[SOLVED] Gaming Laptop suffers from random FPS drops

[Jerichodanger]

Hi guys, recently my gaming laptop suffers from random FPS drops, it will drop from 100ish FPS (Assetto Corsa as an example) to around 20 FPS for about 30 seconds, and then back to normal.

The weird thing is not every game suffers from this problem, but as for now, Assetto Corsa, Ace Combat 7, Mordhau and H3VR suffer from FPS drops. The game I cared the most about is Assetto Corsa as I play it quite a lot.

The Specs are as below:
Asus Zephyrus M GU502
i7-9750H
RTX 2060 6GB (Laptop)
32 GB Ram
1TB + 2TB Intel 660p SSD

All my drivers and Windows are up to date, and I do use Throttlestop to undervolt the CPU. However I tried turning it off but the problem's still there.

Does anyone have any idea how to fix the problem? Thank you!

 

[Jerichodanger]

This time I used the game H3VR, it's a VR shooting game. As you can see the Memory Controller Load dropped from 57% Max to stable 13% when the FPS dropped. The CPU temp is still quite warm averaging at around 90C.

 

[Phaaze88]

Still too warm for long term use. Fps is dropping because one or the other - sometimes both - is thermal throttling.
In the first Gpu-Z image, it's the cpu throttling.
In the 2nd, they're both throttling.
In the 3rd, both the cpu and gpu(although very briefly) again.

There really isn't a laptop that doesn't downclock with an intel cpu and a 1070 and up card. It's more of a limitation of the laptop form factor than it is an asus issue. Bigger laptops should be go-to for their better cooling rather than a slim gaming laptop which will always be a compromise regardless of brand.