For the past I'd say 2 years, I have had a problem where when I'm gaming (usually Dota 2, but maybe that's just because I play this game most often) my screen suddenly goes black. The monitor goes to sleep as if there's no connection, the PC stays on and all of the keyboard and mouse lights stay on. The audio lingers for a few seconds and then stops.
The rate at which this has been happening is sporadic. For instance, for several months or weeks I might encounter the problem 0-4 times a week whereas on other months/weeks it won't happen at all. This is concerning me, as I heard it's a sign of hardware failure.
I asked a knowledgeable relative and they told me to run benchmark tests and stress the GPU and CPU. I downloaded AIDA64 Extreme (Trial version) and ran two tests: a "GPGPU Benchmark" and a "System Stability Test." Here are my results: https://imgur.com/a/erbgV0d (2 pictures)
Here are my specs:
- Intel core i5-4590 (3.3 Ghz base frequency) (About 1.5 years old)
- AMD RX 470 4 GB VRAM ("Strix") (About 1.5 years old)
- 8 GB DDR3 (Ripjaws) (A little over 2 years old)
- Gygabyte B85M-DSH3 (A little over 2 years old)
- 1 TB HDD 7,200 RPM (WD Blue) (A little over a year old)
- 500w PSU (probably a little over 2 years old)
Some background:
-I'm an intense gamer. It's all I do when I come home from school aside from homework and on vacations as well.
-For many months I didn't clean the dust off my PC.
Also, my PC has become progressively slow and clunky. Turning on my PC and getting everything to load is slow; programs are slow to run; many short-term freezes while browsing and loading programs; etc. This has been happening for about 2 years, but lately (past 6 months) it's been getting worse and worse.
So my questions are:
Am I facing hardware failure?
Did I run the correct tests?
Is my PC slowness in correlation to my issue?
I'm not a very computer-savvy person, so if someone could guide me on what I need to do, that would be great! Thanks!
The rate at which this has been happening is sporadic. For instance, for several months or weeks I might encounter the problem 0-4 times a week whereas on other months/weeks it won't happen at all. This is concerning me, as I heard it's a sign of hardware failure.
I asked a knowledgeable relative and they told me to run benchmark tests and stress the GPU and CPU. I downloaded AIDA64 Extreme (Trial version) and ran two tests: a "GPGPU Benchmark" and a "System Stability Test." Here are my results: https://imgur.com/a/erbgV0d (2 pictures)
Here are my specs:
- Intel core i5-4590 (3.3 Ghz base frequency) (About 1.5 years old)
- AMD RX 470 4 GB VRAM ("Strix") (About 1.5 years old)
- 8 GB DDR3 (Ripjaws) (A little over 2 years old)
- Gygabyte B85M-DSH3 (A little over 2 years old)
- 1 TB HDD 7,200 RPM (WD Blue) (A little over a year old)
- 500w PSU (probably a little over 2 years old)
Some background:
-I'm an intense gamer. It's all I do when I come home from school aside from homework and on vacations as well.
-For many months I didn't clean the dust off my PC.
Also, my PC has become progressively slow and clunky. Turning on my PC and getting everything to load is slow; programs are slow to run; many short-term freezes while browsing and loading programs; etc. This has been happening for about 2 years, but lately (past 6 months) it's been getting worse and worse.
So my questions are:
Am I facing hardware failure?
Did I run the correct tests?
Is my PC slowness in correlation to my issue?
I'm not a very computer-savvy person, so if someone could guide me on what I need to do, that would be great! Thanks!