# About the 100% CPU usage, it's normal ( I think )

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**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")\
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**Post date:** [December 9, 2018, 6:28am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/about-the-100-cpu-usage-its-normal-i-think/106120/21 "2018-12-09T06:28:00Z")

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I have an i7-3770, which is 4C8T @ 3.4 GHz. It hits 60% usage when sitting in menu, and bounces 85-100% in game. Meanwhile, my GPU never goes above 60% according to ASUS GPU Tweak II. BF5 is either a CPU hog, some form of cryptojacking, or extremely un-optimized. Every other game I own utilizes CPU and GPU correctly, with GPU always being above 90%, with CPU never consistently staying over 65%. But this game says forget the norm, we want all of your CPU and nothing to do with your GPU at all. Because graphics engines are based solely off of CPU power.

I wrote a detailed post about it in EA’s Battlefield 5 Technical Issues and it was removed within 30 minutes because of spam. Meanwhile the most replied threads are, “game crashed. halp” I like the game and all but I’m not about to deep fry my CPU over it.

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