At the same time, it’s possible that Intel’s DSA has an issue with the latest version of Windows 10, which is why some users are randomly seeing high CPU usage.įortunately, users have found a simple fix for the problem – uninstall the Intel software or the cumulative update, and then pause the updates temporarily. The issue could be caused by an update to DSAService (DSAService.exe), which is causing spikes of around 50-100%, as well as FPS drops. I did uninstall that program,” one user noted in the Reddit thread. High CPU and disk usage… I couldn’t even see streamings and videos. DSAService is included with Intel’s software update tool for Windows 10 and it reportedly runs in the background frequently, which causes high CPU usage for some people.