Question Hitting 90% CPu usage during gaming

[jq0213]

I am hitting 90% CPu usage while playing the new Modern Warfare 3. I am only getting like 120FPS at "Basic" graphics and FSR 2.1 doesn't add much more frames.

I see FPS videos on youtube of people getting around 200 FPS with my GPu (RX 6900 XT).

My CPu is an i5 12600K.

Is it worth upgrading my CPu in this case?

 

[Fix_that_Glitch]

What is the rest of your pc build? What resolution are you using?

 

[jq0213]

What is the rest of your pc build? What resolution are you using?

32GB DDR4 3200
GiBy B660 GAMING X DDR4 B660
NZXT Kraken X63 RGB 280mm
Corsair TX850M 850W ATX24

resolution is 1440p

 

[uWebb429]

@jq0213

What is your Cinebench R23 score? Approximately 17600 is a normal score for a 12600K.

Have a look in the BIOS. What are your turbo power limits set to?

A lot of people use an all core overclock on the 12600K when they are installed in an unlocked Z series motherboard. Your results might be less if they their computers are overclocked and your 12600K is not. The B660 boards do not support any overclocking.

The B660 boards have another feature called Intel Undervolt Protection. This feature is broken in my opinion and can cause CPU performance to be cut in half. Run ThrottleStop 9.6

https://www.techpowerup.com/download/techpowerup-throttlestop/

Post a screenshot of the FIVR window. It will show if UVP is enabled. If ThrottleStop shows Undervolt Protection, check the BIOS to see if this can be disabled.

If your Cinebench R23 score is way off, post some ThrottleStop screenshots of the FIVR and TPL windows so I can see your settings. Newer games seem to be using a lot more CPU resources.

 

[jq0213]

I just noticed E cores were disabled due to Gaming mode. Disabled that and I hit 200 fps on MW3

 

[jq0213]

@jq0213

What is your Cinebench R23 score? Approximately 17600 is a normal score for a 12600K.

Have a look in the BIOS. What are your turbo power limits set to?

A lot of people use an all core overclock on the 12600K when they are installed in an unlocked Z series motherboard. Your results might be less if they their computers are overclocked and your 12600K is not. The B660 boards do not support any overclocking.

The B660 boards have another feature called Intel Undervolt Protection. This feature is broken in my opinion and can cause CPU performance to be cut in half. Run ThrottleStop 9.6

https://www.techpowerup.com/download/techpowerup-throttlestop/

Post a screenshot of the FIVR window. It will show if UVP is enabled. If ThrottleStop shows Undervolt Protection, check the BIOS to see if this can be disabled.

If your Cinebench R23 score is way off, post some ThrottleStop screenshots of the FIVR and TPL windows so I can see your settings. Newer games seem to be using a lot more CPU resources.

Should I set it to Extreme in my BIOS?

 

[uWebb429]

Disabled that and I hit 200 fps on MW3

Your are getting the same FPS compared to other people on YouTube so I assume that everything is OK now.

Did you run Cinebench R23 yet? The top middle of your ThrottleStop FIVR screenshot shows that your BIOS has enabled Intel Undervolt Protection. A Cinebench score will let you know if everything is OK. Do not adjust the voltage when Undervolt Protection is enabled. This can kill performance.

Should I set it to Extreme in my BIOS?

I do not know what that setting does. Try it and find out.

 

[jq0213]

Your are getting the same FPS compared to other people on YouTube so I assume that everything is OK now.

Did you run Cinebench R23 yet? The top middle of your ThrottleStop FIVR screenshot shows that your BIOS has enabled Intel Undervolt Protection. A Cinebench score will let you know if everything is OK. Do not adjust the voltage when Undervolt Protection is enabled. This can kill performance.


I do not know what that setting does. Try it and find out.

Yes, this is my score:

I do not know what that setting does. Try it and find out.

I tried it but when in Windows I keep hearing the default disconnect sound every few seconds for some odd reason, when reverted it stopped.

 

[uWebb429]

this is my score

Your Cinebench R23 score is a little low for a 12600K. Maybe you have a lot of stuff running in the background. What does ThrottleStop report for average C0% when your computer is idle at the desktop? I have very little running in the background on my computer so the C0% values tend to be very low. A low C0% shows that all of the cores and threads are spending very little time in the C0 state working on background tasks.

Try to find out if you can disable Undervolt Protection on your B660 board. Some Asus motherboards have an option in the BIOS that lets you use an early microcode version (0x104) that did not have this safety feature. This may improve performance.

When running Cinebench, does ThrottleStop report the same multiplier for the entire test or is there any throttling during this test? Open the Limit Reasons window and watch for any boxes lighting up red under the CORE column. That would indicate throttling.

 

[jq0213]

Your Cinebench R23 score is a little low for a 12600K. Maybe you have a lot of stuff running in the background. What does ThrottleStop report for average C0% when your computer is idle at the desktop? I have very little running in the background on my computer so the C0% values tend to be very low. A low C0% shows that all of the cores and threads are spending very little time in the C0 state working on background tasks.

Try to find out if you can disable Undervolt Protection on your B660 board. Some Asus motherboards have an option in the BIOS that lets you use an early microcode version (0x104) that did not have this safety feature. This may improve performance.

When running Cinebench, does ThrottleStop report the same multiplier for the entire test or is there any throttling during this test? Open the Limit Reasons window and watch for any boxes lighting up red under the CORE column. That would indicate throttling.

Do you mean Current Protection?