High CPU Usage Issue

[truoc]

Hi everyone I really hope you can help me in fixing what I see as a problem of high CPU usage in games. My specs are as follows:

OS: Windows 10 Pro
CPU: Intel Core i5-4590
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme 4
Memory: G.SKILL Ares Series DDR3 16GB (2 x 8GB) @2133
Hard Drive(s): Samsung 840 EVO 250GB SSD, Crucial MX100 128GB SSD, Samsung Spinpoint 1TB
Graphics Card: XFX Radeon R9 290
Power Supply: SeaSonic G-750 750W
Monitor(s): 3x BenQ RL2455HM

I'm not exactly sure how long this has been going on, but I opened up Task Manager the other day to look at something while playing CS:GO and noticed my CPU usage was at 60%. I have asked a friend of mine to compare his CPU usage (he has exact same CPU) to mine and his is about 50% less than mine. In Tom Clancy's: The Division my CPU will sit at 70% and jump to 80-90% at times. I don't have any performance issues in the games I run it just concerns me that my CPU is so high in games. Is this normal behavior for an i5? It just seems a little high to me. I have the latest AMD drivers for the GPU and just updated the BIOS a couple of days ago (can't really say if the issue was before or not). I have attached a screenshot of HWMonitor while I was playing CS:GO to better show CPU usage, voltages, etc. If anyone has any recommendations I am more than happy to explore them. Thanks!

 

[davidarad02]

check in the task manager for any other CPU heavy programs that might run in the backround, and check for viruses that might suck up all of your CPU power.

 

[truoc]

check in the task manager for any other CPU heavy programs that might run in the backround, and check for viruses that might suck up all of your CPU power.

Thanks for your reply! I have looked in Task Manager and the only other thing with CPU usage is System Idle Process. I will have to do a virus check, but a quick scan of Windows Defender reveals nothing. In the past I have used other AV and security programs such as Norton, Kaspersky, Webroot and Malwarebytes and the only program that would throw up anything was Malwarebytes blocking a website or two. Currently though I only run the default AV in Windows 10 which is Windows Defender.