ark 80% cpu usage?

[raz]

not sure why but my cpu usage for ark is very high and i get freezes sometimes...
im using just a handful mods nothing crazy any help?
my launch options : -USEALLAVAILABLECORES
-PREFERREDPROCESSOR 12
-HIGH
-preventhibernation

my specs : GTX 1660 super
Ryzen 5, 3600 with 6 cores (12 logiacl processors) 4
16gb ram
1tb ssd

is it because of the launch options? i've heard the launch options are good for more performance

[raz]

https://prnt.sc/26m17nv
here is a screenshot of the usage of my system.
CPU usage was actually on 100% but as soon i tabbed out it went down.. i saw it for a second that it was on 100%
other than that my fps is also pretty bad.. the more i play the lower the fps gets.

either my pc is trash or something is wrong with my pc

[99Lion99]

If I am understanding your launch option correctly, you are telling the game to use all your cpu power. If you don't want your pc running at max all the time, remove the launch option and see if the problem goes away.

When I run our ARK server on a spare computer, using the free ARK server manager, there is a setting to adjust how many cores the server uses. I uncheck the box for core 0, 1, 2, and 3. If I let the server use all available cores, I won't be able to do anything else on that computer.

[[BRTD]Luewen]

Originally posted by raz:

not sure why but my cpu usage for ark is very high and i get freezes sometimes...
im using just a handful mods nothing crazy any help?
my launch options : -USEALLAVAILABLECORES
-PREFERREDPROCESSOR 12
-HIGH
-preventhibernation

my specs : GTX 1660 super
Ryzen 5, 3600 with 6 cores (12 logiacl processors) 4
16gb ram
1tb ssd

is it because of the launch options? i've heard the launch options are good for more performance

First of all -useallavailablecores doesnt do anything any longer. Its been obsolete for few years now.

Second, looking at the 100% disk usage, your freezes are coming from hard disk bottleneck. 72 mb/s with 100% usage and ssd tell me something wrong the disk. You happen to have any other drives than that ssd installed?
-preferredprocessor does not have any use on your case either.

Task manager is not very accurate on performance monitoring though, you need something to monitor while you are actually gaming.

[raz]

Originally posted by BRTDLuewen:

Originally posted by raz:

not sure why but my cpu usage for ark is very high and i get freezes sometimes...
im using just a handful mods nothing crazy any help?
my launch options : -USEALLAVAILABLECORES
-PREFERREDPROCESSOR 12
-HIGH
-preventhibernation

my specs : GTX 1660 super
Ryzen 5, 3600 with 6 cores (12 logiacl processors) 4
16gb ram
1tb ssd

is it because of the launch options? i've heard the launch options are good for more performance

First of all -useallavailablecores doesnt do anything any longer. Its been obsolete for few years now.

Second, looking at the 100% disk usage, your freezes are coming from hard disk bottleneck. 72 mb/s with 100% usage and ssd tell me something wrong the disk. You happen to have any other drives than that ssd installed?
-preferredprocessor does not have any use on your case either.

Task manager is not very accurate on performance monitoring though, you need something to monitor while you are actually gaming.

i recorded a short video with the graphs with msi afterburner not sure which graphs are important. here is the link to the video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h08XryW3JIQ
better if you turn of the sound it recorded a strange rustling in the background even tho i had my mic muted

other than that i remember doing this : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kv6-OckknVQ
performance boost settings i found on youtube.
if its a bottleneck (i have no clue what that is) how can i fix it?

if you need another video with another graphs let me know. i just wann get rid of these issues.

[[BRTD]Luewen]

Originally posted by raz:

Originally posted by BRTDLuewen:

First of all -useallavailablecores doesnt do anything any longer. Its been obsolete for few years now.

Second, looking at the 100% disk usage, your freezes are coming from hard disk bottleneck. 72 mb/s with 100% usage and ssd tell me something wrong the disk. You happen to have any other drives than that ssd installed?
-preferredprocessor does not have any use on your case either.

Task manager is not very accurate on performance monitoring though, you need something to monitor while you are actually gaming.

i recorded a short video with the graphs with msi afterburner not sure which graphs are important. here is the link to the video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h08XryW3JIQ
better if you turn of the sound it recorded a strange rustling in the background even tho i had my mic muted

other than that i remember doing this : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kv6-OckknVQ
performance boost settings i found on youtube.
if its a bottleneck (i have no clue what that is) how can i fix it?

if you need another video with another graphs let me know. i just wann get rid of these issues.

Cpu usage seems ok for your setup with 1080p resolution. Usage increasing when you went out of base with more fps. With 1080p and unreal engine 4, cpu is normally the bottleneck (or slow hard disk with texture loading causing stuttering). With higher resolutions gpu starts to matter more. With your video its hard to see the stats at points with orange color and compression artifacts.

Try fullscreen and not windowed.

The settings video is very old and not relevant with launch settings.

[raz]

Originally posted by BRTDLuewen:

Originally posted by raz:

i recorded a short video with the graphs with msi afterburner not sure which graphs are important. here is the link to the video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h08XryW3JIQ
better if you turn of the sound it recorded a strange rustling in the background even tho i had my mic muted

other than that i remember doing this : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kv6-OckknVQ
performance boost settings i found on youtube.
if its a bottleneck (i have no clue what that is) how can i fix it?

if you need another video with another graphs let me know. i just wann get rid of these issues.

Cpu usage seems ok for your setup with 1080p resolution. Usage increasing when you went out of base with more fps. With 1080p and unreal engine 4, cpu is normally the bottleneck (or slow hard disk with texture loading causing stuttering). With higher resolutions gpu starts to matter more. With your video its hard to see the stats at points with orange color and compression artifacts.

Try fullscreen and not windowed.

The settings video is very old and not relevant with launch settings.

i tried a lot of things.. even made a complete system recovery and installed ark again.
i got rid of the 100% disk (bottleneck) but the little stutterings are still in the game.
i guess i need to get used to it.
but thanks for your effort to help appreciate it.

[[BRTD]Luewen]

Originally posted by im bad :(:

Originally posted by BRTDLuewen:

Cpu usage seems ok for your setup with 1080p resolution. Usage increasing when you went out of base with more fps. With 1080p and unreal engine 4, cpu is normally the bottleneck (or slow hard disk with texture loading causing stuttering). With higher resolutions gpu starts to matter more. With your video its hard to see the stats at points with orange color and compression artifacts.

Try fullscreen and not windowed.

The settings video is very old and not relevant with launch settings.

i tried a lot of things.. even made a complete system recovery and installed ark again.
i got rid of the 100% disk (bottleneck) but the little stutterings are still in the game.
i guess i need to get used to it.
but thanks for your effort to help appreciate it.

No problem at all.
Fast question though. Is that nvme ssd or normal ssd?
Also see if the problem persists on a server.
It might just be texture and asset loading on single player being the issue as client has to do all the processing compared to if you play on server where server only sends you data and client only processes textures.

Also running a dedicated server on your computer and connecting to that will increase performance as that way game can use more cpu threads.