Windows 10: Windows 10 high CPU Usage

I custom built my PC back in 2010 and it ran perfectly fine on Windows 7. Then ever since I installed windows 10, my CPU usage has been maxing out at 100% frequently. The simplest operation (opening Microsoft edge or even opening task manager) will cause max CPU usage. My CPU information is at the bottom of the post.


I just clean installed Windows 10 on a brand new SSD hard drive to help isolate the problem


Things I've tried to remedy the problem so far (to no avail):

• Purchased a brand new 128GB Kingston SSD hard drive and clean installed windows 10 on it.
  • My old HDD from 2010 was causing 100% disk usage. Installing this new SSD fixed my disk usage to manageable levels but my CPU % is still maxing out.
• Updated my BIOS to the most up to date version my motherboard has available
  • I now have V11.11 4/27/2011 for my 785GM-P45 board. This is still a legacy BIOS and I do not believe there is any more up to date versions available for my hardware. Could this cause issues on Windows 10 maybe?
• Set my power plan to high performance
• Disabled superfetch
• Disabled Windows search.
• Temporarily disabled firewall (didn't help)
• My disk, GPU, and RAM never encounter any performance issues, solely my CPU is the problem.

I've read about every popular windows 10 high CPU fix and none have helped so far. This problem is driving me mad! Does anyone have any ideas what could be possible wrong? I am assuming its a hardware issue considering I've wiped and reinstalled my whole OS. Could an old power supply cause this issue? (not sure if that's a dumb question but I'm desperate.)


Time of this report: 10/8/2018, 18:44:15
Operating System: Windows 10 Education 64-bit (10.0, Build 17763) (17763.rs5_release.180914-1434)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: MSI
System Model: MS-7623
BIOS: Default System BIOS (type: BIOS)
Processor: AMD Phenom(tm) II X2 555 Processor (2 CPUs), ~3.2GHz
Memory: 4096MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 4096MB RAM
Page File: 2417MB used, 2381MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 12
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
Miracast: Available, no HDCP
Microsoft Graphics Hybrid: Not Supported
DxDiag Version: 10.00.17763.0001 64bit Unicode


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Display Devices
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Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce GTX 550 Ti
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Type: Full Device (POST)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_1244&SUBSYS_089C196E&REV_A1
Device Status: 0180200A [DN_DRIVER_LOADED|DN_STARTED|DN_DISABLEABLE|DN_NT_ENUMERATOR|DN_NT_DRIVER]
Device Problem Code: No Problem
Driver Problem Code: Unknown
Display Memory: 3006 MB
Dedicated Memory: 959 MB
Shared Memory: 2047 MB
Current Mode: 1600 x 900 (32 bit) (60Hz)
HDR Support: Not Supported
Display Topology: Internal
Display Color Space: DXGI_COLOR_SPACE_RGB_FULL_G22_NONE_P709
Color Primaries: Red(0.650391,0.334961), Green(0.294922,0.605469), Blue(0.144531,0.075195), White Point(0.313477,0.329102)
Display Luminance: Min Luminance = 0.500000, Max Luminance = 270.000000, MaxFullFrameLuminance = 270.000000
Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
Monitor Model: HF207
Monitor Id: HSG18C5
Native Mode: 1600 x 900(p) (59.978Hz)
Output Type: HD15
Monitor Capabilities: HDR Not Supported
Display Pixel Format: DISPLAYCONFIG_PIXELFORMAT_32BPP
Advanced Color: Not Supported
Driver Name: C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_ref_pubwu.inf_amd64_708ec8f9a4d134c6\nvldumdx.dll,C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_ref_pubwu.inf_amd64_708ec8f9a4d134c6\nvldumdx.dll,C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_ref_pubwu.inf_amd64_708ec8f9a4d134c6\nvldumdx.dll,C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_ref_pubwu.inf_amd64_708ec8f9a4d134c6\nvldumdx.dll
Driver File Version: 23.21.0013.9135 (English)
Driver Version: 23.21.13.9135
DDI Version: 12
Feature Levels: 11_0,10_1,10_0,9_3,9_2,9_1
Driver Model: WDDM 2.3
Graphics Preemption: DMA
Compute Preemption: DMA
Miracast: Not Supported by Graphics driver
Hybrid Graphics GPU: Not Supported
Power P-states: Not Supported
Virtualization: Not Supported
Block List: No Blocks
Catalog Attributes: Universal:N/A Declarative:N/A
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 3/22/2018 8:00:00 PM, 949016 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
WHQL Date Stamp: Unknown
Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-5104-11CF-7159-91281BC2DA35}
Vendor ID: 0x10DE
Device ID: 0x1244
SubSys ID: 0x089C196E
Revision ID: 0x00A1
Driver Strong Name: oem6.inf:0f066de37724218c:Section002:23.21.13.9135ci\ven_10de&dev_1244
Rank Of Driver: 00D12001

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Windows Explorer high CPU Usage in Windows 10

Hi Andrew,

Usually, too many background processes can boost your CPU usage. Since you already disabled the apps that are not necessary on startup,
we suggest checking the applications running once you have successfully boot Windows 10. To do this, simply follow the steps below:

• Click on the Start button and type Task Manager on the search box.
• On the Task Manager window, you should see the programs running.
• Click on the More details drop-down button to see the total number of apps running and their real-time CPU usage.

From there, you should see what applications are running on high CPU usage. You can also
restart the Windows Management Instrumentation service and see if your CPU performance will improve. Follow the instructions below to restart the service:

• Click on the Start button and type Services.
• Scroll down the list and look for Windows Management Instrumentation.
• Right click on it and select Restart.

Should you have further questions, please let us know.

 

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