The NVIDIA app on my laptop says GPU utilization is 14,144,166%. The laptop doesn't seem hot or unusually busy. Could this mean malware or a hardware problem?
It has an RTX 4050, an Intel i5-13420H and 16 GB of RAM. I'm pretty new to this stuff.
Why does the NVIDIA app say my GPU is at 14 million percent?
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That number isn't a real measure of how hard the GPU is working. It points to a reporting or display glitch in the app or overlay, not a GPU actually running at millions of percent.
The lack of heat or obvious load is reassuring, but it doesn't prove the cause by itself. Check the GPU reading in Windows Task Manager as a comparison. If that looks normal, try restarting the NVIDIA app or the laptop and see whether the strange reading clears.
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That reading alone isn't evidence that you've been hacked or that a miner is running. If you're still concerned, check for unfamiliar processes and run a Windows Security scan. I'd treat the percentage as a monitoring error unless other signs give you a reason to investigate further.
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4q~tramline_709:
In Task Manager, look under the Performance tab for the GPU. The Processes tab can also show which programs are using it.