GPU Tweak III now incorporated with DataTransfer.exe ; Constant Draw on CPU. Why?

[jsouth20]

Just upgraded from GPUT2 to GPUT3 v1.7.8.6  and now the process ‘DataTransfer.exe’ is always using CPU & Memory resources.

>>Program Files (x86)\ASUS\GPUTweakIII\DataTransfer.exe

What does ‘DataTransfer.exe’ do and why is it always consuming resources?

It’s quite persistent & invasive pe executable with hooks all over OS. Can kill process in taskmgr but it restarts itself.

I’ve tried full uninstall, and then clean reinstalling GPUT3, no profiles etc..

Surely this can’t be normal ?

Win10 22H2

GeForce RTX 3090

ROG Maximus Z690 Formula

I9-12900K

[Silent_Scone]

Hi @jsouth20 

GPUTweakIII supports showing more sensors using the cpuid library. To accomplish this, datatransfer.exe is key. If you do not enable the plug-in function (to get more sensor data from cpuid), this process will not be executed. A small hit to CPU runtime is expected, much like with apps such as HWINFO. The antivirus flag will be a false positive.

[jsouth20]

Completely understand;  if I had ever enabled such a plug-in... But I have never enabled any plug-ins in GPUT3.  DataTransfer.exe started right after install ( I have pgms to alert to such things).

Is this the plug-in your referring to?

[Silent_Scone]

Are you enabling external fan control?

Can you list full system specs?

[jsouth20]

Specs

CPU: Intel Core I9 12900k
Mobo: Asus ROG MAXIMUS Z690 FORMULA  BIOS/2004

Ram: 64GB (2x32GB) Corsair Dominator Plantinum RGB DDR5 5600MHz
Graphics: Asus ROG GeForce RTX 3090 Strix
PSU:  EVGA SuperNOVA P6 1000 W 80+ Platinum

Storage: Samsung 980 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 NVME SSD x2
Case: Lian Li O11 Air Mini ATX Mid Tower
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i Elite Capellix
OS: Windows 10 Pro 22h2
Keyboard: Corsair Strafe RGB MK.2
Monitor:  HP Spectre 32 Studio Display

[jsouth20]

I am not enabling external fan control.

[Silent_Scone]

Thanks, I've let the team know. Although, polling apps can always be expected to pull some CPU load. HWINFO pulls more than that on my system.

[Silent_Scone]

Hi @jsouth20 

I've got the latest version installed here [Z790 Apex Encore / 14900KF / ASUS 4090 RTX TUF OC]

No activity before enabling the monitor plugin. Once enabled, usage is around 0.1 - 0.2%, which is a tiny overhead.

Do you have HWMonitor installed?

 

[jsouth20]

Nope-  HWMonitor is not installed and yet DataTransfer.exe is still running?