ryzen 3 1200 100% in almost any game

[radishradu2525]

Hello,in last weeks i ve noticed that my ryzen 3 1200 is almost permanently at 100% and i have lower fps than other youtube benchmarks with the current setup:
-gtx 1050 ti msi gaming x 4gb
-ryzen 3 1200 with stock cooler
-1 stick of 8gb of ram at 2400 mhz
-a320m-k motherboard
-thermaltake litepower 650W
For example,in fortnite i have 100% 24/7 and the gpu at 50%,the gpu percentage is normal because i dont have all my settings on max because i will be in disadvantage with the shadows etc,and on black ops 4 again 100%,but with the gpu as well,and finally in battlefield 1,where my gpu is at 20-60% and cpu 100%,with low preset and 1080p resolution,not even touching the 60 fps ,even on not so resource eating maps.so,i m thinking about buying another ram stick to make it a double channel,but i dont think it justifies the full load of the cpu,so can the solution be something else as well?like a clean install of windows or tweaks?

 

[vapour]

1. check task manager during game, see if anything else is occupying
2. you should get dual channel ram, 2x4 instead of single as it will eat quite a lot fps
3. B350 should be picked too to oc your 1200.

 

[NightHawkRMX]

That shouldnt happen with that cpu. Have you looked in task manager to see what is using up the cpu?

 

[NightHawkRMX]

I agree with the first post, however he already has the setup so it doesnt matter. Your underperformance could be due to the single stick of ram, however that shouldnt cause cpu to be max.

 

[rgd1101]

if the os was from a different system. do a fresh install

 

[punkncat]

I have seen a couple of benchmarks that "seem" to discount most of the single vs dual channel perf difference. It was VERY minimal, and wouldn't be causing your issue anyway.

I would be willing to bet, as above, that you have background processes running causing this, perhaps even a virus or malware.

 

[dstln]

I don't think Fortnite etc should saturate a 4-core CPU. I agree with the others, what else is running? Are you streaming or anything? However, I definitely would get dual-channel ram.

 

[radishradu2525]

I installed the OS on my pc when i built it,2017 late summer,also,in Task manager i was seeing Fortnite eat +95%% of the cpu,same on other games.Only other things running in background are Discord when i play with others and i have to set it up so it gets runned by only 2 cores so i dont get stutters in game,maybe steam/origin but they dont eat that much cpu to max it

 

[punkncat]

check in your Windows setting for background processes. There is a list of items you can disable from running all the time, waiting for you to use them, like alarms, chrome, a bevy of other items. Just type "Background" in your search bar and turn off things you NEVER use.
I would also comment that Discord works great via the Android App. I use it on my smartphone on WiFi with Bluetooth headphones, pretty awesome.

I have a 1200 (mine is OC) on a 960 and don't experience the issues you are having with any title I play.

 

[NightHawkRMX]

I have run Fortnite on my ryzen 3 1200 with a gtx 1050, an inferior card to your 1050 ti, and it runs well at 1080p high settings, with a little stutter caused by my video card. My cpu never got above 60-75% when playing so with a 1050ti they both should max. Not just the cpu.

 

[NightHawkRMX]

I would update your display drivers and check for misconfigured settings in your bios and windows. Sometimes GPU arent utilized fully by drivers.

 

[punkncat]

The reason I mention the "background app" thing is this. Windows 10 comes with a lot of default things running. If you haven't gone in and manually turned that mess off, then it's using all your RAM. In that case you are going to page file, which WILL use your CPU as it attempts to move things back and forth off the hard drive. If you are using a standard HDD it would certainly explain your poor performance in spite of the equipment.

 

[radishradu2525]

Did a fresh install of windows 10 on my ssd,didn't format the hdd because it only had games in it,and it seemed to fix the problem lol.now i have 75-95% cpu load with fortnite not stuttering at all and textures loading immediatelly every match almost.Didn't seem to fix battlefield 1 though,but probably the ram will fix it.