GPU Load measurement exceeds 100%

[skyfire]

for some reason, my GPU Measurement reaches >100%

i only have 1 GPU (GTX 1650 GDDR6) and have disabled the on-board graphics completely (via BIOS) and does not appear in neither Device Manager or dxdiag.

here's my snippet:

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; Measures > GPU Measures > Measure GPU ;

[MeasureGPULoad]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=UsageMonitor
Alias=GPU

; Meters - GPU > Memory Bar ;

[GPUBar]
Meter=Bar
MeasureName=MeasureGPULoad
BarOrientation=HORIZONTAL
BarColor=0,0,0
X=100
Y=250
W=100
H=4

; Meters - GPU > Memory Percentage ;

[GPUValue]
Meter=String
StringAlign=RIGHT
FontFace=Open Sans
FontSize=8
FontColor=0,0,0
X=277
Y=245
Text=[MeasureGPULoad:0]
Percentual=1
DynamicVariables=1
PostFix=%
AntiAlias=1

[CodeCode]

I think your MeasureGPULoad needs a minvalue=0 and a maxvalue=200

[xenium]

for some reason, my GPU Measurement reaches >100%

I have the same problem but jsmorley gave me a solution:

https://forum.rainmeter.net/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=28813&p=164886&hilit=gpu+usage+xenium#p164886

[skyfire]

I think your MeasureGPULoad needs a minvalue=0 and a maxvalue=200

apparently still the same issue

setting MaxValue to 100 yields the same result.

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; Measures > GPU Measures > Measure GPU ;

[MeasureGPULoad]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=UsageMonitor
Alias=GPU
MinValue=0
MaxValue=200

[skyfire]

I have the same problem but jsmorley gave me a solution:

https://forum.rainmeter.net/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=28813&p=164886&hilit=gpu+usage+xenium#p164886

this actually helped me cap the % to 100 max. but i noticed the reading vs Task Manager became greatly different (23% TM vs 100% RM)

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[MeasureGPULoad]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=UsageMonitor
Alias=GPU

[MeasureGPULoadLimit]
Measure=Calc
Formula=Clamp(MeasureGPULoad,0,100)

did i do it right?

[xenium]

this actually helped me cap the % to 100 max. but i noticed the reading vs Task Manager became greatly different (23% TM vs 100% RM)

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[MeasureGPULoad]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=UsageMonitor
Alias=GPU

[MeasureGPULoadLimit]
Measure=Calc
Formula=Clamp(MeasureGPULoad,0,100)

did i do it right?

I don't know, maybe some experts can answer this question.
You can try using HWinfo instead of UsageMonitor and see if the problem persists.
Try this:
https://forum.rainmeter.net/viewtopic.php?f=132&t=33202

[SilverAzide]

for some reason, my GPU Measurement reaches >100%

i only have 1 GPU (GTX 1650 GDDR6) and have disabled the on-board graphics completely (via BIOS) and does not appear in neither Device Manager or dxdiag.

I don't know, maybe some experts can answer this question.
You can try using HWinfo instead of UsageMonitor and see if the problem persists.

Hey everyone... The problem is that you need to blacklist the "dwm" process (Desktop Window Manager). Windows ignores this process in calculations (in perfmon and Task Manager). So:

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[MeasureGPU]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=UsageMonitor
Alias=GPU
Blacklist="_Total|Idle|dwm"
...

[xenium]

Hey everyone... The problem is that you need to blacklist the "dwm" process (Desktop Window Manager). Windows ignores this process in calculations (in perfmon and Task Manager). So:

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[MeasureGPU]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=UsageMonitor
Alias=GPU
Blacklist="_Total|Idle|dwm"
...

Thanks SilverAzide for the clarification.

[jsmorley]

Hey everyone... The problem is that you need to blacklist the "dwm" process (Desktop Window Manager). Windows ignores this process in calculations (in perfmon and Task Manager). So:

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[MeasureGPU]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=UsageMonitor
Alias=GPU
Blacklist="_Total|Idle|dwm"
...

I'm not 100% sure that is true. It is my experience that you don't want or need to blacklist anything when just getting the total GPU utilization. The plugin will automatically set MaxValue=100 on a measure using the GPU alias, and I think you want everything included in order to measure the "total" amount of usage.

You do want to use blacklist when using an Index of other than "0", when for instance you are getting the application that is the "top" user of GPU resources. In that case, you don't want dwm included, as it will just always be the "top" user of GPU and isn't of much value in keeping track of things.

As far as I know, there is no entry for "_Total" or "Idle" included in the GPU Utilization counter in perfmon.

In any case, this seems to work fine for me, but I guess your mileage may vary.

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[Rainmeter]
Update=1000
DynamicWindowSize=1
AccurateText=1

[Variables]

[MeasureAllGPU]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=UsageMonitor
Alias=GPU
Index=0

[MeasureTopGPU]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=UsageMonitor
Alias=GPU
Index=1
BlackList=dwm

[MeasureAllVRAM]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=UsageMonitor
Alias=VRAM
Index=0

[MeasureAllVRAMScale]
Measure=Calc
Formula=MeasureAllVRAM

[MeasureTopVRAM]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=UsageMonitor
Alias=VRAM
Index=1

[MeasureTopVRAMScale]
Measure=Calc
Formula=MeasureTopVRAM

[MeterGPU]
Meter=String
FontSize=11
FontWeight=400
FontColor=255,255,255,255
SolidColor=47,47,47,255
Padding=5,5,5,5
AntiAlias=1
DynamicVariables=1
Text=Total GPU: [MeasureAllGPU:1]%#CRLF#Top GPU: [MeasureTopGPU] - [MeasureTopGPU:1]%

[MeterVRAM]
Meter=String
MeasureName=MeasureAllVRAMScale
MeasureName2=MeasureTopVRAMScale
Y=5R
FontSize=11
FontWeight=400
FontColor=255,255,255,255
SolidColor=47,47,47,255
Padding=5,5,5,5
AntiAlias=1
DynamicVariables=1
AutoScale=1
NumOfDecimals=1
Text=Total VRAM: %1B#CRLF#Top VRAM: [MeasureTopVRAM] - %2B

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[SilverAzide]

I'm not 100% sure that is true. It is my experience that you don't want or need to blacklist anything when just getting the total GPU utilization. The plugin will automatically set MaxValue=100 on a measure using the GPU alias, and I think you want everything included in order to measure the "total" amount of usage.

Perhaps my information is out of date. I use the blacklist for GPU because of this bug post I reported back in 2018 when UsageMonitor was first added:

UsageMonitor always reports too high GPU usage for individual processes

And tjhrulz's response here; specifically, this comment:

So in short you should just add DWM to the blacklist when doing GPU stuff, then the total should reflect correctly. In fact I probably should talk to jsmorley about maybe adding it the the default blacklist for everything since it has little value to an end user.