# Anyone know why CPU usage at 100% during downloads

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/anyone-know-why-cpu-usage-at-100-during-downloads/484918>\
**Category:** Getting Started & Setup\
**Tags:** bug, cpu-usage, unreal-engine, CPU, Installation, question\
**Created:** [June 15, 2021, 8:28am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/anyone-know-why-cpu-usage-at-100-during-downloads/484918 "2021-06-15T08:28:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Phil\_Cahill](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Phil\_Cahill](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Phil_Cahill)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2021, 8:28am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/anyone-know-why-cpu-usage-at-100-during-downloads/484918/1 "2021-06-15T08:28:12Z")

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Hi, I’m currently downloading Valley of the ancient and my CPU is at 100% making my system very unresponsive.  
I have closed the launcher and rebooted system but the second the download starts CPU usage maxed out.

System specs  
I7-9700K  
RTX 2070s  
32gb ddr4 @3200  
Windows 10

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**Author:** ![CtnDev](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/ctndev/32/1133321_2.png) [@CtnDev](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/CtnDev)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2021, 10:30am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/anyone-know-why-cpu-usage-at-100-during-downloads/484918/2 "2021-06-15T10:30:21Z")

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Rendering in project materials and shaders, its normal.