diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/HW/VideoInterface.cpp b/Source/Core/Core/HW/VideoInterface.cpp
index ee7a0889a5..b03a8c5988 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/HW/VideoInterface.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/HW/VideoInterface.cpp
@@ -853,10 +853,14 @@ void VideoInterfaceManager::EndField(FieldType field, u64 ticks)
   if (!Config::Get(Config::GFX_HACK_EARLY_XFB_OUTPUT))
     OutputField(field, ticks);
 
-  // Note: We really only need to Throttle prior to to presentation,
-  //  but it is needed here if we want accurate "VBlank" statistics,
-  //  when using GPU-on-Thread or Early/Immediate XFB.
-  m_system.GetCoreTiming().Throttle(ticks);
+  // Note: OutputField above doesn't present when using GPU-on-Thread or Early/Immediate XFB,
+  //  giving "VBlank" measurements here poor pacing without a Throttle call.
+  // If the user actually wants the data, we'll Throttle to make the numbers nice.
+  const bool is_vblank_data_wanted = g_ActiveConfig.bShowVPS || g_ActiveConfig.bShowVTimes ||
+                                     g_ActiveConfig.bLogRenderTimeToFile ||
+                                     g_ActiveConfig.bShowGraphs;
+  if (is_vblank_data_wanted)
+    m_system.GetCoreTiming().Throttle(ticks);
 
   g_perf_metrics.CountVBlank();
   VIEndFieldEvent::Trigger();