9700k dropping frames and 100% use?

[dazzlaa]

Has anyone had a similar issue?
Basically I’ve been playing Cold War multiplayer and kept getting big frame drops that last for a second, no more. FPS will go from 144 to 90 and straight back up. If I monitor the cpu I can see it is hitting 100%.

So I OCd to 5100MHz and went back to the game but the situation is the same. My gpu is chugging along at 50% use so it’s not that.
Further testing shows the same scenario at stock clocks.
XMP is active and I run 32gb ram.

is there anyone with a similar issue? Should I RMA the cpu? It’s been really annoying me!

 

[dazzlaa]

Thanks for the suggestions so far.. the game has always been rock solid for me. Locked at 144 with 0 stuttering so I’m not sure. Maybe it is the game I don’t know. I know warzone is heavy on CPU use but standard multiplayer shouldn’t be too taxing.

 

[dazzlaa]

@dazzlaa See this post and info and if it helps: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/forums/threads/need-advice-on-new-build.18925481/#post-34698076

I checked that video, it seems to be related to modern warfare and unfortunately that folder does not exist for Cold War, interesting watch though!

 

[dazzlaa]

Some developments today.

So I game at 3840x1600 resolution. I thought maybe if I try to reduce the resolution I could stop the effect. Well doing that reduced the cpu load. Not significantly but it stopped the spikes.

previously, I would be sitting at maybe 70% and momentarily hitting 100%, causing the stuttering at this moment.
After reducing my res to 2560x1440 the spikes are gone. CPU load is still at 70%-ish

This is quite odd to me. There is obviously some CPU dependency on the graphical fidelity somewhere but it’s only manifested recently as I have not long purchased this monitor.

 

[dazzlaa]

I know cod isn’t the most optimised game in the world, hadn’t thought about the most recent patch or reporting on it to be honest. That is something I will do.
I also do use the nvidia reflex system and have not tried turning it off either. Maybe that is the issue? I’ll test with it off and report back