[SOLVED] Is this performance a malfunction hint?

[LeoDFreedomKing]

Hello, I want to ask about some issues that I get when testing games performance with my PC build.

CPU: i5-8400
MB: ASUS PRIME Z370-A
GPU: NVIDIA RTX 2080 ti Cyberpunk Edition
SSD: Samsung 860 EVO 250Gb
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 4TB 7200RPM
PSU: Seasonic FOCUS Gold 550W
Case: Corsair 400C
Monitor: SAMSUNG S24F354FHL

I installed the new GPU some days ago, upgrading from a ASUS DUAL GTX 1060 6GB OC. The first time I installed the NVIDIA drivers, forgot to uninstall last GPU ones, so I can't complain about performance before I noticed it.
My issue is that no matter the game I try, I get weird stutter, even more than with the GTX 1060. I know my CPU can cause some bottleneck and my PSU ain't the optimal, but I never get near the total of its capacity, 'cause right now I own a 1080p 60Hz PLS monitor, and to avoid screen tearing I use V-Sync. So you might notice my frustration when I watch on MSI Afterburner HUD that for no apparent reason I get clear spikes on my frametime graph. And it's kinda weird, I just want to get 60FPS on 1080p, and Afterburner says I'm not using the extra power my GPU has, and my CPU is clearly over 50% or so.

I've tested:
Batman Arkham Asylum: Randomly happens every couple of minutes.
Batman Arkham City: Really noticiable stutter and slight framedrops even on 1080p.
Batman Arkham Knight: With NVIDIA Works, stutters every 15 secs and so. Without them, every minute or so.
Yakuza 0: No matter what settings I use, stutters randomly every 3 minutes and so.
DMC: Devil May Cry: Even though is the lightest one, still stutters heavily even during combat with no reason, even with no enemies spawning.
Devil May Cry 5: Slight microstutter that most of the time isn't noticiable, but from time to time stutter is a little bit greater.
Alan Wake: Randomly stutters with no reason, even when walking on already loaded areas.
Grand Theft Auto V: Happened a couple of times, but still, it was worth mentioning.
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy: No stutter whatsoever, but kind of weird frametime in 60FPS.
Tried them at 1080p and 4K, enabling and disabling NVIDIA Works, and even tried lowering resolution, but none of this worked up the issue. Crash Bandicoot was the only game that remained stable, followed by GTAV with almost no stutter and DMC5, which, even though it had micro-stuttering, it was completely playable. My complains come to the unplayable kind of stutter Batman Arkham City and DMC (2013) give me. In Yakuza 0, I know its a port from PS4, so I can kind of understand the sudden stuttering, but still really annoying. It's a heavy stutter that happens almost randomly, but usually is around the moment to load assets. Still happens when moving game to SSD.

It's kind of a aprticular situation, but does anybody got any idea why this happens?
For some reason, my microphones get high levels of white sound with no reason, and checked my build twice already, can't find loose cables nor anything similar. Do you think that's related to my performance issue? Could it be the MB even though white noise still present on front panel? And it kind of gives a static shock even through case.

Thanks for your time! I'll be waiting for a response.

 

[Darkbreeze]

CPU is a likely culprit. It's way less capable than your graphics card, by a LOT. But, you also don't make any mention of how much memory is installed, whether it is all from a single kit or consists of a matched set, which DIMM slots the memory is installed in, how fast the memory is or in fact anything memory related, and since memory problems are often the culprit when it comes to some forms of stuttering, that would be fairly helpful.

You are also likely cutting it either extremely close, or below the fold, with that 550w Focus PSU. Minimum recommendations on most sites is a 600w unit and 650w for a 2080 ti system is generally a pretty good idea. That likely has nothing to do with THIS particular problem, but it might, and is an important consideration anyhow at some point.

Also, are your game files and folders located on the SSD or on the HDD, because that might make a difference in some situations as well.

If you haven't done a clean install of the graphics drivers using the DDU, that would be a really good place to start. I would also make certain you have the MOST recent "stable" non-beta BIOS version for your motherboard installed as well as the most recent chipset drivers from either the Intel website or your motherboard's product page.

 

[LeoDFreedomKing]

CPU is a likely culprit. It's way less capable than your graphics card, by a LOT. But, you also don't make any mention of how much memory is installed, whether it is all from a single kit or consists of a matched set, which DIMM slots the memory is installed in, how fast the memory is or in fact anything memory related, and since memory problems are often the culprit when it comes to some forms of stuttering, that would be fairly helpful.

You are also likely cutting it either extremely close, or below the fold, with that 550w Focus PSU. Minimum recommendations on most sites is a 600w unit and 650w for a 2080 ti system is generally a pretty good idea. That likely has nothing to do with THIS particular problem, but it might, and is an important consideration anyhow at some point.

Also, are your game files and folders located on the SSD or on the HDD, because that might make a difference in some situations as well.

If you haven't done a clean install of the graphics drivers using the DDU, that would be a really good place to start. I would also make certain you have the MOST recent "stable" non-beta BIOS version for your motherboard installed as well as the most recent chipset drivers from either the Intel website or your motherboard's product page.

Thanks for the reply. I already tried using DDU for a clean installation for my graphics controller and updated every driver I could try, even the BIOS with the recommended version for my MB.

My RAM is a Corsair Vengeance Pro RGB 16Gb (2X8Gb) at 3000Mhz kit, I'm surprised I forgot to write it. My games are installed in my HDD, but I doubt its got anything to do with that because games still load fast and haven't changed anything since my GPU upgrade.

I didn't have this issues with my GTX 1060 6Gb, that since I won this RTX 2080 ti I sold it to my little cousin. and due to economic issues I haven't been able to upgrade my PSU any further, thanks god its a good one. I figured that since I'm only targeting 1080p 60FPS for now, it wouldn't be an issue by the moment, 'cause those pieces shouldn't draw more energy than needed for just that, we're talking about a 4K graphics card here.

I know my CPU is way underpowered for my graphics card, but that would be an issue if I used unlocked framerate, which ain't the case, so I'm even more confused. I even tried reinstalling Windows 10, and made sure that no other program is running in the back. But I know something's wrong 'cause I tried setting everything in Low and it still got the same stuttering, no changes, at the same moments. I know I need to upgrade my CPU, but for 60FPS gaming it shouldn't be an issue what I got right now.

I will try to troubleshoot my RAM sticks and see if everythings alright, but I once went to check them and went through the test with no issues.