CPU Usage goes down when playing games.

[KaasKnabbels]

Okay, so here is the deal... When Im doing nothing, just surfing on the web and watching video's I get this amount of CPU usage with a high amount of GHz... Its set on 2,80GHz: http://gyazo.com/c8354837ab7b352522b1b5280223e228

When I am playing a game in fullscreen, the usage drops down to 1,95GHz. I can't provide a screenshot of this because when I alt+tab out of the game, the usage immediatly shoots up to 2.80GHz... When I'm playing the game in windowed borderless I get less FPS but the usage stays at a normal 2.80GHz.

I dont know if this has anything to do with the temperature of the CPU, but if that is the case, is it recommended to turn the option off so it doesn't do that anymore?

I feel like this is taking away alot of needed frames per second in some games...

My CPU is the Intel Core i7-4510u 2,00GHz(2,60 to 3,10GHz boost)

 

[AleksaSavic3]

Is some kind of power saving technology turned on? Are temperatures normal?

 

[Crashmaster]

your cpu is a u which stands for ultra low power consumption. Every time it gets used, the automatic power saving sets in and lowers the consumption. It's maximum consumption is 35W but it usually never goes above 25.

 

[Crashmaster]

also only one thread goes into turbo (2.6-3.1), the rest stay at 2.0 default and the turbo thread is only active in single thread applications. For multithreading applications all cores are set to 2 Ghz in order to be balanced.

 

[KaasKnabbels]

Is some kind of power saving technology turned on? Are temperatures normal?

I have turned off any power saving option I could find and put it in high performace...

Temperatures when I'm not gaming are 40-50C°
When I am gaming temperatures increase to 60-70C°