[radiumleague]

Hello, Im currently running a VPS with a 6700k CPU we are running CS:GO servers on it and we are experiencing high var issues. Not sure what to do to fix the issue. Looking to get similar results as ESEA or FACEIT will make any hardware changes needed to do so. heres what the var currently looks like while in a game with 10 players. https://gyazo.com/f746a607b9137158017c93684e70aef1

[cytrus224]

Originally Posted by radiumleague VPS with a 6700k CPU we are running CS:GO servers on it and we are experiencing high var issues.

There's your issue. Don't use VPS with shared resources(CPU in this case)

[radiumleague]

Originally Posted by cytrus224 There's your issue. Don't use VPS with shared resources(CPU in this case)

We are currently using my friends hosting company and there is no one sharing the resources we currently are using 100% of it. We also are using about 10-15% usage per server.

[Neuro Toxin]

Originally Posted by radiumleague We also are using about 10-15% usage per server.

Note: As SRCDS is single threaded for the main process you need to remember that your max usage is <100>/<thread count> when looking at the main CPU usage. You have 8 threads on your CPU, full single core usage is 12.5% of the entire CPU. The CPU usage also throttles every second or so (depending on tickrate). Your in game image looks very much like the core its running on is maxing out.

You need to make sure that power saving moves are disabled / set to performance, each CPU core/thread is running at it's max speed and that you are not running more than 7 servers on this CPU (1 server per core less one for OS stuff).

In relation to using a VPS, you are adding another layer between the SRCDS process and the CPU threads. If you are using the machine without other users sharing resources, you should run on a dedicated OS instead of using virtualisation.

Lack of RAM will also result in degraded performance as HDD swap memory will be used dramatically slowing down SRCDS instances accessing memory.

For more help you should really be providing.

CPU: 6700K
OS: Ubuntu 16
RAM: 32GB DDR4
GAME: CSGO
SERVER COUNT: ?
TICKRATES: ?
MODS/PLUGINS: ?

[sneaK]

Some more information is needed here! Which OS? What are your other specs? What do you mean by "terrible var" (how much)? Have you disabled all power saving settings in your BIOS and OS?

[radiumleague]

Originally Posted by sneaK Some more information is needed here! Which OS? What are your other specs? What do you mean by "terrible var" (how much)? Have you disabled all power saving settings in your BIOS and OS?

you can see the var in that Gyazo gif. We are running Ubuntu 16. We are running 32gb DDR4 paired with a 6700k @ 4.0 GHz. We have not tried every power saving mode.

[Obyboby]

I'm having the exact same issue and most of the time sv and var are constantly red host says the CPU is locked at the highest frequency and I have a dedicated server and stuff but idk I've had this issue since we started the server

[Zuby24]

What virtualization do you use ?
I would recommend LXC or KVM but KVM uses more resources.
If you have KVM try to tweak your kernel. You will find here tweaks for your kernel.
Personaly, I'm using KVM with my own tweaks to kernel and var is about 0.001-0.010 with 24/24 slots on 64tickrate.

[j1gg]

What do u mean "tweak kernel", how and what exactly should we change.

[Zuby24]

A short list to do.
Set sv_occlude_players to "0".
Second use a tuned. -> https://www.linuxsecrets.com/2892-tu...ux-performance
Enable turbo for you processor. -> https://forums.alliedmods.net/showpo...5&postcount=15

Also check your Mhz cores. cat /proc/cpuinfo |grep "MHz" and see if it is set on higher freq