Media Encoder is not taking full advantage of my sistem

[SantiCitta]

Hi guys! 

I'm seeing that when rendering en media encoder, and also in premiere. the sistem is not working as muchas as it could. 

My CPU, GPU, and RAM Memory are under 30% while rendering a 1hour video in H264. I understand this means my render times should be shorter if using full capabilitie. 

I have an Intel i7-4790K CPU 

32GB of RAM 

and a GTX 1060 with 6GB 

could there be something wrong in my config? 

thanks!!!

[Peru Bob]

Moved to the Video Hardware forum.

[John T Smith]

Test your computer to find out how well it will work
https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/PugetBench-for-Premiere-Pro-1519/
-Benchmark test program available for Premiere Pro CC2019 and CC2020
https://community.adobe.com/t5/video-hardware/premiere-pro-cpu-performance-intel-core-10th-gen-vs-am...

[RjL190365]

Which version of Premiere Pro (I mean the point version, not just the year version) of Premiere Pro were you running?

I am asking this because I have recently seen a couple of results with a system very much like yours (CPU, RAM and GPU-wise), albeit with the very first release of Premiere Pro 2020. That system could not even achieve a score of 300 in the Standard preset of the Puget Systems benchmark. And even if the CPU were utilized 100%, do not expect much of an improvement in that score. This is because if you did expect that much of an improvement, then the overall score would have ended up being a ridiculously impossible high score that equals or bests even a new-generation 8-core/16-thread CPU-based PC with the newest high-end GPU.

And I know this because my old i7-4790K, even overclocked to 4.7 GHz, still performed slower than my stock-speed i7-7700 non-K CPU with the same GPU. With 14.0.4 and QuickSync disabled, I achieved a score of only 309 in the Standard preset with the i7-7700. Hence, the 270's score from the 4790K is right where I would have expected, given the circumstances.

And not all workflows max out the CPU or the GPU.