Question New build issues ?

May 30, 2025
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Hi all, I just assembled a new build yesterday (9800X3D + RX9070XT + Artic Liquid Freezer III 360 AIO).

At idle the CPU is around 48°C but my room is an oven at this point (no AC, under the roof).

So I started my first game, Arma Reforger, no overclock whatsoever, everything set to Ultra and it averages around 80fps on a 1440 which is a huge improvement from my old build (i7 + RTX2070ti) that averaged around 35fps with pretty much all settings set to low/average.

I noted something strange though, the CPU load was barely reaching 25% and it stayed at 15% most of the time. Not only that, but it did not go to its boost clock, which is supposed to be 5.2Ghz and it stayed at its base clock of 4.7Ghz. The temperature did not exceed 60°C.

It gives me the weird feeling that the CPU had pretty much nothing to do at all, is that to be expected for a game like that? Are these values normal?

 
Welcome to the forums, newcomer!

I just assembled a new build yesterday (9800X3D + RX9070XT + Artic Liquid Freezer III 360 AIO).
When posting a thread of troubleshooting nature, it's customary to include your full system's specs. Please list the specs to your build like so:
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include the age of the PSU apart from it's make and model. BIOS version for your motherboard at this moment of time.

a huge improvement from my old build (i7 + RTX2070ti)
Were any parts recycled from your older build?

Did you stress the new build with a benchmarking tool? Have you taxed other titles on your new system?
 
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
CPU cooler: Artic Liquid Freezer III 360
Motherboard: MAG B850 Tomahawk Max Wifi bios up do date
Ram: Corsair Vengeance DDR5 6000Mhz 64GB (2x32GB)
SSD/HDD: Samsung 990 EVO Plus, 4TB
GPU: Sapphire Nitro+ RX9070XT
PSU: CORSAIR HX1200i brand new
Chassis: Corsair 7000D
OS: Windows 11
Monitor: HP x34

No recyclage. No stress test done or other titles tried yet. Ram set to EXPO and that's all.
 
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CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
CPU cooler: Artic Liquid Freezer III 360
Motherboard: MAG B850 Tomahawk Max Wifi bios up do date
Ram: Corsair Vengeance DDR5 6000Mhz 64GB (2x32GB)
SSD/HDD: Samsung 990 EVO Plus, 4TB
GPU: Sapphire Nitro+ RX9070XT
PSU: CORSAIR HX1200i brand new
Chassis: Corsair 7000D
OS: Windows 11
Monitor: HP x34

No recyclage. No stress test done or other titles tried yet. Ram set to EXPO and that's all.
CPU will be engaged and loaded depending on a game/program, can't be same everywhere. Generally higher resolution and details, GPU has to do more work while CPU handles the action and dictates GPU only what to display.