Ryzen 5 1600X fps drops!

[CapsLuke]

hi everyone, i just completed my build and assembled my pc.
theese are my specs
ryzen 5 1600X @stock
GTX 1070 Zotac AMP! @stock
G.Skill Trident Z RGB 16GB @3200 Mhz
WD Blue 1Tb
PSU 650W Thermaltake toughpower grand rgb 80+ gold full modular
i started to have very bad fps drops in BF1, but later, after installing latest B350 chipset drivers it seemed to fix it. the fact is that sometimes i still get a kind of micro stutter for just one or less second, but enough to result annoying, and i noticed a cpu usage spike using the overlay in bf1. somtimes it was togheather with the gpu, but usually is the cpu. what should i do? a ryzen 5 1600X should be enough for bf1 so i don't think it's a bottleneck, and it happens with dishonored 2 too.
thanks guys

 

[CorsairSSC]

Ryzen is still a fairly new platform, stutters are not unheard of. I know they can be annoying, but only time (and further BIOS updates) will help.

 

[mdd1963]

Any chance the game is being pulled from the WD conventional hard drive, and the system might be possibly waiting on it at times?

Maybe some folks with SSDs and Ryzens can test both configs for you...

 

[MusenMouse]

@mdd1963 I get those microstutters on a 4690k and a gtx 1070 so you are not alone. Try seeing if going full screen mode if you are in windowed, it can be a little inconvenient but hey at least you will be focused on the game . From what I have seen, could be totally wrong because opening the control panel always spikes my CPU usage, my CPU usage seems to spike around those microstutters.

 

[mdd1963]

I could see an i5 having an occasional stutter, but not a 6c/12t design...

Try turning off all of WIndows search/index features, temporarily turn off one drive/drop box/google drive, etc.,, all unecessary tasks that might be temporarily spiking CPU usage...

 

[MusenMouse]

Core count may not matter if Battlefield 1 is not optimized to use all 6 cores. Guess we will just have to wait to see if any other Ryzen users answer the thread with their experience.

 

[mdd1963]

Battlefield actually does quite well with 6 cores in benchmarks I've seen pitting R5-1600 with assorted i5's and i7's....

The occasional stuttering is an unknown variable certainly not mentioned in any R5-1600 reviews where Ryzen was benched....

 

[mdd1963]

I know I'd be furious if getting stutters in BF1 with a relatively expensive GTX1070...

What could cause the CPU spikes every 30 sec to one minute?

Is this a fresh/full install, not previously used with any other sort of mainboard/cpu/gpu?

Darn curious/ frustrating problem, to be sure..!

 

[mdd1963]

Are you running a wired connection to your router? Try that, with wireless disabled, just to rule out some periodic network refresh playing havoc with Windows performance...; delete any printers, as well....

 

[MusenMouse]

Seems like on Reddit it was a pretty common issue about a year ago. https://www.reddit.com/r/battlefield_one/comments/58vrzd/if_youre_experiencing_stuttering_and_100_cpu/

The fix was to limit the BF1's framerate to 60 FPS. Don't know if I would consider that a fix, or more of a workaround.

 

[CapsLuke]

I am in borderless window mode, but i switched to it after readi g that maybe ot was caused by fullscreen mode. My connection isn't the issue: i uset ping -t www.google.com function in cmd to track ping usage and i saw no spikes at all. Yesterday i tried defragfing the hdd, which was 64% fragmented and now it's 7%, i'll update you once i start the game again after finishing work. Didn't limit framerate, but the vsync is on because i play at 1080p @60hz. My usual cpu usage doesn't go past 45% even with buildings being taken down and explosions everywhere, and seeing that the issue is present also in dishonored 2 makes me think bf1 isn't the problem. It is kinda annoyng. I thought it was a cpu issue because after installing chipset drivers the cpu usage dropped drastically (from 85 to 40 %). Maybe i need other updates but i see videos on youtube playing fairly smoothly with my config...

 

[CapsLuke]

ok guys i may have found a fix!
i browsed AMD official website and searched for updated drivers. i selected chipset drivers, AM4/Ryzen, B350, Windows 10 64bit, and downloaded a 192 mb file with 17.10 drivers version and amd balanced power plan. as i had already installed the "latest" drivers downloaded from msi website on my mobo's support page (which were 1GB...), i noticed that i had already installed the 17.10.0001 (replace 0001 with some weird number), and i could choose to install the simple 17.10 version. that was what i did, i installed it and everything works just fine right now. i've been playing conquest on bf1 64 players at ultra settings with constant 60 fps without a single drop. gonna test it on dishonored now. btw thanks to all of you for your help, i appreciate