Question / Help System's CPU usage skyrockets when using OBS

[SgtFunShinebear]

Whenever I use OBS, it's CPU usage goes to around 25%, which would be manageable if it weren't for the fact that the "system" process also comes up and doubles it at ~22%. This is creating a situation where any game I want to stream has to sit below 50% of my CPU usage, or else the computer stutters like crazy. I can barely stream Hearthstone, when my computer runs Arma 3 fine.

The log is attached, and to be honest I'm not sure if this is intended or not, but I've never had this issue before. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Krazy]

This is completely normal. Real time video encoding is a very system intensive process, and your CPU is pretty dated/underpowered by today's standard, especially for 720p30fps encoding.

 

[SgtFunShinebear]

I actually fixed it. My CPU usage was spiking up by 30% whenever I tried to use my webcam. Turned it off and everything normalized.