My cpu is hitting 100% usage in game and having major fps drops

[77harry77]

As I said in the title i'm having issues in games with my cpu. Common games where I have this issue are BF1, Dead by Daylight and Rust. My cpu is at a constant 80 to 90% load and as soon as I hit 100% I start to have major fps drops. all of these game run at 60 fps or higher on average and I never drop below 60 unless I hit 100% cpu usage.

Also cpu temps average around 60 to 75 degrees and my gpu averages around 70 degrees in game.

My specs are:
intel i5 6500
gtx 950
msi b150 night elf
Kingston Hyper X 8gb ddr4
Corsair cx500 psu
1TB hdd
and standard intel cooling.

I hope someone has a solution to this problem because it is really bothering me

 

[mdd1963]

Stop all other extraneous tasks?

The 6500 is only a 4c/4t design, and it is not uncommon for them to be a bit 'taxed' in some games (many games do better with 8 threads, for instance)....

Perhaps you can minimize it by:
no streaming
Close every uneeded application in taskbar that might use resources (Dropbox, OneDrive, etc...)
Ensure all updates to all applications done ahead of time...

 

[TMTOWTSAC]

What's your GPU usage at when you're hitting drops? I assume you're playing with reduced settings, which can cause some workload to shift from the GPU to the CPU. Even then, it's still difficult to imagine a 6500 bottlenecking a gtx 950.

 

[77harry77]

What's your GPU usage at when you're hitting drops? I assume you're playing with reduced settings, which can cause some workload to shift from the GPU to the CPU. Even then, it's still difficult to imagine a 6500 bottlenecking a gtx 950.

Depands on the game but in BF1 around 70-80%

 

[77harry77]

Stop all other extraneous tasks?

The 6500 is only a 4c/4t design, and it is not uncommon for them to be a bit 'taxed' in some games (many games do better with 8 threads, for instance)....

Perhaps you can minimize it by:
no streaming
Close every uneeded application in taskbar that might use resources (Dropbox, OneDrive, etc...)
Ensure all updates to all applications done ahead of time...

I have tried to close all programms exept for Origin and Discord and still had the same problems

 

[77harry77]

Normal: https://gyazo.com/b69a2d5b9c0383f17bb01617c90d6b02
Frame drop: https://gyazo.com/608e9bd425df814763af19c1b6e3873b
It maybe doesn't seem like a big frame drop but when that could happen any time ingame and makes your screen freeze for 0,5-1,0 seconds it makes playing these more demanding games not fun.

 

[TMTOWTSAC]

If you run at a lower resolution do you still have the same frame drops?

 

[TerryLaze]

Just limit your FPS to 60 or a bit higher so that your CPU has some breathing room.
Or find your monitors refresh rate and make it proper.
http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf4/forum/threadview/2955065221075807811/1/