High CPU usage and Steam always running in background

[EdwardTheKnight]

Very often Steam uses 20/30% of my CPU (normally 2/3%) whether it is open, in background and even closed (often some Steam processes that use a lot of CPU, RAM and do not allow to restart the client remain running).
This problem is solved by using Steam in offline mode, disconnecting from the friends list/chat and sometimes even without deactivating anything.

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I randomly found this article while browsing forums. When I checked my "Task Manager" for instances of "Steam Client WebHelper", I found 7/SEVEN instances running. Odd thing is this, I did NOT notice any performance difference whether running Steam or any other memory hog program is running. Anyone have an idea why I have 7 of the same program running in memory?

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Publicado originalmente por 123:

I randomly found this article while browsing forums. When I checked my "Task Manager" for instances of "Steam Client WebHelper", I found 7/SEVEN instances running. Odd thing is this, I did NOT notice any performance difference whether running Steam or any other memory hog program is running. Anyone have an idea why I have 7 of the same program running in memory?

Those "Web Helpers" are necessary. Let's take it back a couple years...

https://steamcommunity.com/groups/SteamClientBeta/discussions/0/616187204015705442/#c1696043806576878680

[EdwardTheKnight]

I've noticed that the problem occurs very often when I start a heavy game (even turning off the overlay).

[taki]

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\TimeBrokersvc change 3 to 4, cpu will be 3%

[EdwardTheKnight]

Publicado originalmente por M:

i checked cause i was curious, even when i play steam only uses 0,1%-0,2%... so really wondering what causes it to be so high on your end.

maybe it depends on the cpu, or you have a virus? did you scan with adwcleaner or something like that?

and here is what mine shows: https://i.imgur.com/HcHp1fm.png

Normally my Steam also takes up 1% of my CPU and I'm sure I don't have viruses.

Publicado originalmente por taki:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\TimeBrokersvc change 3 to 4, cpu will be 3%

I would rather not change that value as it interferes with some services.

[taki]

Publicado originalmente por EdwardTheGamer:

Publicado originalmente por M:

i checked cause i was curious, even when i play steam only uses 0,1%-0,2%... so really wondering what causes it to be so high on your end.

maybe it depends on the cpu, or you have a virus? did you scan with adwcleaner or something like that?

and here is what mine shows: https://i.imgur.com/HcHp1fm.png

Normally my Steam also takes up 1% of my CPU and I'm sure I don't have viruses.

Publicado originalmente por taki:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\TimeBrokersvc change 3 to 4, cpu will be 3%

I would rather not change that value as it interferes with some services.

you dont need about 90% services. They all are useless. They just eating your cpu and ram and nothing more.

[EdwardTheKnight]

Publicado originalmente por M:

Publicado originalmente por EdwardTheGamer:

I'm sure I don't have viruses.

sure because you scanned or is that just a guess?

i use kaspersky internet security, but sometimes also scan with windows defender or adwcleaner, cause none of the programs catches everything alone.

I have performed several scans.
It is the steam.exe process that consumes a lot of CPU.
My problem looks like this: https://www.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments/hgrxx5/steamexe_high_cpu_usage_2530/

[Sysgen]

I "had" the same issue. if you close the friends list and the chat windows, no more SteamHelper, not only is it not eating CPU but it's gone from Task Manager. I did clear cache and cookies and restart Steam but that didn't do anything.

The friends list app or whatever Valve calls it needs to be optimized.

[EdwardTheKnight]

Publicado originalmente por Sysgen:

I "had" the same issue. if you close the friends list and the chat windows, no more SteamHelper, not only is it not eating CPU but it's gone from Task Manager. I did clear cache and cookies and restart Steam but that didn't do anything.

The friends list app or whatever Valve calls it needs to be optimized.

The problem also occurs when steam is in the background, especially when I start demanding games.

[Sysgen]

Publicado originalmente por EdwardTheGamer:

Publicado originalmente por Sysgen:

I "had" the same issue. if you close the friends list and the chat windows, no more SteamHelper, not only is it not eating CPU but it's gone from Task Manager. I did clear cache and cookies and restart Steam but that didn't do anything.

The friends list app or whatever Valve calls it needs to be optimized.

The problem also occurs when steam is in the background, especially when I start demanding games.

If you turn off the in game overlay only Steam Client Service will start but not SteamWebHelper.

There is a process tree involved here. You can kill SteamWebHelper in task manager however the processes are still resident as child processes running under Steam, just the task manager will not show them. With overlay off in game you can definitely see a difference in CPU SteamWebHelper usage.

[EdwardTheKnight]

Publicado originalmente por Sysgen:

Publicado originalmente por EdwardTheGamer:

The problem also occurs when steam is in the background, especially when I start demanding games.

If you turn off the in game overlay only Steam Client Service will start but not SteamWebHelper.

There is a process tree involved here. You can kill SteamWebHelper in task manager however the processes are still resident as child processes running under Steam, just the task manager will not show them. With overlay off in game you can definitely see a difference in CPU SteamWebHelper usage.

I tried disabling the overlay, the problem still occurs when I start some demanding games and it continues even when I finish playing.
However steam.exe is the process that consumes most of the CPU.

[EdwardTheKnight]

I think I solved my problem by deleting some Steam files like httpcache.
However, I do not understand how it was possible that the client took up all those resources only after the start of certain games, both with the overlay activated and deactivated.

[BuzzHawk]

I have the same problem with PC bought in January windows 10, 64 bit, 64gb RAM, I9 processor. What other files did you delete?

Thanks

[Sysgen]

I wanted to add based on another thread I read (I don't remember the thread) in which a similiar Steam gaming issue was solved.

How to force a Windows 10 full shutdown to reinitialize it[www.thewindowsclub.com]