Dreading I need an upgrade at the mo?

[Digital X]

Launching Forza Horizon 3 and playing for a bit, checked the CPU usage on Afterburner. "CPU Usage stuck around 97-100% and CPU 1 to 4 went from 70% to 100% briefly.

Is this normal? I was running a virus scan but quit that 10 minutes ago.

GPU usage was lowest at 50% highest at 81%

Am I just overthinking here? I can test it on other games easier since Horizon 3 doesn't like Afterburner's OSD for some reason.

Spintires for example the CPU usage is 50% give to take with GPU at 44%..

 

[Xez]

Sounds like you are becoming CPU limited but only a tiny bit. What resolution do you play at? Your CPU is still Ok, not sure if you can overlook it to get a little boost? So long as the game is playing fine with no stuttering I would worry about CPU usage but if you are getting the itch to upgrade AMD Ryzen's are looking like the most cost effective option for an entire new platform.

 

[Panos]

Launching Forza Horizon 3 and playing for a bit, checked the CPU usage on Afterburner. "CPU Usage stuck around 97-100% and CPU 1 to 4 went from 70% to 100% briefly.

Is this normal? I was running a virus scan but quit that 10 minutes ago.

GPU usage was lowest at 50% highest at 81%

Am I just overthinking here? I can test it on other games easier since Horizon 3 doesn't like Afterburner's OSD for some reason.

Spintires for example the CPU usage is 50% give to take with GPU at 44%..

what's your cup and speeds?

 

[Plec]

If that's a K series 3570 then it would be worthwhile clocking it - the extra performance is worth a decent third party cooler which could be moved on to another build (If you haven't already done so).

Also, if your FPS is acceptable and your playing at the res and texture that you're happy with - not getting dramatic frame drop etc - then really there's nothing to worry about (although the GPU will obviously be a large factor too - and you have a decent card).

You still have a solid overall build that should munch it's way through most games even at 1440p - but if you're only gaming at 1080p you really have very little to worry about.

I certainly wouldn't jump ship now - you have plenty of time for the dust to settle around the Ryzen 5 release - if you still feel twitchy I would start looking then, but for now, if your FPS is OK, I would be content with your present rig.

For example purposes - I have a [email protected] and recently dropped in a GTX 1070 and it's totally revitalised my system gaming at 1440p - certainly delayed what was an imminent overall upgrade.

Basically, if your game is running at acceptable levels of FPS at the GFX settings you want - then the CPU/GPU is doing it's job - and it's designed to work at 100% - look at it as getting your monies worth.

 

[Digital X]

Sorry. Cup and speeds?

Play at 1440p, its not the K version. I got this cheap at the time.

 

[muon]

If the FPS is solidly above 60, then who cares if you are CPU limited?

 

[muon]

Looks like Forza Horizon 3 sucks in terms of how much CPU power it uses.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/d...oes-it-take-to-run-forza-horizon-3-at-1080p60

This can help to address the more sustained drops to frame-rate, but the fact is that the game still has severe streaming issues that requires sheer CPU brute force to overcome. Our Core i7 6700K overclocked to 4.6GHz and paired with 3000MHz DDR4 appears to power past most of the issues, but swapping out the i7 for a Core i5 6500 3.2GHz - similar in performance terms to a fully overclocked Core i5 2500K based on our previous tests - shows the stuttering issue in full effect.