[SOLVED] GTX 1060 6gb running at 100%

[ssal]

I am into MS Flight Simulator and the GPU is at 100% most of the time and its temp is at 72C. I know that the temp is OK at that level. But how about the 100%? Does it mean it is maxing out? How does it affect the display?

So far the graphic on the screen seems clear and smooth.

Anything I should be concerned about?

 

[Newtonius]

That's normal. If anything that's a good sign, it means the game is using every little bit of GPU performance it can get. It's when you see a game that has sub 70% utilization and is getting low frame rates that's the issue. That would mean the game isn't optimized to utilize as much of the GPU as it can before offloading the work onto the CPU.

That 100% doesn't mean it's all going to the game, windows also contributes to that overall percentage a little by pre-allocating required VRAM and GPU resources in order to operate effectively at the desktop or other various software running in the background.

 

[Zerk2012]

That 100% doesn't mean it's all going to the game, windows also contributes to that overall percentage a little by pre-allocating required VRAM and GPU resources in order to operate effectively at the desktop or other various software running in the background.

That is not really correct mine shows 0% with windows and this site open.

EDIT using 2 X 1440p monitors.

 

[Zerk2012]

I am into MS Flight Simulator and the GPU is at 100% most of the time and its temp is at 72C. I know that the temp is OK at that level. But how about the 100%? Does it mean it is maxing out? How does it affect the display?

So far the graphic on the screen seems clear and smooth.

Anything I should be concerned about?

That game is very demanding on the video card @ 1080p you would probably have 100% usage with a 3060 ti.
Maxing the video card out yes, but their really nothing you can do about that but turn the settings down but as long as it's smooth their no problems the cards are made to run full blast, good temps = no problems.

 

[Jmusic88]

As mentioned above. Anything closer to 100% of GPU utilization is good. You want your GPU to be at full utilization. If it's not, you get pretty much 2 scenarios: 1. Game isn't demanding enough or 2. Cpu is bottlenecking GPU.

 

[Newtonius]

That is not really correct mine shows 0% with windows and this site open.

EDIT using 2 X 1440p monitors.

I said, " or other various software running in the background ". My lower end system uses 2-3% while this page is open, so everyone's experience varies. I should've specified however that this does very little to hinder performance anyway during gaming but it's still important to mention.

 

[Zerk2012]

I said, " or other various software running in the background ". My lower end system uses 2-3% while this page is open, so everyone's experience varies. I should've specified however that this does very little to hinder performance anyway during gaming but it's still important to mention.

It's 0 so not worth talking about!

EIDT if it's in the back ground than it's not being displayed. Like I said dual 1440p monitors using 0% of my card!

If your talking about this PC of yours
Home Server:
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Gigabyte B450 Aorus M
GT 710
Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (16x2) 3200MHz CL16 DDR4
WD Blue 500GB 2.5" SSD
3ware LSI-9750-8i SAS RAID controller

• 4x WD Red 4TB 7200 RPM (RAID 5)
• 4x WD Black 1TB 7200 RPM (RAID 5)

I can see it using 3% or so since the 710 is just a display card and worth nothing else!

1500% difference.
https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-1060-6GB-vs-Nvidia-GeForce-GT-710/3639vsm77649

 

[Jmusic88]

It's 0 so not worth talking about!

EIDT if it's in the back ground than it's not being displayed. Like I said dual 1440p monitors using 0% of my card!

If your talking about this PC of yours
Home Server:
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Gigabyte B450 Aorus M
GT 710
Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (16x2) 3200MHz CL16 DDR4
WD Blue 500GB 2.5" SSD
3ware LSI-9750-8i SAS RAID controller

• 4x WD Red 4TB 7200 RPM (RAID 5)
• 4x WD Black 1TB 7200 RPM (RAID 5)

I can see it using 3% or so since the 710 is just a display card and worth nothing else!

I don't really understand how your GPU usage is at 0%.. Mine is 2-3% on this tab right now. Moving between tabs, opening different folders windows, etc it jumps to 10-15% but goes back down to 2-3%. I'm using RTX 3080, 2 monitors (1440p + 1080).

Either way who cares? the whole point of this thread is whether the GPU should be at 100% during loads (i.e gaming). We all agreed it should be as closer to it as possible, so not sure why there is a side discussion on whether it should be 0% or 2-5% during windows use.

 

[Zerk2012]

I don't really understand how your GPU usage is at 0%.. Mine is 2-3% on this tab right now. Moving between tabs, opening windows, etc it jumps to 10-15% but goes back down to 2-3%. I'm using RTX 3080, 2 monitors (1440p + 1080).

Either way who cares? the whole point of this thread is whether the GPU should be at 100% during loads (i.e gaming). We all agreed it should be as closer to it as possible, so not sure why there is a side discussion on whether it should be 0% or 2-5% during windows use.

You gave incorrect information on the usage not running a game and I called you out on it.

EDIT 1070 card dual 1440p monitors and it stays at 0%, you say it jumps to 15% opening windows, when you boot the PC windows is already open.

 

[Jmusic88]

You gave incorrect information on the usage not running a game and I called you out on it.

Firstly, "you" as not me and the other guy you mean.

And second of all he didn't. I don't understand how yours is running at 0%, assuming you only have one graphics card and not an integrated graphics in your chip that splits usage.

Open up task manager and look at your performance. I want you to open up chrome close it, open up windows media player close it. Open up a few things, use it normal. You are telling me it's 0% from all of those tasks?

 

[Zerk2012]

Firstly, "you" as not me and the other guy you mean.

And second of all he didn't. I don't understand how yours is running at 0%, assuming you only have one graphics card and not an integrated graphics in your chip that splits usage.

Open up task manager and look at your performance. I want you to open up chrome close it, open up windows media player close it. Open up a few things, use it normal. You are telling me it's 0% from all of those tasks?

Not to be harsh but that is not even worthy of a response.

And second of all he didn't. I don't understand how yours is running at 0%, assuming you only have one graphics card and not an integrated graphics in your chip that splits usage.

^^^^^^ Really your running a monitor from your built in graphics connected to the motherboard and another monitor hooked to your video card?

 

[Jmusic88]

Not to be harsh but that is not even worthy of a response.

Not to be harsh but you obviously don't understand gpu usage in Windows. So don't bother.

 

[Jmusic88]

Not to be harsh but that is not even worthy of a response.

And second of all he didn't. I don't understand how yours is running at 0%, assuming you only have one graphics card and not an integrated graphics in your chip that splits usage.

^^^^^^ Really your running a monitor from your built in graphics connected to the motherboard and another monitor hooked to your video card?

I never said that.....? I have a ryzen 5800x, no integrated graphics... This is starting to be ridiculous. Have a good night sir.

 

[ssal]

That's normal. If anything that's a good sign, it means the game is using every little bit of GPU performance it can get. It's when you see a game that has sub 70% utilization and is getting low frame rates that's the issue. That would mean the game isn't optimized to utilize as much of the GPU as it can before offloading the work onto the CPU.

That 100% doesn't mean it's all going to the game, windows also contributes to that overall percentage a little by pre-allocating required VRAM and GPU resources in order to operate effectively at the desktop or other various software running in the background.

How do you know what fps the game is playing at?

 

[Newtonius]

How do you know what fps the game is playing at?

Normally if the game doesn't have a setting to allow in-game statistics there are third-party software you can use to show your FPS and GPU usage.

MSI afterburner + rivertuner is a popular choice, simply donwload install and setup in-game overlay. I recommend you watch how-to videos on youtube as the process isn't exactly straight forward.

Or if you're on steam you can enable the FPS counter in the settings menu.