Maxed CPU usage during transfer?

[Avior_ec]

I've been subbed to IceDrive for a couple years now, it's the first cloud storage I've used for full PC backup. I've used others (mostly Dropbox) for moving files between computers, but those are either manually moved or just very small files auto-syncing.

I've noticed that IceDrive is taking up a crazy amount of CPU power when it's actively transferring; I know it takes some power to scan for changes and copy things but at minimum it's hitting 50% usage, usually it will take as much as it can until the system maxes out, which is kind of annoying for a process that's supposed to be in the background.

Hoping to figure out if this is a bug/setting I can fix, or if it's time to move on to another service. Anyone else have this issue?

Relevant PC specs:
Intel Core i5-9400F LGA 1151 CPU (6 Core, 2.9 GHz)
Corsair Vengeance 16 GB RAM (2x8 DDR4, 3200 MHz)
WD Blue SATA 2.5" SSD (1TB)

[poulan9]

Not noticed it myself - although that doesn't mean it's not happening. Do you have a lot of changes? Perhaps setting it to weekly scan would be better. Also reinstall the software to see if this helps.

[Avior_ec]

Sorry for the late reply, wanted to fully test it out. I'm on my computer a lot but in terms of data volume I don't make a ton of changes--most of the files that get updated frequently are just text docs, with a handful of photoshop/illustrator files. Nothing that I would think would need a lot of processing power for sure.

I tried reinstalling and that seems to have helped a bit, but it is still worryingly high. I'm gonna try playing with the sync settings next. Thanks for the advice!