Recently my i5-7600k has been running at a higher usage percentage than usual. Just sitting on my desktop with nothing open, my cpu is at 60-80%. When I play games however my cpu hits 100% quite frequently, and sometimes my game freezes along with the audio buffering and studdering. When I open task manager, the game I'm playing normally is no more than 50%, and any other apps I have running are less than 10%. The percentages don't add up.
I read other threads and have already tried using process explorer and still got the same results. I also updated the bios on my motherboard, but that didn't help either.
I'm wondering if I need to buy a new cpu or if there is another solution/fix
Build:
intel Core i5-7600K 3.8 GHz Quad-Core
Asus Strix B250F
GeIL - EVO POTENZA 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory
Asus - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
EVGA - BQ 600 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply
I read other threads and have already tried using process explorer and still got the same results. I also updated the bios on my motherboard, but that didn't help either.
I'm wondering if I need to buy a new cpu or if there is another solution/fix
Build:
intel Core i5-7600K 3.8 GHz Quad-Core
Asus Strix B250F
GeIL - EVO POTENZA 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory
Asus - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
EVGA - BQ 600 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply