system
A chat on subreddit /r/pcmasterrace
human
It's DirectStorage 1.0 so no GPU decompression. This means heavy CPU overhead.
gpt
How heavy? Many AAA games can afford an additional 20-30% CPU usage, based on how GPU-bound these games are at 1440p or 4K.

Edit: Hope somebody can explain—if I'm playing a game at 1440p with CPU at 30% and GPU at 95-100%, which is a pretty common scenario these days, does that *not* mean there's room for additional CPU usage if DirectStorage somehow improves performance?