I5 8400 clock stuck at 3811 usage 100%

[faisalghaith]

Hello,
I have recently built my first gaming pc with the following specs:
Asus b360-plus tuf mb
i5 8400
Msi gtx 1060 6 gb
I'm getting good performance but I think something is wrong with my cpu.
In most games cpu usage is almost 100% while gpu is around 50%, so I think my cpu is bottlenecking it for some reason. I looked at cpu usage using msi afterburner, it's always at 3811 for some reason. I tried looking outside of games in task manager it's stuck at 3.78. Also for some reason cpu clock is not showing in openhardwaremonitor.
I have power plan set as high performance.
Tried changing away mode in AI suite 3.
Is there something else I should try?
Thanks

 

[faalin]

That is normal, if the game is using all 6 cores then the max speed is 3.8Ghz for the i5 8400. 1 core is 4.0Ghz, 2-4 cores is 3.9Ghz, and 6 cores is 3.8Ghz

 

[faisalghaith]

That is normal, if the game is using all 6 cores then the max speed is 3.8Ghz for the i5 8400. 1 core is 4.0Ghz, 2-4 cores is 3.9Ghz, and 6 cores is 3.8Ghz

I know that but don't you think something is wrong since gpu usage is low compared to cpu 100%

 

[Snipergod87]

Increase your resolution or details to increase GPU usage and lower CPU usage.

 

[faalin]

what games and resolution are you running. Basically your GPU is able to render the screen faster then what the CPU can supply information so you GPU only has to work so hard to keep up.

 

[failboat]

certain games with lots of ai use a ton of cpu. if you play against bots in starcraft 2 late game you will slow down a lot once everyone has their army maxed or in other gamemodes where there is even more ai.

 

[faisalghaith]

That is normal, if the game is using all 6 cores then the max speed is 3.8Ghz for the i5 8400. 1 core is 4.0Ghz, 2-4 cores is 3.9Ghz, and 6 cores is 3.8Ghz

I think this is the answer so when it's using 6 cores it doesn't pass 3.8, also I tried maxing settings so I can raise the gpu usage it kind of worked but the cpu still was 100%, I tried games like Bf1, rust, fortnite and assassin's creed.
Thanks all