Low GPU Usage (30%) 1080ti

1080ti 30% GPU usage

I run a i5-6600k,1080ti, 32gb ddr4 @ 3200mhz, and my performance is pretty good but have noticed low GPU usage. I hit between 180-300fps, with a average being around 260fps. I play on low settings with 75% render scale. I have tried updating drivers, overclocking cpu (currently @ 4.3ghz, was stable @ 4.7ghz with very minor improvement), turning on LLC (loadline calibration), upping voltage to gpu through msi afternburner, turning off HPET, setting windows to high power mode, nvidia control panel settings, uninstalling geforce experience, and some other stuff. When I monitored a match of quickplay with MSI, it said my max GPU usage was 42% but it average around 30%, going as low as 8% at times. I feel like I am out of options for increasing GPU usage besides buying a new cpu/motherboard, and possibly faster ram. Is this really just a CPU bottleneck? My feelings are that if everything was set up correctly and not bottlenecked, the game should run between 260-300 constant.

Yes, for you it’s 100% CPU bottleneck. I have the same setup incl CPU & o/c @ 4.3 but different mobo, 3000MHz ram, and 1080 not ti. I hit 300fps most of the time at 100% render + low with spikes down to maybe 220-230. You don’t mention resolution, but a 1080ti is overkill for any game at all at 1080p btw… CPU will always be your bottleneck.

Why do you need 300hz constant, anyways? I’ve played at it and my experience is that display-based feels the same… with 200hz (custom cap) somehow being minutely worse (maybe?) than 300hz (custom cap) or display-based (154hz cap for me).