[SOLVED] Low utilization on both 8600k and RTX 3080

[Bryan Choi]

I just put in a 3080 to replace my 2080 and I got less than expected framerates in the benchmarks for Watchdogs Legion (88 fps in benchmark for the medium setting). It is substantially slower than Tom's bench https://www.tomshardware.com/news/watch-dogs-legion-benchmark. Granted Tom's used a 9900k, I don't think a processor upgrade can account for 50 fps difference (please correct if I am wrong, am looking to upgrade my CPU soon as well).

I checked my CPU and GPU usage and they both are sitting well below 80% while I'm gaming. I have tried running the game in DX11 with no meaningful bump in fps.

I get near 100% on CPU and 80-90% on GPU in Warzone with the game running very well as a whole. And the temperatures for both sit in the low 70s.

Using 457.09 drivers.

Running out of options as to how to fix this problem, any suggestions would be appreciated.

 

[idkwhattonamethisacc]

I would suggest upgrading to ryzen 5000 when that releases and see whether the fps increases or not

 

[sizzling]

Total cpu usage is fairly meaningless, in Watchdogs how many threads/cores are at 100%?

Run userbenchmark and share the public link for the results.