70-80% CPU usage?

[Phonebooth]

Getting only 80-90% GPU usage on a 6700XT, but 70-80% CPU usage with a 5600x. Haven't changed any settings. Medium, FSR enabled, 75% scaling.

[rustico_88]

same story here, 7800x3d and 4090 fe

[Gamefever]

Originally posted by Kyber:

Getting only 80-90% GPU usage on a 6700XT, but 70-80% CPU usage with a 5600x. Haven't changed any settings. Medium, FSR enabled, 75% scaling.

And this is an unexpected problem why?

If you wanted your PC cpu to not be fully engaged you would have purchased an i9 from say the LGA 1700 socket variety.

Originally posted by rustico_88:

same story here, 7800x3d and 4090 fe

AMD is not known for its multitasking dominance, its a gaming CPU an a good one at that particular yours.

Where-as the 5600x is well an entry level CPU and one that does not sport a lot of CPU cores at that, PC still has to process all the other programs that may be running including windows.

Low Core PC wont have a lot of wiggle room to process other tasks and will be mostly engaged in the 80% or even higher range anyway, nothing to see here.

Go check out FrameChasers, TechDeals, or read about that stuff on Overclockers dot net.

[TheMerc]

Only in-game setting that i know of directly effecting CPU load is crowd density, you could try lowering until someone comes with better suggestions.

Also heard about setting Starfield in Task Manager to Realtime priority could help but haven’t done it my self (so rumors).

[Gravity 🌌]

Increase your GPU load (so you get a lower frame rate) and your CPU load should go down.

[FernEater28]

If your GPU utilization is a good chunk below 100-95% you are likely CPU bottlenecked in those instances. Not getting 100% CPU utilization is normal in video games as developers task a lot of the code exclusively for your most powerful cores and the game will only run as fast as they do. In your case you technically have spare CPU power that could be used to help alleviate the CPU bottleneck, but it's up the developers to optimize and code the game to use those resources.

[Phonebooth]

Originally posted by a®.a® Aron:

If your GPU utilization is a good chunk below 100-95% you are likely CPU bottlenecked in those instances. Not getting 100% CPU utilization is normal in video games as developers task a lot of the code exclusively for your most powerful cores and the game will only run as fast as they do. In your case you technically have spare CPU power that could be used to help alleviate the CPU bottleneck, but it's up the developers to optimize and code the game to use those resources.

Thanks, makes sense.

Originally posted by TheMerc:

Only in-game setting that i know of directly effecting CPU load is crowd density, you could try lowering until someone comes with better suggestions.

Also heard about setting Starfield in Task Manager to Realtime priority could help but haven’t done it my self (so rumors).

Thank you, I'll try this.

Originally posted by Gamefever:

If you wanted your PC cpu to not be fully engaged you would have purchased an i9 from say the LGA 1700 socket variety.


AMD is not known for its multitasking dominance, its a gaming CPU an a good one at that particular yours.

Where-as the 5600x is well an entry level CPU and one that does not sport a lot of CPU cores at that, PC still has to process all the other programs that may be running including windows.

Low Core PC wont have a lot of wiggle room to process other tasks and will be mostly engaged in the 80% or even higher range anyway, nothing to see here.

Go check out FrameChasers, TechDeals, or read about that stuff on Overclockers dot net.

I didn't buy an i9, and I'm not looking to upgrade right now. I'm asking about the numbers from my current hardware. Thank you for the suggestion.

[Nite69]

5600x is only a 6 core / 12 thread is why, I run a 2700x and I don't see anywhere near that cause its 8 core / 16 thread

[TheMerc]

Originally posted by Nite69:

5600x is only a 6 core / 12 thread is why, I run a 2700x and I don't see anywhere near that cause its 8 core / 16 thread

5600x is more than 30% faster than 2700x despite the extra cores..

[Ladioz]

Play the game at Native resolution and max graphics if you want 99% gpu usage

[Nite69]

Originally posted by TheMerc:

Originally posted by Nite69:

5600x is only a 6 core / 12 thread is why, I run a 2700x and I don't see anywhere near that cause its 8 core / 16 thread

5600x is more than 30% faster than 2700x despite the extra cores..

But OP is still bottlenecked more then me, I run a RTX 3070 on mine and GPU is always at 100% like it should be because I have more cores/threads, starfield is a good example where Core/Threads matters more then newer architecture

Gamefever's post above has it right