Processor performing worse than it should be.

NeverTrustNanners

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I have a desktop that I use for gaming. The specs are at the bottom. I bought my computer originally, but since then I've upgraded it a lot. Other than the case, hard drive, and some wiring. As I said this is a gaming desktop so how come I can run GTA V at about 10-15 fps at lowest settings, while my friend who has a computer slightly better, still run the game at about 70 fps on highest settings? Not to mention I only average to 120 fps on CS:GO with no fps limit, while the same friend runs it at about 400 fps. His build is only slightly better. His having a six-core AMD processor. Also if I'm playing anything and try to load Google Chrome it takes ages. In my BIOS it says I have 4 cores but everywhere else says I have 1 core and 1 logical processor. My computer should be reading my processor as 8 cores, as it is a 4C/8T processor I understand that BIOS is the absolute final word, and everything saying that I only have 1 core doesn't bother me. It's just that my processor is performing a lot worse than it should be. Every time I open Skype my processor usage shoots to about 80%. My friend has the same amount of RAM except his is DDR3. I have updated even updated BIOS and still didn't work.

Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-6700K @ 4.00GHz 4.01GHz (Quad-Core)

Motherboard: Asus Z170-A Series

RAM: 16GB DDR4

GPU: NVIDIA GTX 970

CPU Cooler: DEEPCOOL Gamer Storm CAPTAIN 120 CPU Liquid Cooler AIO Water Cooling

Power Supply: 650W Thermaltake Power Supply

OS: 64-bit Windows 10

Task Manager Screenshot: https://gyazo.com/47aa6804990287a599ae8b56cbaa6f9d

Enviroment Variables: https://gyazo.com/50f28a0fe2781082ed4f362b0e5700d2

DxDiag Report: ------------------
System Information
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Time of this report: 3/2/2016, 16:31:57
Machine name: NEVERTRUSTNANNE
Operating System: Windows 10 Home 64-bit (10.0, Build 10586) (10586.th2_release_inmarket.160222-1549)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: System manufacturer
System Model: System Product Name
BIOS: BIOS Date: 07/17/15 16:58:14 Ver: 05.0000B
Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-6700K CPU @ 4.00GHz, ~4.0GHz
Memory: 16384MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 16314MB RAM
Page File: 4090MB used, 28607MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: 12
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
Miracast: Available, with HDCP
Microsoft Graphics Hybrid: Not Supported
DxDiag Version: 10.00.10586.0000 64bit Unicode

DxDiag Previously: Crashed in DirectShow (stage 1). Re-running DxDiag with "dontskip" command line parameter or choosing not to bypass information gathering when prompted might result in DxDiag successfully obtaining this information
 
Solution
The fact that is say 1 core/processor should be concerning you. Doesn't matter if the BIOS see it's if Windows doesn't think it's there, it's not going to use it.

Do you upgrade the PC? You may need to reinstall windows.

Also your HD at 100% can indicate a dying drive.
The fact that is say 1 core/processor should be concerning you. Doesn't matter if the BIOS see it's if Windows doesn't think it's there, it's not going to use it.

Do you upgrade the PC? You may need to reinstall windows.

Also your HD at 100% can indicate a dying drive.
 
Solution
If the CPU has been changed since the installation of Windows, a few things could be causing you troubles. If you had only a single CPU core active during the installation, you're likely running the wrong HAL for the system, and that's a pretty big nuisance to fix. You can sort this by performing a repair install of Windows with the machine correctly configured to use multiple CPU cores.

To see the HAL you're using, look at the Computer entry in Device Manager. For a multi-core CPU environment, your computer should be "ACPI x64-based PC". If you see something else, you need to get a different HAL running for the current configuration.

If someone has used MSCONFIG to limit the number of usable CPU cores in Windows, you will want to run MSCONFIG and disable the CPU core limitation. Check the Advanced Options on the Boot tab.

Lastly, under the Processors entry in Device Manager, you will need to remove each processor entry and allow Windows to redetect them, if you changed your CPU after Windows installed the drivers for it. Windows doesn't redetect the CPU driver unless told to do so manually.
 

NeverTrustNanners

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Mar 3, 2016
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Thank you for your help. This worked and I have all 4 cores running and Windows is counting them as 8 as it should be. Thank you for your help.