Last of Us 100% CPU utilization

[Jedi]

Hi I got the game a day ago been playing and loving it but the only thing bothering me is my cpu is at 100% constantly in the game no matter if I play low or ultra I play on Ultra my specs are RX 7900 XT and a Ryzen 5 7600 my shaders have already been done loading but I just want to know if its safe to be running constantly like that when playing its around 80% gpu and 100% cpu with my cpu being around 70 degrees I just want to know if thats ok and that im not gonna mess up my pc with cpu at 100 constantly in this game lol

[WeirdScienceX]

Perfectly safe, it's a CPU heavy game and CPU's are designed to be run at 100% with no issue, if there are any thermal issues then they have throttling.

I just checked the specs for that processor:
Max. Operating Temperature (Tjmax)
95°C

https://www.amd.com/en/product/12756

[GamerGate Valkyrie]

Is it okay for the CPU to be at 100%? yes it is.
But! should it be using this much of cpu for this specific game? No

There are games that are even more demanding and have more resources than this game that use way less CPU than that.
The game was built wrong from the start and took the exact PS4/PS5 CPU architecture and implemented as it is for the PC CPU. which is so stupid.

[Jarrod]

Originally posted by Lazy Incompetent Naughty Dog:

Is it okay for the CPU to be at 100%? yes it is.
But! should it be using this much of cpu for this specific game? No

There are games that are even more demanding and have more resources than this game that use way less CPU than that.
The game was built wrong from the start and took the exact PS4/PS5 CPU architecture and implemented as it is for the PC CPU. which is so stupid.

The architecture of the PS4 and 5 are extremely similar to a PC. They are just PC parts my friend. You don't understand what you're talking about.

Anyway, to answer OP's question, yes it's perfectly safe. No program running your CPU at 100% is going to "break" it, and you should really only be worried about temperatures if they start nearing 100 degrees. Otherwise, you're fine. Ignore those who are only here to dunk on a game and don't understand what they're talking about.

[BlackFox]

Lock your fps at 60, 70 or 80 and cpu usage will go down by alot

[Eluryh]

Originally posted by TheJedi:

Hi I got the game a day ago been playing and loving it but the only thing bothering me is my cpu is at 100% constantly in the game no matter if I play low or ultra I play on Ultra my specs are RX 7900 XT and a Ryzen 5 7600 my shaders have already been done loading but I just want to know if its safe to be running constantly like that when playing its around 80% gpu and 100% cpu with my cpu being around 70 degrees I just want to know if thats ok and that im not gonna mess up my pc with cpu at 100 constantly in this game lol

Which resolution are you playing?

If it's 1440p, it should be 100% GPU and 80% CPU...

[Jarrod]

Originally posted by Eluryh:

Originally posted by TheJedi:

Hi I got the game a day ago been playing and loving it but the only thing bothering me is my cpu is at 100% constantly in the game no matter if I play low or ultra I play on Ultra my specs are RX 7900 XT and a Ryzen 5 7600 my shaders have already been done loading but I just want to know if its safe to be running constantly like that when playing its around 80% gpu and 100% cpu with my cpu being around 70 degrees I just want to know if thats ok and that im not gonna mess up my pc with cpu at 100 constantly in this game lol

Which resolution are you playing?

If it's 1440p, it should be 100% GPU and 80% CPU...

That is not how that works. Settings, hardware, custom settings for hardware, and especially background programs are all going to affect that.

[Eluryh]

Originally posted by Jarrod:

Originally posted by Eluryh:

Which resolution are you playing?

If it's 1440p, it should be 100% GPU and 80% CPU...

That is not how that works. Settings, hardware, custom settings for hardware, and especially background programs are all going to affect that.

With that combo, his GPU should hit 100%, not the CPU, which can reach high usage but not 100%, definitely something is wrong. It also depends on the resolution, higher res, more GPU bound.

[Zephyr]

Originally posted by Eluryh:

Originally posted by Jarrod:

That is not how that works. Settings, hardware, custom settings for hardware, and especially background programs are all going to affect that.

