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In AC Unity my i5 4690K OC'd @ 4.0GHz is always at 100% usage, however the temps are only around 50 degrees which is OK. I'm cooling using an H100i GTX. My GPU is a GTX 1070 and I have 16GB of RAM. I've tested every single other game in my library (all 92 of them) and every single game I do not experience any kind of bottleneck, throttling, stutters, crashes (like in Unity occasionally). The temps are even lower on both my GPU and CPU and so is the usage in these other games.

I'm using MSI afterburner to monitor in game hardware stats, and I've heard that AC Unity is a very CPU intensive game, not to mention ridden with bugs and poorly optimized or just badly programmed.

Thanks for the help
 
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synphul
So long as fps are up where you want them and the gameplay is smooth I wouldn't be too concerned with it. If the cpu begins idling at 60c then something isn't set right with your cooler, the fan curve or something. The temps will increase and if you're at 50c under load oc'd would be around 60c or 65c under load. Not idle though. It's best to overclock manually setting the multiplier and vcore rather than auto overclocking, auto settings make stability a priority over efficiency. Meaning they can be a bit aggressive and apply more vcore than needed which only adds to heat.
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Being a cpu intensive game it's not unusual for the cpu to be pushed to the limits. Especially with a 1070 which isn't holding it back at all. You've barely got your i5 oc'd, sitting at just 100mhz higher than turbo. Have you tried overclocking further? You'll likely get 4.4-4.6ghz out of it with that setup and see if your fps improve if that's the issue.

Games aren't always revisited by reviewers after every patch so the reviews I've seen could be a bit dated. That was the consensus though, that it's badly optimized and the first couple of patches didn't improve it much. Your cpu may still hit 100% if the gpu has headroom left even with the cpu oc'd but it should improve performance a bit if you're suffering from low fps.
 
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whenever i go past 4.0 ghz the temps go crazy up to like 60 degrees idle my CPU doesn't OC very well i guess, also the FPS isn't the issue. The CPU usage is. But if that's normal then i guess it's fine.
 
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So long as fps are up where you want them and the gameplay is smooth I wouldn't be too concerned with it. If the cpu begins idling at 60c then something isn't set right with your cooler, the fan curve or something. The temps will increase and if you're at 50c under load oc'd would be around 60c or 65c under load. Not idle though. It's best to overclock manually setting the multiplier and vcore rather than auto overclocking, auto settings make stability a priority over efficiency. Meaning they can be a bit aggressive and apply more vcore than needed which only adds to heat.
 
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