CPU Reaches 100% Load but low temperature: GPU increases in Temp but low load

jwmblackbelt · Feb 18, 2016

Hello everyone,

I am having issues with my current build. During gaming, no matter what game, I find that I have a lower frame rate then usual. Before this random change, I could run any game at 60fps. Now when in a game, the CPU reaches a load of 100% and the temperature stays at 40C for some reason. Then the GPU load will never go above 50% but the temperature reaches the low 70s. If anyone can help me identify what the problem is I would be very grateful. This never was an issue until recently and I never changed the system settings or anything. I am not sure if the CPU is bottlenecking my GPU, since it was running fine in previous times.

Thank you

Specs:
Motherboard: ASUS ROG Maximus VII Ranger
CPU: Intel Core i5 4690
GPU: EVGA Geforce GTX 960 2GB
PSU: 600 Watts

DustinV · Feb 19, 2016

What is your cpu clocked at when you are playing games? Don't give me the number it says it should clock to, run a program that gives real time cpu clock speeds

jwmblackbelt · Feb 22, 2016

DustinV :

Hello,
When the CPU was under load while gaming, I used two different programs and got the same measure of 3890.72 MHz. I am not sure if this is normal or not and anything will help.

Ecky · Feb 22, 2016

If your CPU is reaching 3.9ghz, it's reaching full speed. It's possible that temperatures drop rapidly enough when you alt-tab (if you're leaving full-screen to check) that it's going back down to 40c by the time you see it.

I'm not sure what you used, but I'd recommend checking with CPU-Z as well.

GPUs tend to run a lot hotter than CPUs, even at partial load. 70c is normal and expected.

DustinV · Feb 22, 2016

It shouldnt be bottlenecking at all, that is the normal clock speed when under load

jwmblackbelt · Feb 24, 2016

Ecky :

Thank you so much, just wanted to clarify this.
Would there be any reason for drop in framerate though? Considering everything seems normal.

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