Windows 10: CPU usage stuck at 25% max when playing certain games

Discus and support CPU usage stuck at 25% max when playing certain games in Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware to solve the problem; Usually everything runs smooth 100%, BUT the second I launch certain games Cyberpunk, COD BO Cold War the voltage drops to 0.688 and stays there... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware' started by SonicTrance, Dec 29, 2020.

  1. SONICTRANCE
    SonicTrance Win User

    CPU usage stuck at 25% max when playing certain games


    Usually everything runs smooth 100%, BUT the second I launch certain games Cyberpunk, COD BO Cold War the voltage drops to 0.688 and stays there exactly the core speed drops to 0.786 ghz, and the total usage will not pass 25%. No temperature issues, under 65°.This causes the game to take several minutes to get to the main menu, and getting under 20 fps in game, extremely high frame time. Before launching those games and after closing those games the voltage is around 1.1-1.2 and the clock at 4.3ghz, like normal. Weird thing is, when playing gears 5, no issues at all, cpu functions as intended! Everything worked fine this morning. Have tried loading default bios, restarting windows, unplugging, etc.

    Please help :' I don't know what else to do....Am newish when it comes to computers...

    ASRock B360M IB-R
    i7-8700
    MSI Gaming X Trio RTX 3080
    32gb RAM
    SSD and windows is installed on an SSD

    :)
     
    SonicTrance, Dec 29, 2020
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  2. JACKTDS
    JackTDS Win User

    How can I make my CPU faster for gaming with only software?

    I'm CPU has been very slow trying to play games and I was wounding if you had any tips...

    • CPU speed: 2.9 GHz (3.5 GHz max turbo boost)
    • CPU cores: 2
    • CPU Cache: 1 MB L2
    • TDP: 15 W (cTDP - 10/25 W)
    • Integrated graphics: Radeon R5 Series
    • AMD
     
    JackTDS, Dec 29, 2020
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  3. MSUSER89
    MSuser89 Win User
    very high cpu and memory usage when playing games

    very high cpu and memory usage when playing games. I have recently change mobo and cpu.
     
    MSuser89, Dec 29, 2020
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  4. JANMCCOY_827
    JanMcCoy_827 Win User

    CPU usage stuck at 25% max when playing certain games

    high cpu usage

    After downloading windows 10, anytime I run any programs, I get high CPU usage. It does not matter whether it is google chrome, task manager, playing games, whatever. Anything seems to spike the CPU usage. I have already run malwarbytes and my antivirus
    programs and find no viruses. Any suggestions? Thanks.
     
    JanMcCoy_827, Dec 29, 2020
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