Question Gaming Pc is microstuttering on every game

[MathewWithOneT]

Hi there im really new to this kind of thing and have recently had a family member build me a computer

• CPU: Intel i7-14700KF (3.40 GHz)
• GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super (Gigabyte)
• Motherboard: Z790 AORUS ELITE AX Rev 1.1
• CPU Cooler: DeepCool LT720 AIO
• RAM: Teamgroup T-FORCE Delta DDR5 32GB (2x16GB @5600MHz)
• PSU: Antec SF850X Gold (850W)
• Storage:
  • C Drive: Samsung 990 PRO NVMe (1TB)
  • D Drive: Samsung 990 PRO NVMe (2TB)

whenever i play games i am seeing constant micro stuttering to full 1 seconds of freezing
, i have provided a few links of the issue

View: https://youtu.be/IVauCx-oOOo

View: https://youtu.be/IpK3mYR8g1U


i was wondering if anyone can offer any advice?
i have tried the following with help from people from a reddit post i made

I Have Tried These:​

• Enabled XMP but manually set RAM speed to 5600MT/s
• Disabled HAGS (Hardware-Accelerated GPU Scheduling) to reduce microstuttering.
• Disabled certain MSI Afterburner graphs (e.g., power draw) to prevent potential stuttering.
• Monitored system performance using LatencyMon, HWInfo64, and Windows Performance Analyzer (still learning WPA).
• Checked PCI Express lane speed for GPU
• Moved NVMe drive to a chipset-controlled slot to restore GPU to PCIe x16 performance.
• Installed latest BIOS after multiple updates.
• Enabled Resizable BAR in BIOS.
• Adjusted PCI bifurcation settings (set to auto).
• Used Windows Startup configuration to disable non-essential services and identify potential performance issues.
• Ensured NVIDIA Display Container service was enabled** for proper NVIDIA Control Panel functionality.
• Disabled CPU Parking via registry edits.
• Tweaked C-State Management in BIOS: Disabled all C-States except C0/C1 to reduce latency and improve CPU responsiveness.
• Enabled power throttling to maintain good temps and stable performance after changes.
• Enabled Multicore Enhancement in BIOS.
• Left BIOS Optimization ON.
• Left CPU Profile set to ‘Default’ initially.
• Disabled Intel EIST (Enhanced Intel Speed Technology) & Intel Speed Shift in BIOS.
• Enabled Intel Turbo Boost & Disabled Efficient Turbo Boost to remove power-saving features in turbo mode.
• Enabled Thermal Velocity Boost in BIOS.
• Set Power Limits:
  • PL1 (Power Limit 1) = 125W
  • PL2 (Power Limit 2) = 252W
• Changed Windows Power Plan to High Performance.
• Set NVIDIA Control Panel to High Performance mode.
• Edited Local Policy Power Settings to set CPU Threshold to 100%.
  
  i have included a paste bin of my pc while i was typing this out
• https://pastebin.com/JE3RLLK7
  
  i hope this has been helpful, any advice would be appreciated

 

[helpstar]

reset the bios by jumper

check windowswith dism commands

was windows installed with this setup?

temperatures ? GPU and CPU. What case ar you using?

uninstall msi afterburner

latest nvidia driver installed ? use advanced option fresh installeck the frame times while the stutter appears. Any other unusual values? check with hwinfo

set power plan to balanced

install latest intel me and chipset drivers from intel.com

check speed of SSDs with AS SSD
eventually update firmware of the SSDs and check with teamgroup SSD S.M.A.R.T. TOOL as well

how hot are the SSDs getting?

 

[MathewWithOneT]

hi there thankyou for the response

my case is the Fractal design meshify 2
The temperatures are okay i believe, the cpu staying around 47-57c and the gpu hardly goes over 45c as i mainly play war thunder,elden ring, dark souls

i used the dism cleanup image and it says the component store is repairable the operation completed successfully
i do have the latest nvidia driver and always make sure to uninstall previous drivers before installing new ones
i have uninstalled msi afterburner

i thought i had 2x 990 pro
but my 1TB is a 990 pro and my 2TB is a 980 Pro

using samsung magician i see that my nvmes are
990 1TB
Temp:42c
Read speed 7109MB/s
Write speed 6780MB/s

980 2TB
Temp:40c
Read speed 6939MB/s
Write speed 5240 MB/s

both NVMEs are running the latest firmware
using AS SSD and a 5GB test

990 1TB
Read / Write Speeds:
- Seq:
- Read: 5731.47 MB/s
- Write: 5432.41 MB/s
- 4K:
- Read: 95.83 MB/s
- Write: 316.73 MB/s
- 4K-64Thrd:
- Read: 3649.68 MB/s
- Write: 4574.59 MB/s
- Acc. time:
- Read: 0.021 ms
- Write: 0.057 ms

Score:
- Read: 4319
- Write: 5435
- Total: 11946


980 2TB
Read / Write Speeds:
- Seq:
- Read: 5547.94 MB/s
- Write: 4028.52 MB/s
- 4K:
- Read: 77.52 MB/s
- Write: 236.16 MB/s
- 4K-64Thrd:
- Read: 2691.41 MB/s
- Write: 2949.10 MB/s
- Acc. time:
- Read: 0.065 ms
- Write: 0.085 ms

Score:
- Read: 3324
- Write: 3588
- Total: 8536

 

[JayGau]

Since you have a 4070, you could try to install the 566.36 Nvidia driver. The 572.xx are pretty bad and cause a lot of troubles to a lot of people. And if it doesn't improve anything you can just reinstall the latest version.

You should also monitor your 1% low FPS along with the GPU usage. If you see the 1% low dropping a lot during the stutters while the GPU usage also drops, it generally means that the CPU is having a hard time keeping up. You have a pretty powerful CPU that shouldn't have any troubles running those old games so if it's the cause of the stuttering there might be a problem.

If you have the Nvidia App installed, you could also try to uninstall it and see if it improves. If it doesn't change anything then just reinstall it.