CPU stuck @ 100% unless task manager is open

I'm not sure why, but my CPU has been stuck at 100% load all the time for the past couple of weeks. I have a core temp gadget running to monitor it, and have been trying to figure out what happened. I have uninstalled all games and apps that were installed since the problem occurred, eliminated all unnecessary processes, ran avast, malwarebytes, ccleaner, and spyware S&D. I started getting nvidia driver crashes as, so i updated those and am still getting them.

My system idle process was running pretty high. It was showing 98% system usage in task manager, and the cpu usage will show in the 50's. It has recently started happening that all 4 cores on my cpu are stuck at 100% unless the task manager is opened. As soon as it opens, that cores all drop down to 1-5%. The main reason I'm concerned about it, is the temperatures of the cores. Normal temps are high 20's to low 30's. But without task manager opened, the temps are up in the 50's. I'm trying to avoid having to wipe and start over, but if it'll save my cpu from baking I'll have to. Any ideas?

Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit
i5-2500k
Gigabyte z68ma-d2h-b3
8gb 1600mhz
gtx 460
Xonar Essence STX
Samsung 830 256gb (os & games)
Seagate 2tb (media & storage)

Thanks for the quick and correct answer to both of you. I made the mistake of going to tomshardware originally for the answer...... oops. That solved the problem quickly and easily. So from now on, I know where to go for help. 'Cause I actually got help instead of 100 views and nothing else.

You're welcome, and glad you got it fixed.

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Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit
i5-2500k
Gigabyte z68ma-d2h-b3
8gb 1600mhz
gtx 460
Xonar Essence STX
Samsung 830 256gb (os & games)
Seagate 2tb (media & storage)

I'd say sell ur board and cpu only keep your ram. LGA 1155 is your bottleneck. Pick up an Alienware Area 51 ALX board on ebay for $100 lga 1366 and Triple Channel Ram. Pop in a 6 core / 12 thread Xeon X5650 for $50 and eat that 2500k for breakfast. It's 25,000 CPU Queen points shy of an E5-2670 v2. Then see like 1% utilization in any game...

High cpu is the lack of cpu power and the fact that your cpu may be doing your IO work that your southbridge should be doing.

You need to setup all your drives on RAID mode so it can use your Southbridge's iTE IT8728 but that's the problem right there.

I'd also install a fresh win7 x64 install ur games drivers and get it dialed in. Then Acronis backup the drive to another drive so u can recover to ur flawless config when needed.

I'd go for an Intel Southbridge if you want peak performance, even sata II ICH10R see's upwards of 500GB/s in RAID0.

Also the 460 needs some attention if your getting driver crashes. Pull it apart and use a thermal interface on the gpu core.

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chris89 said:

Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit
i5-2500k
I'd say sell ur board and cpu only keep your ram. LGA 1155 is your bottleneck. Private msg me and I'll help tackle your issue.

So a 2500k somehow is now incapable of running Windows7, and requires 100% cpu useage just to function?

Wow....

IMO, of course...major 'consulting fail'...unless this was a joke..?

The i5 is fine if you wanna save on electricity because the 128-bit memory width of lga 1155 is much more energy efficient than other systems.

So I'm just saying I'd suggest an upgrade because the i5 may not cut it. That's why I suggest lga1366 with it's 192-bit system memory width and potential for dual 6.4GT/s QPI(s) on One cpu.

The CPU Queen score on a 2500k in turbo boost at 3.7Ghz is 31,950 points. My old i7 930 scored just over 50,000 points. The $50 x5650 scores in stock turbo boost at 2.92Ghz is over 75,000 points. Easily clock the 95W Xeon 6-Core 12-thread chip to 4Ghz and see scores approaching 100,000 points. Since the Xeon has dual 6.4GT/s QPI(s) at 4Ghz is over 7.2GT/s x 2 at 14.4GT/s. Compared to the i5 at 5GT/s single QPI link.

Just saying for the money you can spend less and get more with the ALX Area-51 board, some ram, an x5650 and perform right up there with the fastest machines around.

Good luck