

Just need to know in order to know how to proceed. He says more games are optimised for an 8700k rather than the 9700k?Ĭan anyone shed any light on this at all?Ĭool man. Surely something else must be wrong for an 8700k to be only used half as much as a 9700k? I know it has 12 threads to my 8 but surely that doesn't affect double the CPU usage? Even with games like PUBG the CPU usage is really high, around the 70% mark. The CPU runs at that same high percentage with everything else closed and just the game open. Is this a 9700k thing or am I missing something? My friend has a 8700k and is at 40-45% CPU usage and we have almost exactly the same rig. Game fps isn't affected.ĬPU usage image at the bottom when playing the Ghost Recon Breakpoint beta recently. Which leaves the streaming software (OBS) with little CPU to use and causes dropped fps in the stream. The main game I play is Ghost Recon Wildlands and the recent Ghost Recon Breakpoint, when playing my CPU usage is up at 80% or even higher. So I game and stream (who doesn't these days) from the one PC. I have attached a screen grab of task manager and core temp alongside each other to show you what I mean. I really am at a loss and would appreciate all help. I have tried a fresh Windows install and that hasn't resolved anything, the only answer that I'm left with is a faulty CPU.Īm I expecting too much from a 9700k? The reason I'm so baffled is my friend has an 8700k and sits around 30% on Wildlands! I have tried all sorts of things, I am up to date on all drivers and up to date with the windows version. Tempretures for the CPU don't go over 50-55 degrees. I mainly play PUBG which used to sit around 20% usage on the CPU, this is now sitting up at 60-70%! I also play Ghost Recon Wildlands which uses far more of the CPU than PUBG and that game now stutters as the CPU usage goes up to 100% on occassion but is always at 75-85% now.īoth games are ran on medium to high graphics. The main problem I am having with this is gaming. If I open my internet browser my CPU usage goes up to 40%, from one tab! Over the last 2 or 3 weeks or so my CPU (9700k) usage has sky rocketed on programmes that used to sit at around 30-35%.
