HELP? PC/CPU Freezing/unfreezing while Gaming

[Treemachine]

I am having severe issues with certain games (like black desert online/warcraft) that I am playing, and other high intensity processes(video rendering/prerendering). My computer seems to be locking up. I'm not experiencing drops in frame rates for instance from 60fps to 30fps or lower, but instead I'm experiencing fluid high framerates and then complete stops, and then a split second later everything unfreezes and catches up.


I've talked about this issue with a few friends and they've commented I need to update my CPU and/or motherboard as that may be the main issue for performance freeze/lockups.


I'll be listing my FULL detail PC specs here:

Operating System:
Windows 10 Home 64-bit
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CPU:
AMD FX-6350
Cores 6
Threads 6
Name AMD FX-6350
Code Name Vishera
Package Socket AM3+ (942)
Technology 32nm
Specification AMD FX-6350 Six-Core Processor
Family F
Extended Family 15
Model 2
Extended Model 2
Stepping 0
Revision OR-C0
Instructions MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AMD 64, NX, VMX, AES, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
Virtualization Supported, Disabled
Hyperthreading Not supported
Fan Speed 1274 RPM
Rated Bus Speed 2394.7 MHz
Stock Core Speed 3900 MHz
Stock Bus Speed 200 MHz
Average Temperature 35 °C
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RAM:
Memory slots
Total memory slots 4
Used memory slots 1
Free memory slots 3
Memory
Type DDR3
Size 8192 MBytes
Channels # Single
DRAM Frequency 798.2 MHz
CAS# Latency (CL) 10 clocks
RAS# to CAS# Delay (tRCD) 10 clocks
RAS# Precharge (tRP) 10 clocks
Cycle Time (tRAS) 30 clocks
Bank Cycle Time (tRC) 39 clocks
Physical Memory
Memory Usage 70 %
Total Physical 7.97 GB
Available Physical 2.33 GB
Total Virtual 14 GB
Available Virtual 4.25 GB
SPD
Number Of SPD Modules 1
Slot #1
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Motherboard:
Manufacturer ASRock
Model 970M Pro3 (CPUSocket)
Chipset Vendor AMD
Chipset Model RD9x0
Chipset Revision 02
Southbridge Vendor AMD
Southbridge Model SB910/950
Southbridge Revision 40
System Temperature 36 °C
BIOS
Brand American Megatrends Inc.
Version P1.30
Date 9/1/2015
Voltage
CPU CORE 1.248 V
MEMORY CONTROLLER 0.192 V
AVCC 3.344 V
3VCC 3.344 V
VIN4 0.504 V
VIN5 1.720 V
VIN6 1.832 V
PCI Data
Slot PCI
Slot Type PCI
Slot Usage In Use
Bus Width 32 bit
Slot Designation PCI1
Characteristics 3.3V, Shared, PME
Slot Number 0
Slot PCI-E
Slot Type PCI-E
Slot Usage In Use
Data lanes x1
Slot Designation PCIE1
Characteristics 3.3V, Shared, PME
Slot Number 1
Slot PCI-E
Slot Type PCI-E
Slot Usage In Use
Data lanes x16
Slot Designation PCIE2
Characteristics 3.3V, Shared, PME
Slot Number 2
Slot PCI-E
Slot Type PCI-E
Slot Usage In Use
Data lanes x4
Slot Designation PCIE3
Characteristics 3.3V, Shared, PME
Slot Number 3
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Graphics:

Monitor
Name LG ULTRAWIDE on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
Current Resolution 2560x1080 pixels
Work Resolution 2560x1080 pixels
State Enabled, Primary
Monitor Width 2560
Monitor Height 1080
Monitor BPP 32 bits per pixel
Monitor Frequency 60 Hz
Device \\.\DISPLAY1\Monitor0
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
Manufacturer NVIDIA
Model GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
Device ID 10DE-1C03
Revision A2
Subvendor Undefined (0000)
Current Performance Level Level 0
Current GPU Clock 1506 MHz
Current Memory Clock 4006 MHz
Current Shader Clock 4006 MHz
Technology 16 nm
Bus Interface PCI Express x16
Temperature 42 °C
Driver version 23.21.13.8813
BIOS Version 86.06.0e.00.2d
Physical Memory 2047 MB
Virtual Memory 2048 MB
Count of performance levels : 1
Level 1 - "Perf Level 0"
GPU Clock 1873 MHz
Shader Clock 4006 MHz
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Storage
223GB TOSHIBA MKNSSDE3240GB (SSD) 24 °C
3726GB Seagate Expansion Desk USB Device (SSD) 24 °C
596GB Western Digital WD 6400AAV External USB Device (SSD) 24 °C
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Optical Drives
No optical disk drives detected
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Audio
Realtek High Definition Audio
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I've heard many different ideas on how to fix but I haven't asked an open forum and I'm hoping to get more of a definitive answer on what might be causing these issues, and how best to fix it. Any more information on the issue needed let me know.

Eagerly awaiting to here your answers.


