# About the 100% CPU usage, it's normal ( I think ) **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [December 7, 2018, 8:08am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/about-the-100-cpu-usage-its-normal-i-think/106120 "2018-12-07T08:08:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JRMBelgiumTwitch](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/jrmbelgiumtwitch/32/100967_2.png) [@JRMBelgiumTwitch](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/JRMBelgiumTwitch)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 8:08am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/about-the-100-cpu-usage-its-normal-i-think/106120/1 "2018-12-07T08:08:00Z")
To all of you who think it’s not normal that CPU usage is 100%, even on the fastest processer like the 9700K, it’s perfectly normal. By default, they changed the amount of threads the game uses to 11. So unless you have a CPU that has more then 12 threads ( Example: 9900K, Ryzen 2700x ), the game can use up to 92-100% CPU. Now, normally that’s not an issue. It only becomes an issue when the remaining CPU power 0-8% is not able to run all other background tasks efficiently. I tried turning SMT off, I tried changing CPU affinity. The game will always use 11 threads unless you manually change it with a config file. For example, I game and stream on the same PC. I noticed lag in my stream in BF V that I didn’t had in BF1 at default config settings. Simply because not only the amount of threads the game uses are higher by default, but the actual CPU usage of every thread is also higher then in BF1 due to some optimazations. Yes, I say optimization because the performance difference per thread is bigger then in BF1 ( up to a 8 threads ) while in BF1, I could limit the amount of threads the game uses to 4, and the game would still run at the exact same framerate on my CPU. Now that also has to do witht he fact that I play higher then 1080p, limiting the impact off the CPU on the framerate. Al I had to do in Battlefield V is limit the amount of threads the game uses from 11 to 10, making all remaining 6 threads ( I have a Ryzen 2700x ) available for encoding, and the lag in my stream was gone without any drop in FPS ingame. So if the CPU usage is 100%, and you have no issues, leave it be. If your CPU usage is 100% and you notice serious framedrops, add these commands to a user.cfg file and lower the amount untill you notice the issue’s are gone. thread.processorcount x thread.maxprocessorcount x x = between 4 and 10, without the command, default setting is 12 wich results in 11 actual threads It’s easy to see if it worked, because if you change this to 6, an 8700K user should see his CPU usage drop to 50% but that will result in a drop in framerate, since the game really works well on 8 thread and above. Now, because the game is so optimized, the actual corespeed does not impact impact the overal performance as much. You might think that, because all reviewers are currently using the 2080ti to review BF V performance and not slower cards. They also test CPU performance on 720p or 1080p as if nobody is playing on a higher resolution scale. But if you are playing on a higher resolution scale, or on 1440p or higher, the results might suprise you: ![2018-11-25-image-4.png](https://battlefieldforum.co/uploads/default/original/3X/e/b/eb755e63125bc6da34e243e492715ae932e01282.png) Source: [techspot.com](http://techspot.com) So basicly, since my card is performing as a GTX 2070, there would be no difference between my Ryzen 2700x ( 330 USD ) clocked at 4Ghz and the 9900K ( 550 USD ) clocked at 4.7Ghz. Important to notice is that these tests were performed on Ultra. Lowering to high, medium or low will increase the difference you see between the 9900K and the Ryzen 2700x. Sadly this hasn’t been tested before on BF V, but I’m sure the results will be simular to older tests on BF1. Now keep in mind that core/thread scaling is not 100% the same on Intel and AMD cpu’s. Also, there are many other possible causes for framedrops. All I’m saying is that you don’t have to worry about high usage or high temperatures, as long as this doesn’t result in any issues. ---
**Author:** ![UltraMG42CamPeR](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/ultramg42camper/32/106942_2.png) [@UltraMG42CamPeR](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/UltraMG42CamPeR)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 8:17am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/about-the-100-cpu-usage-its-normal-i-think/106120/2 "2018-12-07T08:17:00Z")
8700k here, cpu usage is 80-95% and I already started to ignore it as the game runs smooth as butter ---
**Author:** ![afzSnickelfritz](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/dbc845/32.png) [@afzSnickelfritz](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/afzSnickelfritz)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 10:26am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/about-the-100-cpu-usage-its-normal-i-think/106120/3 "2018-12-07T10:26:00Z")
[[email protected]](https://battlefieldforum.co/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection) seeing 60-70% usage during the game. 1080Ti is pegged at 100% 1440p/high/RTSS [[email protected]](https://battlefieldforum.co/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection) Game is smooth as butter. ---
**Author:** ![Exnetic](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/85e7bf/32.png) [@Exnetic](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Exnetic)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 11:12am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/about-the-100-cpu-usage-its-normal-i-think/106120/4 "2018-12-07T11:12:00Z")
I can only change it down, But not more than 11 threads, i have 16 threads total ---
