Question PC is suddenly running games slow

[Bob.B]

Yeah, it's still doing it. It talks about POST failure.

Are these 2 sticks from a kit or 2 separate sticks you bought?

 

[ZombiePotato90]

Are these 2 sticks from a kit or 2 separate sticks you bought?

2 from a kit, both Corsair. Both of my RAM stick sets came in packs of 2.

 

[Bob.B]

2 from a kit, both Corsair. Both of my RAM stick sets came in packs of 2.

Use just one of the sticks in the proper slot see if the pc will boot with xmp.

Then run the same test with the other stick.

 

[ZombiePotato90]

Use just one of the sticks in the proper slot see if the pc will boot with xmp.

Then run the same test with the other stick.

I'm autistic, so you have to be specific.

Do you mean just one single stick, or one stick set of of two?

 

[Bob.B]

I'm autistic, so you have to be specific.

Do you mean just one single stick, or one stick set of of two?

Were working with just the 2 corsair sticks.

So one single stick at a time test to see if it will go to 3600 speed.

 

[ZombiePotato90]

This is what it always tells me when I try to enable DOCP

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/474700462030061582/1097209654062350376/20230416_121909.jpg

 

[ZombiePotato90]

Test results with just one RAM stick, placed in the far right slot: https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/60832690

 

[ZombiePotato90]

Test results with two Corsair RAM sticks, placed in parallel (with a space between).

Asus ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING Performance Results - UserBenchmark

 

[ZombiePotato90]

I'm still getting the massive slowdown in games that previously ran flawlessly, such as Jedi: Fallen Order and Deep Rock Galactic.

I don't think it's a RAM issue. This happens no matter which drive the game runs on.

 

[Bob.B]

Test results with two Corsair RAM sticks, placed in parallel (with a space between).

Asus ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING Performance Results - UserBenchmark

OK that's better this may have nothing to do with the game problem it is just fixing an area that ubm shows has a problem.

Next step use task mgr/startup and disable everything.
Reboot and run ubm after waiting a few mins.

 

[ZombiePotato90]

OK that's better this may have nothing to do with the game problem it is just fixing an area that ubm shows has a problem.

Next step use task mgr/startup and disable everything.
Reboot and run ubm after waiting a few mins.

"Everything" such as...?

All non-Windows programs?

 

[Bob.B]

"Everything" such as...?

All non-Windows programs?

Everything/everything I'm just looking to see why ubm shows so much background stuff running.

 

[ZombiePotato90]

Everything/everything I'm just looking to see why ubm shows so much background stuff running.

I don't really know how to disable everything because not everything will end, or it says "access denied" (despite me being an administrator).

 

[ZombiePotato90]

And when I disable most things and run the benchmark, the benchmarks has no results at the end because "cannot detect SSD."

And I'm still getting 33% CPU usage despite Discord, Steam, all that being ended.

 

[sitehostplus]

I bought a game on Steam (Wartales), and tried to play it. That's the first game I saw having the frame issues. Since then, other games I tried to run have had similar problems.

I tried resetting it. Earliest reset point is the 11th of April. When I do that and it restarts after resetting, it bluescreens and says "critical process died."

You should check out a utility aptly named 'why so slow'. It's from the same people that brought you Who Crashed (a great utility btw), and it might help you find the culprit.

 

[ZombiePotato90]

You should check out a utility aptly named 'why so slow'. It's from the same people that brought you Who Crashed (a great utility btw), and it might help you find the culprit.

I ran it while playing Fallen Order, which reliably chugged.
Afterward, I ran the "analyze" feature... and it told me nothing is wrong with my system.

Apparently, UserBenchmark is now broken for me, as it says "incomplete" on all three things at the top.

 

[Bob.B]

I ran it while playing Fallen Order, which reliably chugged.
Afterward, I ran the "analyze" feature... and it told me nothing is wrong with my system.

Apparently, UserBenchmark is now broken for me, as it says "incomplete" on all three things at the top.

Go back and enable the startup items see if ubm will now function.

Post a screenshot of the startup items.

 

[ZombiePotato90]

Here is is with them disabled.

Asus ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING Performance Results - UserBenchmark

And here it is with the same ones enabled: https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/60844174
Here is a screenshot of the startup programs: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/474700462030061582/1097369677740638398/image.png

 

[Bob.B]

Here is is with them disabled.

Asus ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING Performance Results - UserBenchmark

And here it is with the same ones enabled: https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/60844174
Here is a screenshot of the startup programs: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/474700462030061582/1097369677740638398/image.png

Remove the flash stick from the mix.
Enable the startup items.
It is important to run ubm proper.

Reboot.
Wait a few mins.
Run ubm with the browser closed.

 

[ZombiePotato90]

Here's the results with startup stuff enabled, flash drive removed, and browser closed: https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/60844769

 

[ZombiePotato90]

I'm still getting that extreme slowdown in my games.

 

[Bob.B]

Here's the results with startup stuff enabled, flash drive removed, and browser closed: https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/60844769

That seems to have cleaned up some of the mess.

When you run your games does task mgr give a clue as to what is busy?

 

[ZombiePotato90]

That seems to have cleaned up some of the mess.

When you run your games does task mgr give a clue as to what is busy?

I'm about to leave for work, so I decided to run UBM for giggles... still showing something eating CPU in the background: https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/60849374
Even when it showed nothing using background CPU (like one of the previous tests), I still got slowdown in my games.

 

[Bob.B]

I'm about to leave for work, so I decided to run UBM for giggles... still showing something eating CPU in the background: https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/60849374
Even when it showed nothing using background CPU (like one of the previous tests), I still got slowdown in my games.

You can't run ubm like that in the middle of a session it may or may not function correct.

 

[ZombiePotato90]

You can't run ubm like that in the middle of a session it may or may not function correct.

I don't run it during my games, that would skew the results. The most I may run is iCUE for temperature, or Game Bar's resource tracker to monitor usage.