Question Slow PC / Audio Popping / OBS Studio Crashing

[Citflux]

Hey Guys,

I've searched almost everywhere online and constantly am redirected to random forums or pages mostly on this site. I've been having a problem where my stream preview will freeze on OBS Studio and my stream crashes. I am then met popping audio, slow performance, and high results on LatencyMon. OBS has to be force closed. I have to restart my PC, then after the restart everything is completely fine. It randomly happens at some point. No signs on Open Hardware Monitor, nothing reach 100% performance (not even a single CPU core), and temps are all normal.

LatencyMon:
"Your system appears to be having trouble handling real-time audio and other tasks. You are likely to experience buffer underruns appearing as drop outs, clicks or pops. One or more DPC routines that belong to a driver running in your system appear to be executing for too long. Also one or more ISR routines that belong to a driver running in your system appear to be executing for too long. At least one detected problem appears to be network related. In case you are using a WLAN adapter, try disabling it to get better results. One problem may be related to power management, disable CPU throttling settings in Control Panel and BIOS setup. Check for BIOS updates."

Steps I have tried but not exactly sure if they are related:

• Updated Bios
• Updated Graphics Drivers
• Disabled CPU Throttling, Speed Step, All other related throttling things in the MOBO
• Updated sound drivers from the MOBO website
• No XMP Profile
• Uninstalled MSI Afterburner
• No background security software running
• No overclocks

Specs:
MOBO: ASRock z390 Pro4
OS: Windows 11
CPU: i9-9900k
GPU: 2080 Super
RAM: 32gb 2666mhz
1tb NVM.e
1tb SSD
2tb HDD

 

[Citflux]

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CONCLUSION
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Your system appears to be suitable for handling real-time audio and other tasks without dropouts.
LatencyMon has been analyzing your system for 0:00:53 (h🇲🇲ss) on all processors.


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SYSTEM INFORMATION
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Computer name: DESKTOP-KUE96BR
OS version: Windows 10, 10.0, version 2009, build: 22000 (x64)
Hardware: To Be Filled By O.E.M., To Be Filled By O.E.M.
CPU: GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-9900K CPU @ 3.60GHz
Logical processors: 16
Processor groups: 1
RAM: 32685 MB total


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CPU SPEED
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Reported CPU speed: 360 MHz

Note: reported execution times may be calculated based on a fixed reported CPU speed. Disable variable speed settings like Intel Speed Step and AMD Cool N Quiet in the BIOS setup for more accurate results.


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MEASURED INTERRUPT TO USER PROCESS LATENCIES
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The interrupt to process latency reflects the measured interval that a usermode process needed to respond to a hardware request from the moment the interrupt service routine started execution. This includes the scheduling and execution of a DPC routine, the signaling of an event and the waking up of a usermode thread from an idle wait state in response to that event.

Highest measured interrupt to process latency (µs): 434.50
Average measured interrupt to process latency (µs): 10.194156

Highest measured interrupt to DPC latency (µs): 429.50
Average measured interrupt to DPC latency (µs): 7.247151


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REPORTED ISRs
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Interrupt service routines are routines installed by the OS and device drivers that execute in response to a hardware interrupt signal.

Highest ISR routine execution time (µs): 135.401111
Driver with highest ISR routine execution time: dxgkrnl.sys - DirectX Graphics Kernel, Microsoft Corporation

Highest reported total ISR routine time (%): 0.166886
Driver with highest ISR total time: dxgkrnl.sys - DirectX Graphics Kernel, Microsoft Corporation

Total time spent in ISRs (%) 0.216197

ISR count (execution time <250 µs): 148595
ISR count (execution time 250-500 µs): 0
ISR count (execution time 500-1000 µs): 0
ISR count (execution time 1000-2000 µs): 0
ISR count (execution time 2000-4000 µs): 0
ISR count (execution time >=4000 µs): 0


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REPORTED DPCs
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DPC routines are part of the interrupt servicing dispatch mechanism and disable the possibility for a process to utilize the CPU while it is interrupted until the DPC has finished execution.

