3 ms·
Steam downloads are always very CPU intensive for me, it seems to need about 1 core per 100 megabit/s. I'm guessing they're using somewhat slow compression, per
by formerly_proven 3y ago
Steam downloads are always very CPU intensive for me, it seems to need about 1 core per 100 megabit/s. I'm guessing they're using somewhat slow compression, perhaps LZMA. Likewise, game file validation is CPU limited (it only uses a single thread) at around 500 MB/s for me. Probably an outdated algorithm choice as well.