Steam download cause cpu usage 100%

[Zafkiel]

So I'm currently downloading games on my PC, . My CPU usage is at 100% when download it and my temps are at 64C*-71C* . Why is it using my CPU to download? . It is a steam bug or what? ,
I have Ryzen 5 2600x

[Mad Scientist]

Steam downloads compressed files, which then uses the cpu to unpackage the compressed files to the drive.

[Set-115689]

Steam downloads and unpacks. Throttle the download speed maybe? What download speed?

press windows key + x and click on task manager to see if other stuffs using up resources.

[Zafkiel]

Originally posted by Set-115689:

Steam downloads and unpacks. Throttle the download speed maybe? What download speed?

press windows key + x and click on task manager to see if other stuffs using up resources.

sooo it is normal?

[Set-115689]

Originally posted by Delta:

Originally posted by Set-115689:

Steam downloads and unpacks. Throttle the download speed maybe? What download speed?

press windows key + x and click on task manager to see if other stuffs using up resources.

sooo it is normal?

How fast is your download speed? Might be dependent on other things. 100% seems excessive. Might have other stuff going on.

[Mad Scientist]

Originally posted by Delta:

Originally posted by Set-115689:

Steam downloads and unpacks. Throttle the download speed maybe? What download speed?

press windows key + x and click on task manager to see if other stuffs using up resources.

sooo it is normal?

If you're downloading very quickly, enough to also push the cpu to 100% then yes, especially if using an SSD or NVME drive.

Edit: Temps are good, manufacturers max temp is 92C for that CPU.

[Zafkiel]

Originally posted by Set-115689:

Originally posted by Delta:

sooo it is normal?

How fast is your download speed? Might be dependent on other things. 100% seems excessive. Might have other stuff going on.

my download speed about 20mbps. i have already see task manager my cpu usage goes 100% only when i downloading games on steam, steam usage is about 20-33% when the download finish it back to normal.

[Zafkiel]

Originally posted by Mr. Gentlebot:

Originally posted by Delta:

sooo it is normal?

If you're downloading very quickly, enough to also push the cpu to 100% then yes, especially if using an SSD or NVME drive.

Edit: Temps are good, manufacturers max temp is 92C for that CPU.

I put my game on the ssd and hdd both of them are using the same cpu usage when i downloading games on steam, but i think this is not the big trouble at all if you say soo.

[🦜Cloud Boy🦜]

My CPU is a 6 core CPU, i have never seen more than 10% CPU usage during download, I download big big games every week. Without download, running steam alone takes 2% CPU usage,

[Set-115689]

At 7 MB/s download I get about 6-8% cpu usage on an i7-3770k 4 core 8 thread cpu. No browsers open etc... just Steam + download.

On idle I get 0-1% usage on steam but I am guessing stuff is turned off.

Might be stuff running in your pcs background adding to your usage? Opening and closing a browser will also add usage.

mechanical hdd or ssd?

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Sounds like your system lacks the amd ryzen chipset driver and nvme driver. Without it you are using what Windows provided which is a generic driver and it will make the system tax the cpu very hard because it's basically not using the system correctly. Also regardless of pc specs, set the Steam > settings > Library to low bandwidth and low performance mode, it helps quite a bit.

[Zafkiel]

Originally posted by Bad 💀 Motha:

Sounds like your system lacks the amd ryzen chipset driver and nvme driver. Without it you are using what Windows provided which is a generic driver and it will make the system tax the cpu very hard because it's basically not using the system correctly. Also regardless of pc specs, set the Steam > settings > Library to low bandwidth and low performance mode, it helps quite a bit.

it work!!! thanks i just to open the steam beta and using command prompt In the Command prompt, type in: “C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\bin\SteamService.exe” /repair then press enter.

Thanks for the help guys your are the best :)