Why my gpu and some CPU cores are at 90% while updating?

[Japo32Planes]

I am updating the 40gb patch, and while I have been almost 3 hours for 17gb, the GPU and some CPU cores are in between 88-98% usage. Is that normal? It is just a download process, my god!

[ITDreamFly]

This is known.
Please see:

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