Question New Build - Pc runs pretty slow

[Keefe177]

I have recently built my second gaming PC, my first one was running pretty slow, but I just put that down to the low budget parts I used, but I built my second PC using mid range parts and it’s still running really slow, and some days the start up time is 3+ minutes, and during games it lags like mad, and even Chrime can take up to a minute to load some days too.

Does anyone know how I can stop it doing this and improve the speed?

Specs -

I5 12600k
MSI B660
MSI GTX 1070 8GB Gaming X
Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR5 32GB
Corsair CX750F PSU
Barracuda 1TB HDD
Crucial 2TB SSD M.2

Any help would be highly appreciated 😊

 

[Xavier Bouttier]

I have recently built my second gaming PC, my first one was running pretty slow, but I just put that down to the low budget parts I used, but I built my second PC using mid range parts and it’s still running really slow, and some days the start up time is 3+ minutes, and during games it lags like mad, and even Chrime can take up to a minute to load some days too.

Does anyone know how I can stop it doing this and improve the speed?

Specs -

I5 12600k
MSI B660
MSI GTX 1070 8GB Gaming X
Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR5 32GB
Corsair CX750F PSU
Barracuda 1TB HDD
Crucial 2TB SSD M.2

Any help would be highly appreciated 😊

That board doesn't support DDR5... on MSI's website says it supports DDR4.
(Unless its the MAG Tomahawk)

Also, the i5 12600k supports DDR5 speeds of up to 4800MHz.. any more might cause problems with the memory controller.

 

[Keefe177]

That board doesn't support DDR5... on MSI's website says it supports DDR4.
(Unless its the MAG Tomahawk)

Also, the i5 12600k supports DDR5 speeds of up to 4800MHz.. any more might cause problems with the memory controller.

Sorry, I put my old mobo down on that list 😂

the one I’m using is the MSI Pro Z690-A

 

[Xavier Bouttier]

Another thing you can check, is also if your BIOS is an older version. MSI released a few months ago updated BIOS with better support for the Alder Lake architecture

 

[drivinfast247]

Fresh install of Windows?

 

[Bob.B]

I have recently built my second gaming PC, my first one was running pretty slow, but I just put that down to the low budget parts I used, but I built my second PC using mid range parts and it’s still running really slow, and some days the start up time is 3+ minutes, and during games it lags like mad, and even Chrime can take up to a minute to load some days too.

Does anyone know how I can stop it doing this and improve the speed?

Specs -

I5 12600k
MSI B660
MSI GTX 1070 8GB Gaming X
Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR5 32GB
Corsair CX750F PSU
Barracuda 1TB HDD
Crucial 2TB SSD M.2

Any help would be highly appreciated 😊

Let's take a peek.
Download this.
UBM

Reboot and wait a few mins then run UBM with the browser closed.
Post a LINK to the results page.

 

[Keefe177]

Let's take a peek.
Download this.
UBM

Reboot and wait a few mins then run UBM with the browser closed.
Post a LINK to the results page.

Hey, I have just done this test and the results are;

CPU - 106%
GPU - 83.4%
M.2 2TB - 226%
HDD 1TB - 21.6%
RAM - 155%

So does this mean that it’s to HDD that’s slowing it right down?

 

[Bob.B]

Hey, I have just done this test and the results are;

CPU - 106%
GPU - 83.4%
M.2 2TB - 226%
SSD 1TB - 21.6%
RAM - 155%

So does this mean that it’s to SSD that’s slowing it right down?

You need to post a LINK to the results page.
Not a copy and paste.

 

[Keefe177]

https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/52916850]UserBenchmarks

 

[Keefe177]

You need to post a LINK to the results page.
Not a copy and paste.

Sorry mate, I’ve posted the link below but the link doesn’t seem to have anything on it 🤷‍♂️

 

[Keefe177]

You need to post a LINK to the results page.
Not a copy and paste.

https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/52916850

 

[Bob.B]

https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/52916850

That shows throttling.
There is a note on the page about checking your power plan settings.
Start with that.

 

[Keefe177]

Another thing you can check, is also if your BIOS is an older version. MSI released a few months ago updated BIOS with better support for the Alder Lake architecture

I updated to the newest BIOS this morning and haven’t seen any change mate

 

[Keefe177]

That shows throttling.
There is a note on the page about checking your power plan settings.
Start with that.

Just checked that, it is already on 100% so I’m not sure why it’s throttled at 91%

 

[Bob.B]

Just checked that, it is already on 100% so I’m not sure why it’s throttled at 91%

Play with the power plan setting....the high and low.
See if it has any effect.