**Author:** ![arisiuskz](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/arisiuskz/32/106466_2.png) [@arisiuskz](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/arisiuskz)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 11:45am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/about-the-100-cpu-usage-its-normal-i-think/106120/5 "2018-12-07T11:45:00Z")
Disgusting optimization Pay and with the settings. 100% cpu use is bad. ---
**Author:** ![Bitruka](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/bitruka/32/106510_2.png) [@Bitruka](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Bitruka)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 12:56pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/about-the-100-cpu-usage-its-normal-i-think/106120/6 "2018-12-07T12:56:00Z")
it is an issue and i can tell you why… BF1 have the same problem… and i NEVER had this 100% CPU Usage problem, always played BF1 on medium/low settings with 160+ FPS and now i cant play, because i have low GPU Usage, 100% CPU usage and stuttering all time… juuuusstt the same as BF5… and i have the same CPU since BF1 launch, so there is a problem with this lasts updates… Idk if was in latest windows update or BF’s updates… but something is wrong now and this BF’s games is unplayable for me with this stuttering and fps drops. And as we can see there is a lot of ppl with this problems, and lot of ppl that dont have this problem… so its not normal. and it is an issue because it doesnt matter what settings u play, its the same ¯\_(ツ)\_/¯… if u put everything on LOW… u still have bad performance, if u put everything in the highest settings and 200% Res Scale… u still have 100% CPU or something near this and bad performance. Im 100% sure that something changed because in BF1 and in the BF5 open beta, didnt have this problem, the game always was smooth, with high cpu usage (but never 100%) and always GPU usage near 99%. Its NOT normal u have the top CPUs, muuuuchhh better then recommended settings and still have bad performance, just think about it. (srry for my bad english) ---
**Author:** ![sexinvader](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/sexinvader/32/107139_2.png) [@sexinvader](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/sexinvader)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 1:58pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/about-the-100-cpu-usage-its-normal-i-think/106120/7 "2018-12-07T13:58:00Z")
same here 100% cpu use with i74790k @ 4.6 the game is on 500gb evo ssd. 16gb ram and gtx 1070 8gb still get random cpu spikes with the low fps warning that causes stuttering. i have tried all settings low med high dx 12 on and off ffr setting all possable fixes u can think off even fresh install and still the same cpu use 100% STUTTERING ---
**Author:** ![TylerKA24DET](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ebca7d/32.png) [@TylerKA24DET](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/TylerKA24DET)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 4:23pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/about-the-100-cpu-usage-its-normal-i-think/106120/8 "2018-12-07T16:23:00Z")
i5-7500 80% CPU usage. Cap your frames to your monitor’s refresh rate (you can’t see above that anyways) to help with high CPU usage. ---
**Author:** ![Upgrayedd\_98](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/upgrayedd_98/32/107279_2.png) [@Upgrayedd\_98](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Upgrayedd_98)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 5:07pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/about-the-100-cpu-usage-its-normal-i-think/106120/9 "2018-12-07T17:07:00Z")
Ran great on my 8700k that is going to my brother, and runs great on my 9900k now. 🙂 Lets be honest, the game is a pig, but it’s also a beautiful, smooth, amazing game from an engine standpoint. No other series out there compares. ---
**Author:** ![IdiotBox](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/7feea3/32.png) [@IdiotBox](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/IdiotBox)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 5:16pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/about-the-100-cpu-usage-its-normal-i-think/106120/10 "2018-12-07T17:16:00Z")
> [@arisiuskz](#): > > Disgusting optimization > Pay and with the settings. > 100% cpu use is bad. 100% CPU use is bad? Would you rather it use less of your CPU so that you have lower frame rates? Task manager CPU use sits around 90-100% on my 5820k. Any other CPU usage monitoring software reports it more like 60-70% though. I’m averaging around 100 fps at 1440p ultra settings depending on the map. I’d say this game is pretty damn well optimized if its capable of utilizing 11 threads. ---
**Author:** ![sexinvader](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/sexinvader/32/107139_2.png) [@sexinvader](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/sexinvader)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 5:59pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/about-the-100-cpu-usage-its-normal-i-think/106120/11 "2018-12-07T17:59:00Z")
100% CPU use is bad the spikes cause stuttering ---
**Author:** ![ALonDonThinGQ3](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@ALonDonThinGQ3](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/ALonDonThinGQ3)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 6:40pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/about-the-100-cpu-usage-its-normal-i-think/106120/12 "2018-12-07T18:40:00Z")
I wish i could get 100% cpu usage. [[email protected]](https://battlefieldforum.co/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection) / GTX1080ti ,cpu @ 60-70% gpu 99% = 60-100 fps @2560x1080, medium or high settings make little difference. No other processes taking anything more than 1-2% of cpu load. Have tried so many “fixes” including clean OS installs , memtest , heaven scores @ 4600 , other games seem fine. Was hoping the patch would help but still the same. Ive given up. ---
