CPU load on 100 percent while playing games? Windows 10

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ive been getting cpu load on 100% while playing games on windows 10 but my temperature for the cpu remains normal at around 50-65 degrees celcius. My gpu temp and load is also fine.

My specs are
16 gb ram
i5 6500
gtx 970.

I maintain high fps as well during 100% load times..

Why is this happening and is it a problem?
 
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There has been more and more game that relying hyper threading. Meaning the more threads a cpu has, the more efficient the game will work. Standard i7 4 core 8 thread can maintain 70% on most Q3&4 2016 games, even in the old i7-2600's. If you use more thread like i7-6950, the more less the cpu usage is (around 30-35%). In my case, my 12 core 24 thread 1,7GHz (very low clock due to 65 watt architecture) can maintain most of modern game below 25%.

So far I have tried Mafia 3, Battlefield 1 (multiplayer), Fallout 4, Farcry primal, and the Division. They all below 25% with my current cpu.

My previous i5-2320 3,5GHz were working 90+% on Battlefield 1 and around 75% on The Division.

Battlefield 1 is the main reason that force me to...
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It depends on which game. I think if games are actually fully utilizing your CPU it's a good thing, you're squeezing every bit of performance from your system. Most games are heavier on the GPU than the CPU but should still show significant CPU usage.

I would not worry about it unless you experience performance problems.
 
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There has been more and more game that relying hyper threading. Meaning the more threads a cpu has, the more efficient the game will work. Standard i7 4 core 8 thread can maintain 70% on most Q3&4 2016 games, even in the old i7-2600's. If you use more thread like i7-6950, the more less the cpu usage is (around 30-35%). In my case, my 12 core 24 thread 1,7GHz (very low clock due to 65 watt architecture) can maintain most of modern game below 25%.

So far I have tried Mafia 3, Battlefield 1 (multiplayer), Fallout 4, Farcry primal, and the Division. They all below 25% with my current cpu.

My previous i5-2320 3,5GHz were working 90+% on Battlefield 1 and around 75% on The Division.

Battlefield 1 is the main reason that force me to experiment with cheap old used xeon that I manage to get my hand on. Under cpuz benchmark, my xeon only get around 10000 which is below i7-6700k, but the reality in game say differently.

To make it solid, my cpu temperature stay between 50-51c as 50c is the setting that my hsf fan start spinning. Unfortunately my cpu idle temperature is 48c, maybe its the main reason they sold it used.

Hopefully they will keep consistent regarding "more thread = more effective cpu usage".
 
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