Most games tend to be GPU-intensive rather than CPU-intensive, so shouldn’t really be hammering your CPU too hard. We recommend going through our other tips listed below before trying this. On a desktop things can be a little more complicated, as you’ll need to physically remove the PSU from your PC and test a different one. If the issue was with your power supply, the CPU usage should return to normal in the task manager ( Ctrl + Shift + Esc). To solve this on a laptop is quite simple: unplug your laptop from the power cable, then follow our instructions in the previous section to set its power plan to ‘High performance’. If, however, you see in the Task Manager Processes tab that it’s using a lot of CPU, then of course you should do something about it. In other words, it’s a very important process, and you shouldn’t disable it lightly. The WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation) Provider Host is a core service on Windows that links up with various software on your PC to send it information about your operating system. Another culprit of high CPU usage is “Windows Search,” which you can safely disable, too. You can technically do this to any service that’s hogging CPU, but some services are system-critical, so you need to be careful. Right-click SysMain, click Properties, then in its Properties window click the drop-down next to “Startup type,” click “Disabled,” and OK. Alternatively, to disable it permanently (or until Windows switches it on again, which can happen after you update the OS), press Win + R, type services, then in the Services window scroll down to Superfetch.
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