High percentage use in task manager

[Josiah c-e]

So recently i have noticed significant fps drops in many games and was wondering if this was dude to unwant programs taking up cpu/disk usage etc. My fps in all my games was smooth until recently and i have no idea why. Here are some screenshots of task manager :
https://gyazo.com/503aaa5a2edd0a1301d557bc79bf0442
https://gyazo.com/8e759bbb73465e6aef0e88f024ea78bb
https://gyazo.com/6617117f95d58f2a07eca1074662df88
These show the highest usage of each section and was wondering if this is normal. Any help appreciated
Thanks

 

[ItssssMatty]

how much fps drop are we talking here?

 

[Josiah c-e]

i used to get a solid 150fps on the settings i played and now the games are really choppy

 

[ItssssMatty]

what games are you seeing the most fps drops on

 

[Josiah c-e]

Overwatch and Rocket league

 

[ItssssMatty]

they are both cpu intensive games so i think your cpu is having some problems. when did you buy the cpu and what cooler do you have

 

[Josiah c-e]

Ah do you think my cpu is losing its life? It is a few years old and I only have a stock cooler but i would really like to understand why some things are having such a high usage.

 

[ItssssMatty]

what cpu is it?

 

[Josiah c-e]

FX 6350

 

[ItssssMatty]

nice 6 core. I think it may be losing its life and as you might know amd cpu cooler are massively shit. Have you tried to see if your cores have been parked? if you havent download this http://coderbag.com/Uploads/Unpark-CPU-App.zip just click search for parked cores and click unpark all if it finds any

 

[Josiah c-e]

how do i use this app?

 

[ItssssMatty]

how do i use this app?

You click check status and it will say searching registry wait a while till it finishes and it should say a few cores are parked (thats if they are) then just click unpark all and if they are not i will search deeper into the problem

 

[Josiah c-e]

how do i use this app?

You click check status and it will say searching registry wait a while till it finishes and it should say a few cores are parked (thats if they are) then just click unpark all and if they are not i will search deeper into the problem

i had 2 parked cores! what does this mean?

 

[ItssssMatty]

it basically helps save power and it is only needed on laptops mostly but Microsoft put it in anyway. On some systems it does take away fps but not all systems. once unparked restart your pc and try your games again if it doesnt seem to have done anything come back

 

[Josiah c-e]

Sad thing is it didnt help, what should i try next?

 

[Josiah c-e]

it basically helps save power and it is only needed on laptops mostly but Microsoft put it in anyway. On some systems it does take away fps but not all systems. once unparked restart your pc and try your games again if it doesnt seem to have done anything come back

Sad thing is it didnt help, what should i try next?

 

[ItssssMatty]

Sad thing is it didnt help, what should i try next?

reset windows completly and try your games again if this doesnt work it is either a hard drive error i highly doubt it is psu error but my. I think it is cpu or gpu because hard drive tend not to fail a lot. what is your current graphics card and how long have you had it? also before you reset try and play your game with http://www.cpuid.com/downloads/hwmonitor/hwmonitor_1.30.exe this program running in the background a have a look at your max temps when you exit the game of your cpu package and your gpu max temp

 

[Josiah c-e]

Sad thing is it didnt help, what should i try next?

reset windows completly and try your games again if this doesnt work it is either a hard drive error i highly doubt it is psu error but my. I think it is cpu or gpu because hard drive tend not to fail a lot. what is your current graphics card and how long have you had it?

when you say reset windows completely do you mean a fresh install? Also my gpu is an r7 370 that ive had for only a few months

 

[ItssssMatty]

Sad thing is it didnt help, what should i try next?

reset windows completly and try your games again if this doesnt work it is either a hard drive error i highly doubt it is psu error but my. I think it is cpu or gpu because hard drive tend not to fail a lot. what is your current graphics card and how long have you had it?

when you say reset windows completely do you mean a fresh install? Also my gpu is an r7 370 that ive had for only a few months

i mean fresh install sorry but before you reset try and play your game with http://www.cpuid.com/downloads/hwmonitor/hwmonitor_1.30.exe this program running in the background a have a look at your max temps when you exit the game of your cpu package and your gpu max temp. I doubt it is gpu then

 

[Josiah c-e]

i think i will try a fresh install, it will get rid of any unwanted files and it may just sort out the problem itself. Thanks for your help

 

[ItssssMatty]

i think i will try a fresh install, it will get rid of any unwanted files and it may just sort out the problem itself. Thanks for your help

its ok please mark as best solution and private message me if you dont fix the problem

 

[Josiah c-e]

Sad thing is it didnt help, what should i try next?

reset windows completly and try your games again if this doesnt work it is either a hard drive error i highly doubt it is psu error but my. I think it is cpu or gpu because hard drive tend not to fail a lot. what is your current graphics card and how long have you had it?

when you say reset windows completely do you mean a fresh install? Also my gpu is an r7 370 that ive had for only a few months

i mean fresh install sorry but before you reset try and play your game with http://www.cpuid.com/downloads/hwmonitor/hwmonitor_1.30.exe this program running in the background a have a look at your max temps when you exit the game of your cpu package and your gpu max temp. I doubt it is gpu then

What would be your advice for what to backup when doing a fresh install, should i just go through my pc and find all the files i want to keep?

 

[ItssssMatty]

Sad thing is it didnt help, what should i try next?

reset windows completly and try your games again if this doesnt work it is either a hard drive error i highly doubt it is psu error but my. I think it is cpu or gpu because hard drive tend not to fail a lot. what is your current graphics card and how long have you had it?

when you say reset windows completely do you mean a fresh install? Also my gpu is an r7 370 that ive had for only a few months

i mean fresh install sorry but before you reset try and play your game with http://www.cpuid.com/downloads/hwmonitor/hwmonitor_1.30.exe this program running in the background a have a look at your max temps when you exit the game of your cpu package and your gpu max temp. I doubt it is gpu then

What would be your advice for what to backup when doing a fresh install, should i just go through my pc and find all the files i want to keep?

if it is really important things put them on a flash drive if you can but i would recommend not keeping anything because if you did have a stealthy virus or a bit of malware you dont want it hiding in files.

 

[ItssssMatty]

Sad thing is it didnt help, what should i try next?

reset windows completly and try your games again if this doesnt work it is either a hard drive error i highly doubt it is psu error but my. I think it is cpu or gpu because hard drive tend not to fail a lot. what is your current graphics card and how long have you had it?

when you say reset windows completely do you mean a fresh install? Also my gpu is an r7 370 that ive had for only a few months

i mean fresh install sorry but before you reset try and play your game with http://www.cpuid.com/downloads/hwmonitor/hwmonitor_1.30.exe this program running in the background a have a look at your max temps when you exit the game of your cpu package and your gpu max temp. I doubt it is gpu then

What would be your advice for what to backup when doing a fresh install, should i just go through my pc and find all the files i want to keep?

also make sure you are on the latest drivers afterwards