You said all of the usage is coming from the game. Once the system detects the 100% load, it starts to down clock itself to prevent overheating.
Perhaps the CPU/igpu doesn't need to work as hard between matches or sections of the map.
Well what you described sounds like a temp issue.
Between the CPU and the iGPU, there is a lot of heat being generated in one place on a laptop that wasn't designed to dissipate a lot of heat.
You're playing a game on a laptop that wasn't designed to handle the heat generated from playing games.
Maybe temps
CPU runs hot, downclocks itself, CPU usage spikes due to the slower speed and you see the framerate drops.
That model laptop probably wasn't design to dissipate all the heat from gaming.
Try capping the FPS to 30.
Blizzard Support - Framerate Capped in Overwatch (battle.net)
Same 4090 but I use slower ram and a different CPU. When I run my GPU stock, I now get a little over 10k with the new driver. So I don't think it's crazy to see a 200-point difference between your stock run and mine.
Your GPUz screenshot appears to show a stock card. I had to pump mines +170 on the core and +1200 on the memory to get over 10K.
Would the CPU make such a difference? I'm currently using 64GB CL30 Gskill kit
Disregard my last post,
My old run was with an old driver. With a newer driver I get...
The usual steps apply most of the time.
IE: having Prefilled info on websites, and password managers to quickly log in to sites.
The key for me has been this discord channel: https://discord.gg/falcodrin
When I was looking for a GPU, he provided direct links to the product page or a direct...