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Idle issue since 5060 ti installed

N3utro

N3utro

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Software Windows 11 24H2 build 26100.3915
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Hey guys,

Since i installed my new 5060 ti a few days ago i noticed that installing the drivers would induce a constant 1% usage by the windows "system" process, that my cpu wouldn't go into low power mode properly (high frequency and voltage at idle) and that the gpuz sensor tab would report weird things like high idle bus interface load (see attached picture).

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Could you guys also post your gpuz sensor tab at idle so i could compare please? Thank you!
 
Did you use DDU to clean install the new drivers? If not I would recommend doing so first.
 
Maybe it's a crypto-mining trojan? Try scanning with malwarebytes. Although the fact that it is saying Perfcap reason power is really weird.
 
DarkDreams said:
Maybe it's a crypto-mining trojan? Try scanning with malwarebytes. Although the fact that it is saying Perfcap reason power is really weird.
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This happens on a fresh clean install of windows 11 with only chipset drivers installed. It doesn't happen before graphic drivers are installed, and it stops after i uninstall them.

Sounds more like a driver issue to me, but i need to compare with other people gpuz sensor tab at idle to confirm. I could switch my 5060 ti to a spare gtx 1060 as well to check but since everything is already setup properly in my case i'd like to avoid having to double swap just to troubleshoot this.
 
What drivers are you running? You don't want to be on 576.02, it's godawful and full of bugs including sensor reporting bugs. There's a new WHQL driver version that came out around 12 hours ago

I've been on the 576.15 hotfix for a week, though I haven't checked behaviour at idle with those drivers.
 
Chrispy_ said:
What drivers are you running? You don't want to be on 576.02, it's godawful and full of bugs including sensor reporting bugs. There's a new WHQL driver version that came out around 12 hours ago

I've been on the 576.15 hotfix for a week, though I haven't checked behaviour at idle with those drivers.
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I'm on the latest 576.28 WHQL released yesterday. I've tried all drivers released compatible with the 5060 ti.
 
High idle bus interface load isn't anything to be too worried about, it's might have dropped down to one lane to save power. What's the Bus Interface saying in the first tab of GPU-Z? I've seen GPUs drop down to one lane a few times, and 38% of 1 lane is a very low load overall, especially if its dropped from Gen5 to Gen2 as well.

Check your motherboard settings for PCIe speeds and PCIe power saving, too. It has just as much say in the PCIe bus behaviour as the graphics driver.
 
Chrispy_ said:
High idle bus interface load isn't anything to be too worried about, it's might have dropped down to one lane to save power. What's the Bus Interface saying in the first tab of GPU-Z? I've seen GPUs drop down to one lane a few times, and 38% of 1 lane is a very low load overall, especially if its dropped from Gen5 to Gen2 as well.

Check your motherboard settings for PCIe speeds and PCIe power saving, too. It has just as much say in the PCIe bus behaviour as the graphics driver.
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I still would like to compare to someone else gpuz sensor tab at idle if anyone would be so kind to post theirs :)
 
Okay, so it's running the PCIe bus to your GPU at Gen 1.1 which is 1/16th of it's normal speed
38% of 1/16th is 2.4% - which means it's barely being used.

presumably it speeds up to PCIe 5.0 once you fire up an application that needs more bandwidth?

N3utro said:
I still would like to compare to someone else gpuz sensor tab at idle if anyone would be so kind to post theirs :)
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It's exactly the same (clean W11 workstation, freshly imaged)

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Chrispy_ said:
Okay, so it's running the PCIe bus to your GPU at Gen 1.1 which is 1/16th of it's normal speed
38% of 1/16th is 2.4% - which means it's barely being used.

presumably it speeds up to PCIe 5.0 once you fire up an application that needs more bandwidth?



It's exactly the same (clean W11 workstation, freshly imaged)

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Thank you!

But since you also have a 5060 ti you might have the same issue. I was hoping for someone with an older GPU and older driver to compare, but i guess i'll have to check myself with my gtx 1060 if i want to go to the bottom of this. But i'm a bit lazy to do it since my 5060 ti performance is already good, so i'll just call it a day :p
 
With a 5 W load, I wouldn't worry.
 
N3utro said:
Thank you!

But since you also have a 5060 ti you might have the same issue. I was hoping for someone with an older GPU and older driver to compare, but i guess i'll have to check myself with my gtx 1060 if i want to go to the bottom of this. But i'm a bit lazy to do it since my 5060 ti performance is already good, so i'll just call it a day :p
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If you wanted an older card for comparison, here is my 1660 super (win 10, 551.86):
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