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https://i.imgur.com/cDVBjw9.png here's a picture I took of a 6 hour window. Hopefully it's clear enough to show Usage %'s and heat ranges. I was hoping that would be a better indepth view than just the usage %'s from task manager

 

[deltawar567]

See if you can have task manager open when you are playing these games. Come back with some data from that.

 

[jr9]

It seems to me like your processor is bottlenecking your graphics card. The freezes can be happening because the CPU gets so far behind the graphics card that the graphics card needs to stop for the CPU to catch up. The 6350 processor will severely bottleneck a 1060 GTX.

I recommend either doing a complete rebuild on Ryzen or a newer Intel platform. Even an older intel platform like 5th-6th generation Core i5 would be a huge improvement. The 6350 is nowhere near good enough and it's a waste to use it with such a powerful graphics card. An upgrade would also solve the issue if it was the motherboard that was the problem is AM3+ motherboards are known to have many issues under heavy usage.

 

[Treemachine]

See if you can have task manager open when you are playing these games. Come back with some data from that.

https://i.imgur.com/cDVBjw9.png
Here's some in depth data from a 6 hour window

 

[Treemachine]

It seems to me like your processor is bottlenecking your graphics card. The freezes can be happening because the CPU gets so far behind the graphics card that the graphics card needs to stop for the CPU to catch up. The 6350 processor will severely bottleneck a 1060 GTX.

I recommend either doing a complete rebuild on Ryzen or a newer Intel platform. Even an older intel platform like 5th-6th generation Core i5 would be a huge improvement. The 6350 is nowhere near good enough and it's a waste to use it with such a powerful graphics card. An upgrade would also solve the issue if it was the motherboard that was the problem is AM3+ motherboards are known to have many issues under heavy usage.

Are there any chips I can switch to for an affordable price to stop the bottlenecking occuring? Or do I need to replace the cpu and motherboard entirely to stop the seizing up? Would appreciate some recomendations. Trying to get something on level with the GPU but I'm on a limited budget

 

[jr9]

There are no chips that you can switch to at all that stop bottlenecking. You could upgrade to a stronger CPU like the 9590 or 9370 but I don't recommend it in 2018 at all. Bottom line is the FX chips aren't the greatest.

- If you went to the strongest AM3+ CPU you can which is the FX 9590, you would be going from serve bottlenecking to semi-bottlenecking. If the problem is your motherboard then the upgrade wouldn't help at all.

- That 970 motherboards have frequent electrical issues and have issues with their VRMs. They fail often. The processors are also very inefficient and are slower than Intel i5 processors from 5 years ago. My i5 2500k is 50% faster and about the same age with the same TDP. Even the 2500k has issues sometimes bottlenecking me in certain CPU intensive games, when panning the camera in some games I see my FPS cut in half for about a second. I could go for the best i7 Ivy Bridge on my socket but it's better to just upgrade to the newest platform generally.

I'd recommend saving for an entry level Ryzen system like:

Ryzen 3 1200, comes with cooler, easily overclockable
Cheap basic B350 motherboard
8GB DDR4 RAM

That's all you would NEED to buy. You could put these parts in the old case and reuse the PSU even. You could bring the GPU and drives from the old system as well. Yes, you really want to get off the AM3+ platform.

 

[Treemachine]

That's all you would NEED to buy. You could put these parts in the old case and reuse the PSU even. You could bring the GPU and drives from the old system as well. Yes, you really want to get off the AM3+ platform.

What do you think about this as a replacement for the motherboard/cpu?

motherboard
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06WVFFXXL/_encoding=UTF8?coliid=I191QX21II3971&colid=3KMR3LNAVAEZN&psc=1

CPU
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0741DLVL7/_encoding=UTF8?coliid=I1DUOFGAJ68Y3D&colid=3KMR3LNAVAEZN&psc=1

RAM
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TY6A56U/_encoding=UTF8?coliid=I1IUK79AVJB534&colid=3KMR3LNAVAEZN&psc=0

CPU cooler
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N1KKKO5/_encoding=UTF8?coliid=I2QHT74KXQ8SG9&colid=3KMR3LNAVAEZN&psc=1


Tried to find the best I could using your recommendations

 

[jr9]

CPU = good for entry level gaming

Board = cheap but it will do and get the job done. If it doesn't work out of the box or develops issues I would RMA it ASAP. I've found Tomahawk boards to have the highest failure rate out of all AM4 motherboards. RAM and video card detection are the biggest issues I've encountered causing the system to fail to start.

RAM = Ryzen generally is better run at faster RAM speeds like 3000MHz. This RAM should work at the base 2133MHz but if you want to spend more, consider a faster kit or going with 2x4GB config. You also would want to make sure the kit part number is listed on the motherboard QVL. You can get by on this though.

Cooler = Not needed. The stock cooler on Ryzen processors is fantastic and you can even lightly overclock with it. This cooler you selected is only needed for if you were overclocking or you just want to have a liquid cooler. As this is a budget build, you would be better off taking the money you'd spend on this cooler and put it towards a better CPU like a Ryzen 5.