MSI GTX 960 Usage 92-93% During IDLE

[lightcloud]

Hi there and I would appreciate if anyone of you can help.

Currently my GPU is running at 92-93% constantly. Temperature are at around 60°Celsius (140 Fahrenheit). This has been an issue since last Friday and it has been an issue to all my games.

CS:GO was running at 250 FPS and now it drops all the way to 60 FPS.

P.S. If I restart my PC, it solves it for 10mins ONLY, but does not completely resolve it.
I have ran Avira, Malawarebytes, and CCleaner, but there is no luck.

I would really appreciate any help.


UPDATE 1:

PC SPECS:

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor
Motherboard: Asus H97-PLUS ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory[/url] (Purchased For $99.00)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card
Case: NZXT H440 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
Operating System: Windows 10 Pro

UPDATE 2:
Could be a bitcoin mining application running in the background.

UPDATE 3:
Turned off interent, and GPU usage went down to around 2%.

UPDATE 4:
Played CS:GO offline (disconnected to internet), FPS went back to 250.


Thanks in advanced!!

 

[Ximerous]

Since you have a GPU tag I'm guessing you've done all the routine things?
Also make sure there IS nothing running in the background that could be sneakily stealing your gpu's power.

Update: Can we get full specs.

 

[Alaa emad]

open task manager and see if there is a strange app running

 

[lightcloud]

Since you have a GPU tag I'm guessing you've done all the routine things?
Also make sure there IS nothing running in the background that could be sneakily stealing your gpu's power.

Update: Can we get full specs.

Yes I used to be active around here but I have been inactive for a year (literally). Anyways yes I have performed every single AV.

But in the past 20 minutes, I performed a virus scan offline, and there was nothing.

HOWEVER, my GPU usage went down to almost 1% due to disconnecting from the internet.

Therefore I MAY BE able to suggest that there is a bitcoin miner in my system.\

P.S. Thanks for promptly responding!!

UPDATE: PC Specs in Original Post

 

[lightcloud]

open task manager and see if there is a strange app running

I have done that but there is nothing to do with my CPU nor RAM. It is my GPU.

Thanks!!

 

[Ximerous]

Yea, check applications see if what's using it shows. If it's hidden make sure nothing launches on start up via - System Configuration > Start Up and restart. Maybe also try starting in safe mode.

Maybe time for a Windows re-install? Gotta Love THOSE

 

[lightcloud]

Yea, check applications see if what's using it shows. If it's hidden make sure nothing launches on start up via - System Configuration > Start Up and restart. Maybe also try starting in safe mode.

Maybe time for a Windows re-install? Gotta Love THOSE

There is nothing starting up when booting except for Antivirus only.

I have not tried safemode yet and d not intend yet. Maybe would you know any tool that DETECTS and REMOVES bitcoin mining applications?

 

[lightcloud]

maybe the gddr5 memory is almost "kaput"? Could that throttle the same results?

I highly doubt so, as in offline mode (disconnected from internet), GPU performs at around 2%. But with the internet turned on, it shoots up to 92%.

 

[Ximerous]

Yea seems like a fishy program, what anti virus are you using.

 

[lightcloud]

Yea seems like a fishy program, what anti virus are you using.

I am running a free version of Avira.
https://www.av-test.org/en/antivirus/home-windows/

 

[Ximerous]

Try using malware bytes, it's free.

Malwarebytes features "Chameleon" technology, in which the program can operate hidden from detection by any viruses and rootkits that could block its actions

 

[lightcloud]

Try using malware bytes, it's free.

Malwarebytes features "Chameleon" technology, in which the program can operate hidden from detection by any viruses and rootkits that could block its actions

As stated in my post, I have ran Malwarebytes already and detected nothing.

 

[Ximerous]

Oh sorry, forgot.

 

[Alaa emad]

i mean if a strange program is running

 

[Ximerous]

Hmm, weird that it has to do with internet but we cannot find it. Maybe re-install OS :3

 

[lightcloud]

Hmm, weird that it has to do with internet but we cannot find it. Maybe re-install OS :3

That was my other option if the members here are not able to find a program to detect and remove the BitCoin mining program.

 

[lightcloud]

i mean if a strange program is running

Yeh but so far there is no program which are performing oddly.

 

[Ximerous]

The fact it's a bit coin miner is still unconfirmed though right?

Just the most likely case currently?

 

[lightcloud]

The fact it's a bit coin miner is still unconfirmed though right?

Just the most likely case currently?

Yes it is my most likely conclusion. But I have no idea how it entered my PC.