Highest DPC routine execution time (µs): 499.158889
Driver with highest DPC routine execution time: nvlddmkm.sys - NVIDIA Windows Kernel Mode Driver, Version 497.09 , NVIDIA Corporation

Highest reported total DPC routine time (%): 0.233588
Driver with highest DPC total execution time: nvlddmkm.sys - NVIDIA Windows Kernel Mode Driver, Version 497.09 , NVIDIA Corporation

Total time spent in DPCs (%) 0.546019

DPC count (execution time <250 µs): 291288
DPC count (execution time 250-500 µs): 0
DPC count (execution time 500-10000 µs): 184
DPC count (execution time 1000-2000 µs): 0
DPC count (execution time 2000-4000 µs): 0
DPC count (execution time >=4000 µs): 0


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REPORTED HARD PAGEFAULTS
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Hard pagefaults are events that get triggered by making use of virtual memory that is not resident in RAM but backed by a memory mapped file on disk. The process of resolving the hard pagefault requires reading in the memory from disk while the process is interrupted and blocked from execution.

NOTE: some processes were hit by hard pagefaults. If these were programs producing audio, they are likely to interrupt the audio stream resulting in dropouts, clicks and pops. Check the Processes tab to see which programs were hit.

Process with highest pagefault count: msmpeng.exe

Total number of hard pagefaults 38
Hard pagefault count of hardest hit process: 12
Number of processes hit: 11