With that combo, his GPU should hit 100%, not the CPU, which can reach high usage but not 100%, definitely something is wrong. It also depends on the resolution, higher res, more GPU bound.

I assume that the shader building was finished before starting the game?

[Jarrod]

Originally posted by Eluryh:

Originally posted by Jarrod:

That is not how that works. Settings, hardware, custom settings for hardware, and especially background programs are all going to affect that.

With that combo, his GPU should hit 100%, not the CPU, which can reach high usage but not 100%, definitely something is wrong. It also depends on the resolution, higher res, more GPU bound.

Yeah but there is no way you can just guesstimate the exact %s, you don't know what they have running in the background, nor if they have any specific changes.

[Dangelo, o biscoito de trigo]

Originally posted by Jarrod:

Originally posted by Lazy Incompetent Naughty Dog:

Is it okay for the CPU to be at 100%? yes it is.
But! should it be using this much of cpu for this specific game? No

There are games that are even more demanding and have more resources than this game that use way less CPU than that.
The game was built wrong from the start and took the exact PS4/PS5 CPU architecture and implemented as it is for the PC CPU. which is so stupid.

The architecture of the PS4 and 5 are extremely similar to a PC. They are just PC parts my friend. You don't understand what you're talking about.

Anyway, to answer OP's question, yes it's perfectly safe. No program running your CPU at 100% is going to "break" it, and you should really only be worried about temperatures if they start nearing 100 degrees. Otherwise, you're fine. Ignore those who are only here to dunk on a game and don't understand what they're talking about.

I wish everyone here was sensible like you. People are too crazy when it comes to temps or how a game should perfom.

[GoldInfinit7]

Let's not pretend this is normal. Most other games if you paid attention don't get CPU usage above 50% like that especially ones released recently. Even if you are playing at 4K at Ultra settings.

It might be safe, but this game is doing something bizarre and it is correct to take notice of it.

[Zephyr]

Originally posted by GoldInfinit7:

Let's not pretend this is normal. Most other games if you paid attention don't get CPU usage above 50% like that especially ones released recently. Even if you are playing at 4K at Ultra settings.

It might be safe, but this game is doing something bizarre and it is correct to take notice of it.

Yes, but this is why I asked if the shader building was even finished before starting the game :). Because if the game was started while this runs and then switched of again scared during the process because the CPU was hot and at 100% it is no wonder why there is this problem. The shader building will start again from scratch next time... .

Btw. there are quite a few games that will push even current or last gen enthusiast or high end CPUs quite hard and there will be only more such games. Cyberpunk+ Phantom Liberty with high NPC count, Dead Space 2023... . This is even intensified if people use upscaling to shift load from the GPU to the CPU effectively. If Dead Space 2023 or Cyberpunk will lead to average 35-50 % CPU use on a Ryzen 5800 X3d for example, then any less powerful CPU will be loaded even more.

[Jarrod]

Originally posted by GoldInfinit7:

Let's not pretend this is normal. Most other games if you paid attention don't get CPU usage above 50% like that especially ones released recently. Even if you are playing at 4K at Ultra settings.

It might be safe, but this game is doing something bizarre and it is correct to take notice of it.

You're telling me a video game using a lot of your CPU is bizarre? If it was like 5 years ago, sure I'd agree. However more recently games have been getting better at utilizing CPUs. A game using a lot of a CPU is a GOOD thing, because most games don't. You can pretend like this is bizarre, but in reality people are only freaking out like this because this is a (pointlessly) controversial franchise, there is nothing wrong with a game using 100% of your CPU. It happens during shader processing, and it can still happen in-game at points.

Or, you know, if you're CPU limited.

[mai72]

I'm between 92-95 degrees on a MSI gaming laptop.

geforce 3080
Intel 17 11 series
128mb ddr 4 23200 dual channel

[Mayakashiii]

I crash quite often when I use my 1440p display, I'm guessing my 6750XT is running out of VRAM and at some point it chokes. 1080p works fine without any crashes.

My CPU usage however is always fine, around 50% and temps for both GPU and CPU don't go above 65 degrees.

I have a 5900x and it seems this game uses the additional cores quite well.