[SOLVED] GPU Utilisation Problem.

[thecloudminer123]

Hey,

Recently, I bought and built a new PC for gaming purposes. And to cut straight to the point, the GPUs Utilisation on games are a bit funny.

When I play Geometry Dash, a game with little demand on GPU power, my GPU is running at 95% to 100%. However, when I am playing GTA V, my GPU's utilisation doesn't even pass 5% on most occasions.

I don't really know what is going on because I feel like I am not getting the true capabilities for this GPU if it isn't running at least a little higher than it is now.

I know it isn't a CPU / GPU bottleneck because my CPU isn't running at 100% when I am playing the game (it runs at like 50%). I also know it isn't the temps either because they are generally quite consistance with the CPU temps running at around 45°C average, and my GPU running at around 55°C - 60°C average.

System Specs:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 1800X (8 Cores, 16 Threads @ 3.60 GHz)
GPU: ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
RAM: 16GB DDR4 @ 3000MHz
Motherboard: MSI X470 GAMING PLUS

Thanks for your assistance. If you need any additional information please ask!

TheCloudMiner.

 

[Dunlop0078]

5% usage in GTA V? Are you sure that's right? What are you using to monitor GPU usage? If that's correct GTA V would run terrible, likely single digit framerates. With vsync off you ideally want to see GPU usage near 100% in any game. To tell if you are CPU bottlenecked you need to look at individual core usage, looking at overall cpu usage wont tell you much.

 

[thecloudminer123]

5% usage in GTA V? Are you sure that's right? What are you using to monitor GPU usage? If that's correct GTA V would run terrible, likely single digit framerates. With vsync off you ideally want to see GPU usage near 100% in any game. To tell if you are CPU bottlenecked you need to look at individual core usage, looking at overall cpu usage wont tell you much.

I am using Task Manager and Resource Monitor to measure GPU and CPU Usage:
CPU:
Core 1 - Average ~ 50%
Core 2 - Average ~ 20%
Core 3 - Average ~ 45%
Core 4 - Average ~ 15%
Core 5 - Average ~ 60%
Core 6 - Average ~ 25%
Core 7 - Average ~ 55%
Core 8 - Average ~ 20%

GPU Utilisation at an average of: 15% - 20% now (idk what changed)
Average Frame Rate ~ 70 FPS on almost max settings (4X MSAA + FXAA + TXAA)

V-Sync is on because my monitor only has Freesync and the new G-Sync thing doesn't work well with my monitor if FPS gets any higher than 75 but FPS drops are still seen in the game (low around 50)

Thanks for your help.

 

[Traditore]

70FPS in GTA illustrates the best that your GPU is working at max because 70ish is about maximum what you get in GTAV with 1070. So it's just GPU utilization readings that are off

 

[thecloudminer123]

70FPS in GTA illustrates the best that your GPU is working at max because 70ish is about maximum what you get in GTAV with 1070. So it's just GPU utilization readings that are off

What would you recommend that I use other than task manager and resource monitor to measure my GPU utilisation because I would like to get some accurate readings.

 

[Traditore]

70FPS in GTA illustrates the best that your GPU is working at max because 70ish is about maximum what you get in GTAV with 1070. So it's just GPU utilization readings that are off

What would you recommend that I use other than task manager and resource monitor to measure my GPU utilisation because I would like to get some accurate readings.

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