**Author:** ![sexinvader](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/sexinvader/32/107139_2.png) [@sexinvader](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/sexinvader)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 7:14pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/about-the-100-cpu-usage-its-normal-i-think/106120/13 "2018-12-07T19:14:00Z")
i have given up 2 ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Furious\_Fista](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/furious_fista/32/102021_2.png) [@Furious\_Fista](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Furious_Fista)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 7:43pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/about-the-100-cpu-usage-its-normal-i-think/106120/14 "2018-12-07T19:43:00Z")
> [@ALonDonThinGQ3](#): > > I wish i could get 100% cpu usage. > [[email protected]](https://battlefieldforum.co/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection) / GTX1080ti ,cpu @ 60-70% gpu 99% = 60-100 fps @2560x1080, medium or high settings make little difference. > No other processes taking anything more than 1-2% of cpu load. > Have tried so many “fixes” including clean OS installs , memtest , heaven scores @ 4600 , other games seem fine. > Was hoping the patch would help but still the same. > Ive given up. This is strange, we do have almost identical configs despite your GPU is 10x faster than mine- i`ve limited my FPS to 80 (80hz) and have none FPS drops anywhere. CPU usage in DX11 is around 65-70%. The only FPS drop i see is when zooming 6x on Twisted Steel map but that is a GPU bottleneck issue. ---
**Author:** ![dennygreen2016](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/c68b51/32.png) [@dennygreen2016](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/dennygreen2016)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 7:47pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/about-the-100-cpu-usage-its-normal-i-think/106120/15 "2018-12-07T19:47:00Z")
I don’t get it at all. My CPU is always high, but never 100%. I don’t mind that much, but it seems like the GPU should be higher than 40%. In BF4, both are always like 90% and everything is smooth. Especially with Mantle. In BF1, my CPU is at 100 and the GPU only ever goes up to around 50%, but at least it’s playable unlike BFV. ---
**Author:** ![slothbuns64](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ed8c4c/32.png) [@slothbuns64](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/slothbuns64)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 7:53pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/about-the-100-cpu-usage-its-normal-i-think/106120/16 "2018-12-07T19:53:00Z")
i7 4770k usage is about 70% at most Rx 580 8gb all ultra 2560×1080p about 70 fps ---
**Author:** ![sexinvader](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/sexinvader/32/107139_2.png) [@sexinvader](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/sexinvader)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 9:53pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/about-the-100-cpu-usage-its-normal-i-think/106120/17 "2018-12-07T21:53:00Z")
i got the 4790k 100% use all the time video card is 1070 gtx ☹ ---
**Author:** ![BobNoxiousUSA](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/bobnoxioususa/32/101382_2.png) [@BobNoxiousUSA](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/BobNoxiousUSA)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 9:55pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/about-the-100-cpu-usage-its-normal-i-think/106120/18 "2018-12-07T21:55:00Z")
100% usage is not good. I get 80-85% with my lil’ oc’d i5 (turned off renderahead in nvidia control panel) ---
**Author:** ![sexinvader](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/sexinvader/32/107139_2.png) [@sexinvader](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/sexinvader)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 10:04pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/about-the-100-cpu-usage-its-normal-i-think/106120/19 "2018-12-07T22:04:00Z")
cant see renderahead in nvidia control panel ? just max pre renderd frames ahead no option to turn it off just set it to 1 . ---
**Author:** ![ALonDonThinGQ3](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@ALonDonThinGQ3](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/ALonDonThinGQ3)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2018, 2:43am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/about-the-100-cpu-usage-its-normal-i-think/106120/20 "2018-12-09T02:43:00Z")
> [@Furious\_Fister](#): > > > [@ALonDonThinGQ3](#): > > > > I wish i could get 100% cpu usage. > > [[email protected]](https://battlefieldforum.co/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection) / GTX1080ti ,cpu @ 60-70% gpu 99% = 60-100 fps @2560x1080, medium or high settings make little difference. > > No other processes taking anything more than 1-2% of cpu load. > > Have tried so many “fixes” including clean OS installs , memtest , heaven scores @ 4600 , other games seem fine. > > Was hoping the patch would help but still the same. > > Ive given up. > > This is strange, we do have almost identical configs despite your GPU is 10x faster than mine- i`ve limited my FPS to 80 (80hz) and have none FPS drops anywhere. CPU usage in DX11 is around 65-70%. The only FPS drop i see is when zooming 6x on Twisted Steel map but that is a GPU bottleneck issue. All is now well, i rolled back to an older bios and now holding 144 with odd dips to 120`s. CPU usage is 88-90. I had updated inbetween beta and full release, may try and update again and see if it goes bad again to see if it was a bad flash or something. [Next page](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/about-the-100-cpu-usage-its-normal-i-think/106120.md?page=2)