[Performance Telemetry]: Incorrect report of CPU Activity

[vitduck]

Checklist [README]

• [X] Device is not undervolted nor overclocked
• [X] Device is using the latest drivers
• [X] Application is not cracked, modded and use the latest patch

Application [Required]

Intel(R) Performance Telemetry

Processor / Processor Number [Required]

AMD Ryzen 7 5800x

Graphic Card [Required]

Acer Bifrost A770

GPU Driver Version [Required]

31.0.101.5122

Rendering API [Required]

• [ ] Vulkan
• [ ] OpenGL
• [ ] DirectX12
• [X] DirectX11
• [ ] DirectX10
• [ ] DirectX9
• [ ] Not applicable

Windows Build Number [Required]

• [X] Windows 11 23H2
• [ ] Windows 11 22H2
• [ ] Windows 11 21H2
• [ ] Windows 10 22H2
• [ ] Windows 10 21H2
• [ ] Other (Please specify)

Other Windows build number

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Intel System Support Utility report

ISSU.txt

Description and steps to reproduce [Required]

There is a large discrepancy between CPU Activity reported by Intel Arc with respect to one from RTSS. The example below is from Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition (1980x1080)

Both apps report almost identical telemetry sans CPU Activity. This observation extends to other games, in which Intel Telemetry consistently reports too low CPU Activity. A 1% CPU usage is unrealistic if not outright wrong even if the game is GPU-bottleneck.

Device / Platform

No response

Crash dumps [Required, if applicable]

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Application / Windows logs

No response

[Felipe-Intel]

Hello @vitduck this is expected behavior. Please check this article

[vitduck]

Thanks and sorry for missing this obvious session from the FAQ.