How To Stop Random 100% CPU Usage Spikes When PC Is Idle WinSAT Task
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how to stop random 100% CPU usage spikes when pc is idle WinSAT task
Sorry for the poor audio quality by the way. Rookie error.
Are you finding that your PC or laptop is sat doing nothing and suddenly there is a disturbance in the force! The fans all ramp up and the temps start going through the roof?
Well it is weirdly by design (thanks Microsoft)
Windows seems to want to run a sort of diagnostic benchmark when the PC is idle.
This used to be something we would run on Windows 7 PC's to see what the PC performance rating was. This was known as the Windows Assessment Tool.
With modern Windows 10 and Windows 11 systems this task is scheduled to run randomly for some bizarre reason? But it is pretty easy to stop it running at random times by removing the scheduled task in Windows Task Scheduler.
In Windows task scheduler in the top left click on Microsoft, then Windows, then maintainence and then you should find the WinSAT task, you can disable it or remove it. I choose to remove it, and since then, no more random CPU temp spikes and no more fans ramping up to compensate for the generated heat!
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