maxed out, but it won't appear maxed out.

What are the utilization of each individual CPU core?

 

[quintenw204]

Since games may not utilize all 12 threads of your CPU, your Ryzen 5 2600x CPU may be theoretically maxed out with just 1 core maxed out, but it won't appear maxed out.

What are the utilization of each individual CPU core?

they are all between 40 and 60 %