[SOLVED] FPS Drop/Stutter

[SirChingu]

Hello! I have been playing Valorant for about a year now and I have come upon a issue. Previously, I had problems with fps stutter because my CPU frequency would go from 4k to 200 in a matter of seconds and back up. this was painfully annoying, but one of the members of this forum said to lock my cpu cores therefore I did. I locked my CPU core to 3.8 ghz and my fps was as stable as it could be.

However, I played one day and my fps got horribly worse. Usually, I would get 160 fps consistently, but I hopped on and I couldn't get above 60+ fps. My game was so bad, it was unplayable.

I decided to let my CPU go back to auto and it would achieve 300 + fps but the fps stutters are also unplayable.

Does anyone know a fix to why my CPU core locked at 3.8 ghz stopped producing the same effects it usually did before. The day before I'd be achieving a good 160+ and now I can't get 60+. I cannot go back to the fps stutters for 300+ fps because that was also unplayable. Temperatures are still good!

SPECS:
CPU: Ryzen 5 2600x
GPU: Gtx 1060 6gb
Motherboard: ASROCK AB350M Pro4
Ram: 16gb DDR4 2400hz
CPU Temp: Betwen 60 and 66
GPU Temp: Between 65 and 70
HDD: 1.73 tb free of 1.81tb
SDD: 53 gb free of 111gb
Power Supply: Evga 600 watt 80 plus bronze

 

[SirChingu]

I also wanted to add my CPU usage and GPU usage is below 20%.

 

[YeetusMaximus123]

Check your thermals. Download an app like HWMonitor or something similar. It's also possible your CPU could have broken. In that case, a new CPU may be required.