Question High Power Usage in Task Manager - PC / Tabs / Windows keep freezing occasionally

[Fotgi]

Hey there, I have been having some issues today with my PC. Whenever I open a new app, such as Google Chrome (Yes, I know, bad browser) or Discord, etc., it will slow my PC immensely for a few seconds, and then resume as usual. When checking the Task-Manager, one or the other app is always on very high Power-Usage. This varies from Discord to Google Chrome.

I've been using MSI Afterburner for undervolting purposes for several months now, and only today, this issue started happening, so I don't think it's my undervolting settings.

My setup:
RTX 3070
13th gen i5-13400F
be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 650 BN342

 

[Ralston18]

Look in Resource Monitor and Process Explorer (Microsoft, free) for other changes that happen when the PC slows.

Use both tools but only one tool at a time.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/process-explorer

Also check Task Manager > Startup and Task Scheduler. There may be some app or utility being launched or triggered in the background that grabs some system resource(s).

How old is that PSU? History of heavy use for gaming or video editing?

 

[stonecarver]

My setup:
RTX 3070
13th gen i5-13400F
be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 650 BN342

How much memory do you have?

 

[Fotgi]

Look in Resource Monitor and Process Explorer (Microsoft, free) for other changes that happen when the PC slows.

Use both tools but only one tool at a time.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/process-explorer

Also check Task Manager > Startup and Task Scheduler. There may be some app or utility being launched or triggered in the background that grabs some system resource(s).

How old is that PSU? History of heavy use for gaming or video editing?

Okay, so shutting down the PC for a short while may have fixed this for now - was also not seeing any apps that grab a lot of system resources. I built the PC myself around 1.5 years ago, I work from home so it stays on at least 9 hours for work 5x a week, my main hobbies include my PC as well, so there are days when the PC is turned on for 12~ hours. Will check and update later today after my shift / tomorrow, whether the issue is recurring or not.

How much memory do you have?

32 GB