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PER CPU DATA
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CPU 0 Interrupt cycle time (s): 9.513723
CPU 0 ISR highest execution time (µs): 135.401111
CPU 0 ISR total execution time (s): 1.829219
CPU 0 ISR count: 145066
CPU 0 DPC highest execution time (µs): 499.158889
CPU 0 DPC total execution time (s): 4.441466
CPU 0 DPC count: 264822
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CPU 1 Interrupt cycle time (s): 0.356003
CPU 1 ISR highest execution time (µs): 22.555556
CPU 1 ISR total execution time (s): 0.009560
CPU 1 ISR count: 3529
CPU 1 DPC highest execution time (µs): 76.997222
CPU 1 DPC total execution time (s): 0.009775
CPU 1 DPC count: 4586
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CPU 2 Interrupt cycle time (s): 0.356126
CPU 2 ISR highest execution time (µs): 0.0
CPU 2 ISR total execution time (s): 0.0
CPU 2 ISR count: 0
CPU 2 DPC highest execution time (µs): 52.880
CPU 2 DPC total execution time (s): 0.012386
CPU 2 DPC count: 1974
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CPU 3 Interrupt cycle time (s): 0.283456
CPU 3 ISR highest execution time (µs): 0.0
CPU 3 ISR total execution time (s): 0.0
CPU 3 ISR count: 0
CPU 3 DPC highest execution time (µs): 30.295556
CPU 3 DPC total execution time (s): 0.008188
CPU 3 DPC count: 1243
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CPU 4 Interrupt cycle time (s): 0.344350
CPU 4 ISR highest execution time (µs): 0.0
CPU 4 ISR total execution time (s): 0.0
CPU 4 ISR count: 0
CPU 4 DPC highest execution time (µs): 52.812222
CPU 4 DPC total execution time (s): 0.013754
CPU 4 DPC count: 1846
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CPU 5 Interrupt cycle time (s): 0.328383
CPU 5 ISR highest execution time (µs): 0.0
CPU 5 ISR total execution time (s): 0.0
CPU 5 ISR count: 0
CPU 5 DPC highest execution time (µs): 61.442222
CPU 5 DPC total execution time (s): 0.011589
CPU 5 DPC count: 1331
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CPU 6 Interrupt cycle time (s): 0.356692
CPU 6 ISR highest execution time (µs): 0.0
CPU 6 ISR total execution time (s): 0.0
CPU 6 ISR count: 0
CPU 6 DPC highest execution time (µs): 86.519444
CPU 6 DPC total execution time (s): 0.013701
CPU 6 DPC count: 1633
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CPU 7 Interrupt cycle time (s): 0.357752
CPU 7 ISR highest execution time (µs): 0.0
CPU 7 ISR total execution time (s): 0.0
CPU 7 ISR count: 0
CPU 7 DPC highest execution time (µs): 60.728333
CPU 7 DPC total execution time (s): 0.008880
CPU 7 DPC count: 1057
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CPU 8 Interrupt cycle time (s): 0.370187
CPU 8 ISR highest execution time (µs): 0.0
CPU 8 ISR total execution time (s): 0.0
CPU 8 ISR count: 0
CPU 8 DPC highest execution time (µs): 47.391111
CPU 8 DPC total execution time (s): 0.014826
CPU 8 DPC count: 1672
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CPU 9 Interrupt cycle time (s): 0.308398
CPU 9 ISR highest execution time (µs): 0.0
CPU 9 ISR total execution time (s): 0.0
CPU 9 ISR count: 0
CPU 9 DPC highest execution time (µs): 53.202222
CPU 9 DPC total execution time (s): 0.008599
CPU 9 DPC count: 897
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CPU 10 Interrupt cycle time (s): 0.376841
CPU 10 ISR highest execution time (µs): 0.0
CPU 10 ISR total execution time (s): 0.0
CPU 10 ISR count: 0
CPU 10 DPC highest execution time (µs): 55.743889
CPU 10 DPC total execution time (s): 0.021524
CPU 10 DPC count: 2416
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CPU 11 Interrupt cycle time (s): 0.313883
CPU 11 ISR highest execution time (µs): 0.0
CPU 11 ISR total execution time (s): 0.0
CPU 11 ISR count: 0
CPU 11 DPC highest execution time (µs): 88.6650
CPU 11 DPC total execution time (s): 0.012597
CPU 11 DPC count: 1151
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CPU 12 Interrupt cycle time (s): 0.370134
CPU 12 ISR highest execution time (µs): 0.0
CPU 12 ISR total execution time (s): 0.0
CPU 12 ISR count: 0
CPU 12 DPC highest execution time (µs): 77.204444
CPU 12 DPC total execution time (s): 0.020405
CPU 12 DPC count: 2195
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CPU 13 Interrupt cycle time (s): 0.308647
CPU 13 ISR highest execution time (µs): 0.0
CPU 13 ISR total execution time (s): 0.0
CPU 13 ISR count: 0
CPU 13 DPC highest execution time (µs): 57.663333
CPU 13 DPC total execution time (s): 0.010124
CPU 13 DPC count: 949
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CPU 14 Interrupt cycle time (s): 0.322601
CPU 14 ISR highest execution time (µs): 0.0
CPU 14 ISR total execution time (s): 0.0
CPU 14 ISR count: 0
CPU 14 DPC highest execution time (µs): 63.299444
CPU 14 DPC total execution time (s): 0.016781
CPU 14 DPC count: 1777
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CPU 15 Interrupt cycle time (s): 0.261439
CPU 15 ISR highest execution time (µs): 0.0
CPU 15 ISR total execution time (s): 0.0
CPU 15 ISR count: 0
CPU 15 DPC highest execution time (µs): 68.033889
CPU 15 DPC total execution time (s): 0.019357
CPU 15 DPC count: 1923
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Results after opening a game, playing music, and watching a youtube video

 

[Citflux]

Curious if there is a fix for this?
Was playing Dead by Daylight earlier and out of nowhere my PC started stuttering. I started having tons of sound problems and got crazy results on latencymon. Posted here:

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CONCLUSION
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Your system appears to be having trouble handling real-time audio and other tasks. You are likely to experience buffer underruns appearing as drop outs, clicks or pops. One or more DPC routines that belong to a driver running in your system appear to be executing for too long. One problem may be related to power management, disable CPU throttling settings in Control Panel and BIOS setup. Check for BIOS updates.
LatencyMon has been analyzing your system for 0:00:17 (h🇲🇲ss) on all processors.


