Confused about CPU+GPU utilisation

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So, had a gtx 980 and have been playing a bit of division on it. Ran benchmarking and it showed 60% cpu utilisation, 98% gpu as a max.

I since decided to get a gtx 1080 since another place had them for a pretty reasonable price. Ran the same benchmark, same settings, all other hardware the same and I'm getting 100% cpu and 100% gpu. What gives?!

Surely with the same settings (everything maxed at 1080p, 144hz) utilisation should be lower with the new card?

Frame rates were about the same. Cpu is an i5 4690k. 16gb RAM.
 
Well I did think that but just found it odd that the old GPU was only 'maxing out' at 98% in that case!
 
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