diff --git a/extern/sector-storage/sched.go b/extern/sector-storage/sched.go
index 757e89299f0..bb5fd39c976 100644
--- a/extern/sector-storage/sched.go
+++ b/extern/sector-storage/sched.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package sectorstorage
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"math"
 	"math/rand"
 	"sort"
 	"sync"
@@ -365,7 +366,7 @@ func (sh *scheduler) trySched() {
 	}
 
 	windows := make([]schedWindow, windowsLen)
-	acceptableWindows := make([][]int, queueLen)
+	acceptableWindows := make([][]int, queueLen) // QueueIndex -> []OpenWindowIndex
 
 	// Step 1
 	throttle := make(chan struct{}, windowsLen)
@@ -459,34 +460,57 @@ func (sh *scheduler) trySched() {
 	// Step 2
 	scheduled := 0
 	rmQueue := make([]int, 0, queueLen)
+	workerUtil := map[storiface.WorkerID]float64{}
 
 	for sqi := 0; sqi < queueLen; sqi++ {
 		task := (*sh.schedQueue)[sqi]
 
 		selectedWindow := -1
-		for _, wnd := range acceptableWindows[task.indexHeap] {
+		var needRes storiface.Resources
+		var info storiface.WorkerInfo
+		var bestWid storiface.WorkerID
+		bestUtilization := math.MaxFloat64 // smaller = better
+
+		for i, wnd := range acceptableWindows[task.indexHeap] {
 			wid := sh.openWindows[wnd].worker
-			info := sh.workers[wid].info
+			w := sh.workers[wid]
 
-			log.Debugf("SCHED try assign sqi:%d sector %d to window %d", sqi, task.sector.ID.Number, wnd)
+			res := info.Resources.ResourceSpec(task.sector.ProofType, task.taskType)
 
-			needRes := info.Resources.ResourceSpec(task.sector.ProofType, task.taskType)
+			log.Debugf("SCHED try assign sqi:%d sector %d to window %d (awi:%d)", sqi, task.sector.ID.Number, wnd, i)
 
 			// TODO: allow bigger windows
 			if !windows[wnd].allocated.canHandleRequest(needRes, wid, "schedAssign", info) {
 				continue
 			}
 
-			log.Debugf("SCHED ASSIGNED sqi:%d sector %d task %s to window %d", sqi, task.sector.ID.Number, task.taskType, wnd)
-
-			windows[wnd].allocated.add(info.Resources, needRes)
-			// TODO: We probably want to re-sort acceptableWindows here based on new
-			//  workerHandle.utilization + windows[wnd].allocated.utilization (workerHandle.utilization is used in all
-			//  task selectors, but not in the same way, so need to figure out how to do that in a non-O(n^2 way), and
-			//  without additional network roundtrips (O(n^2) could be avoided by turning acceptableWindows.[] into heaps))
+			wu, found := workerUtil[wid]
+			if !found {
+				wu = w.utilization()
+				workerUtil[wid] = wu
+			}
+			if wu >= bestUtilization {
+				// acceptable worker list is initally sorted by utilization, and the initially-best workers
+				// will be assigned tasks first. This means that if we find a worker which isn't better, it
+				// probably means that the other workers aren't better either.
+				//
+				// utilization
+				// ^
+				// |       /
+				// | \    /
+				// |  \  /
+				// |   *
+				// #--------> acceptableWindow index
+				//
+				// * -> we're here
+				break
+			}
 
+			info = w.info
+			needRes = res
+			bestWid = wid
 			selectedWindow = wnd
-			break
+			bestUtilization = wu
 		}
 
 		if selectedWindow < 0 {
@@ -494,6 +518,15 @@ func (sh *scheduler) trySched() {
 			continue
 		}
 
+		log.Debugw("SCHED ASSIGNED",
+			"sqi", sqi,
+			"sector", task.sector.ID.Number,
+			"task", task.taskType,
+			"window", selectedWindow,
+			"worker", bestWid,
+			"utilization", bestUtilization)
+
+		workerUtil[bestWid] += windows[selectedWindow].allocated.add(info.Resources, needRes)
 		windows[selectedWindow].todo = append(windows[selectedWindow].todo, task)
 
 		rmQueue = append(rmQueue, sqi)
diff --git a/extern/sector-storage/sched_resources.go b/extern/sector-storage/sched_resources.go
index 6034dc2e916..58a181d6bd0 100644
--- a/extern/sector-storage/sched_resources.go
+++ b/extern/sector-storage/sched_resources.go
@@ -33,13 +33,18 @@ func (a *activeResources) hasWorkWaiting() bool {
 	return a.waiting > 0
 }
 
-func (a *activeResources) add(wr storiface.WorkerResources, r storiface.Resources) {
+// add task resources to activeResources and return utilization difference
+func (a *activeResources) add(wr storiface.WorkerResources, r storiface.Resources) float64 {
+	startUtil := a.utilization(wr)
+
 	if r.GPUUtilization > 0 {
 		a.gpuUsed += r.GPUUtilization
 	}
 	a.cpuUse += r.Threads(wr.CPUs, len(wr.GPUs))
 	a.memUsedMin += r.MinMemory
 	a.memUsedMax += r.MaxMemory
+
+	return a.utilization(wr) - startUtil
 }
 
 func (a *activeResources) free(wr storiface.WorkerResources, r storiface.Resources) {
@@ -104,6 +109,7 @@ func (a *activeResources) canHandleRequest(needRes storiface.Resources, wid stor
 	return true
 }
 
+// utilization returns a number in 0..1 range indicating fraction of used resources
 func (a *activeResources) utilization(wr storiface.WorkerResources) float64 {
 	var max float64
 
@@ -129,6 +135,13 @@ func (a *activeResources) utilization(wr storiface.WorkerResources) float64 {
 		max = memMax
 	}
 
+	if len(wr.GPUs) > 0 {
+		gpuMax := a.gpuUsed / float64(len(wr.GPUs))
+		if gpuMax > max {
+			max = gpuMax
+		}
+	}
+
 	return max
 }