Question My PC tends to lag in games after 20 mins of playing

[BabyTonight]

Hello,i recently started to have a problem that's ruining my gaming experience.After 15-20 mins of playing any game on my pc it tends to lag the game then after 30 sec it starts being normal but then again after 5 mins it starts again and again.I'll be happy with any kind of help!
And here are my PC specs:
Gpu-Rtx 3060 12GB
Cpu-Ryzen 5 4500
Motherboard-b550m
Ram-16gb ddr4 3200mhz single channel
Here's a video with the lag persisting (sorry if its posted on GD)

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

Hey there,

Looks like the CPU is crapping out, and hence the lagging. ONce the CPU clocks drop (to 400mhz) the GPU FPS tank immediately.

Are all your system drivers up to date? Including chipset? Have you used DDU to uninstall your GPU driver, and then reinstall?

What bios are you running on your mobo?

Is your ram running in XMP mode?

 

[punkncat]

Are you monitoring temperatures?

How full is your storage drive?

What type of power supply?

My bet is there is some temperature issue going on causing throttling. Are you cleaning this PC regularly of dust?

 

[BabyTonight]

Are you monitoring temperatures?

How full is your storage drive?

What type of power supply?

My bet is there is some temperature issue going on causing throttling. Are you cleaning this PC regularly of dust?

My temperatures for my GPU and Cpu after 20 mins are
For GPU-60 °C
For CPU-65 °C
I have a 1TB HDD it has 402gb free
And a 238 gb SSD that has 110gb free
Power Supply is gp-850
And i clean my pc i think once every three months.

 

[BabyTonight]

Hey there,

Looks like the CPU is crapping out, and hence the lagging. ONce the CPU clocks drop (to 400mhz) the GPU FPS tank immediately.

Are all your system drivers up to date? Including chipset? Have you used DDU to uninstall your GPU driver, and then reinstall?

What bios are you running on your mobo?

Is your ram running in XMP mode?

All of them are up to date and including the chipset.Yes i have used DDU to uninstall my Gpu drivers and reinstall
The last bios i am running for my mobo B55DS819
Yes it is running in XMP mode

 

[punkncat]

Do you have a lot of things running on startup and/or in the background?

 

[BabyTonight]

Do you have a lot of things running on startup and/or in the background?

I close all apps running in the background

 

[punkncat]

Matching sticks of RAM on the same timings and 'XMP' enabled?

 

[BabyTonight]

Matching sticks of RAM on the same timings and 'XMP' enabled?

Sorry forgot to say single channel ram

 

[punkncat]

The only other thing I wonder about is that GameMax power supply. It isn't an awesome unit on its own. How old is it?


And single channel would certainly cause issues on a gaming PC.

 

[BabyTonight]

The only other thing I wonder about is that GameMax power supply. It isn't an awesome unit on its own. How old is it?


And single channel would certainly cause issues on a gaming PC.

It's 8-9 months old

 

[punkncat]

It's 8-9 months old

I cannot find any independent review on that specific model, but in general it seems that they aren't particularly well thought of. Could not locate warranty info on the website for them. As far as budget units go, they should still be offering 5y. I would suspect that a power issue would present more as actual shut down than lag.

The one thing standing out is a single stick of 16GB of RAM. Get a matched set for 32GB or at least 2x8 for 16 and see if your issues resolve some.

Along that same vein, if this game resides on the HDD could it be that this issue revolves around a page load? HDD are still worthwhile for bulk storage but make a huge difference in a game which is going to want fast storage to draw from.

My opinion on this is that the system may be trying to cache page file to your single stick of RAM from a HDD and is causing the lag. It is a bit of a guess, but the best solution I can think of.

As a side note, I had a HDD going bad one time that showed no real sign of it. Windows didn't throw errors, the drive health was good and was pulling my hair out about it. I finally got so fed up that I breadboarded the system and it worked perfectly until hooking that drive back up. I moved it to a NAS enclosure and it has been working fine there for a couple of years now.

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

Single channel ram is not helping you.

What power profile are you running?

Are you using any software to manage processor performance?

 

[BabyTonight]

Single channel ram is not helping you.

What power profile are you running?

Are you using any software to manage processor performance?

If you mean power mode im using highest performance if you mean XMP im using profile 1 3200mhz
I don't think so i'm using software to manage processor performance

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

If you mean power mode im using highest performance if you mean XMP im using profile 1 3200mhz
I don't think so i'm using software to manage processor performance

Is there a Ryzen balanced profile available?

Which exact motherboard do you have? Make and model. You can use CPU-z (mainboard tab) to determine this.

 

[BabyTonight]

Is there a Ryzen balanced profile available?

Which exact motherboard do you have? Make and model. You can use CPU-z (mainboard tab) to determine this.

Yes there is and i'm using now Ryzen high performance
I have a Biostar B550MX/E PRO

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

Bios 819 seems to be the most recent. Have you cleared CMOS after the bios update?

 

[geofelt]

Failure after a time smacks of a temperature issue.
Some high temperature is reached, the system recognizes it, slows down until the situation is resolved.
This yo-yo effect could be the cpu, or the gpu.
If you open up the case and direct a house fan at the innards, does anything change?

What is your cpu cooler?

While single channel ram is not good, it should not be the cause of your lagging problem.

 

[BabyTonight]

Bios 819 seems to be the most recent. Have you cleared CMOS after the bios update?

No

 

[BabyTonight]

Failure after a time smacks of a temperature issue.
Some high temperature is reached, the system recognizes it, slows down until the situation is resolved.
This yo-yo effect could be the cpu, or the gpu.
If you open up the case and direct a house fan at the innards, does anything change?

What is your cpu cooler?

While single channel ram is not good, it should not be the cause of your lagging problem.

Sorry i don't have a house fan

Deepcool GAMMAXX 300 is my cpu cooler (sorry not a good one)​

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

No

I'd try that. Could fix the issue. On the back of your mobo, on the IO panel there is a reset CMOS button. When the system is totally power off and power cable is disconnected, then press the button. Reboot, and you should be promoted to go to the bios and reconfigure it. Note, after clearing CMOS, you may have to restart the PC a couple of times for memory training.