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SYSTEM INFORMATION
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Computer name: DESKTOP-KUE96BR
OS version: Windows 10, 10.0, version 2009, build: 22000 (x64)
Hardware: To Be Filled By O.E.M., To Be Filled By O.E.M.
CPU: GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-9900K CPU @ 3.60GHz
Logical processors: 16
Processor groups: 1
RAM: 32685 MB total


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CPU SPEED
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Reported CPU speed: 360 MHz

Note: reported execution times may be calculated based on a fixed reported CPU speed. Disable variable speed settings like Intel Speed Step and AMD Cool N Quiet in the BIOS setup for more accurate results.


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MEASURED INTERRUPT TO USER PROCESS LATENCIES
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The interrupt to process latency reflects the measured interval that a usermode process needed to respond to a hardware request from the moment the interrupt service routine started execution. This includes the scheduling and execution of a DPC routine, the signaling of an event and the waking up of a usermode thread from an idle wait state in response to that event.

Highest measured interrupt to process latency (µs): 28428.10
Average measured interrupt to process latency (µs): 726.818528

Highest measured interrupt to DPC latency (µs): 28424.30
Average measured interrupt to DPC latency (µs): 718.956491


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REPORTED ISRs
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Interrupt service routines are routines installed by the OS and device drivers that execute in response to a hardware interrupt signal.

Highest ISR routine execution time (µs): 102.595556
Driver with highest ISR routine execution time: dxgkrnl.sys - DirectX Graphics Kernel, Microsoft Corporation

Highest reported total ISR routine time (%): 0.020808
Driver with highest ISR total time: dxgkrnl.sys - DirectX Graphics Kernel, Microsoft Corporation

Total time spent in ISRs (%) 0.026444

ISR count (execution time <250 µs): 5332
ISR count (execution time 250-500 µs): 0
ISR count (execution time 500-1000 µs): 0
ISR count (execution time 1000-2000 µs): 0
ISR count (execution time 2000-4000 µs): 0
ISR count (execution time >=4000 µs): 0


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REPORTED DPCs
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DPC routines are part of the interrupt servicing dispatch mechanism and disable the possibility for a process to utilize the CPU while it is interrupted until the DPC has finished execution.

Highest DPC routine execution time (µs): 12864.746111
Driver with highest DPC routine execution time: dxgkrnl.sys - DirectX Graphics Kernel, Microsoft Corporation

Highest reported total DPC routine time (%): 0.792372
Driver with highest DPC total execution time: dxgkrnl.sys - DirectX Graphics Kernel, Microsoft Corporation

Total time spent in DPCs (%) 1.555510

DPC count (execution time <250 µs): 7038
DPC count (execution time 250-500 µs): 0
DPC count (execution time 500-10000 µs): 194
DPC count (execution time 1000-2000 µs): 529
DPC count (execution time 2000-4000 µs): 672
DPC count (execution time >=4000 µs): 234


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REPORTED HARD PAGEFAULTS
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Hard pagefaults are events that get triggered by making use of virtual memory that is not resident in RAM but backed by a memory mapped file on disk. The process of resolving the hard pagefault requires reading in the memory from disk while the process is interrupted and blocked from execution.

NOTE: some processes were hit by hard pagefaults. If these were programs producing audio, they are likely to interrupt the audio stream resulting in dropouts, clicks and pops. Check the Processes tab to see which programs were hit.

Process with highest pagefault count: steam.exe

Total number of hard pagefaults 363
Hard pagefault count of hardest hit process: 59
Number of processes hit: 28


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PER CPU DATA
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CPU 0 Interrupt cycle time (s): 11.881265
CPU 0 ISR highest execution time (µs): 102.595556
CPU 0 ISR total execution time (s): 0.072197
CPU 0 ISR count: 5320
CPU 0 DPC highest execution time (µs): 12864.746111
CPU 0 DPC total execution time (s): 4.241253
CPU 0 DPC count: 7442
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CPU 1 Interrupt cycle time (s): 0.042729
CPU 1 ISR highest execution time (µs): 12.501667
CPU 1 ISR total execution time (s): 0.000060
CPU 1 ISR count: 12
CPU 1 DPC highest execution time (µs): 6.866667
CPU 1 DPC total execution time (s): 0.000074
CPU 1 DPC count: 23
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CPU 2 Interrupt cycle time (s): 0.056268
CPU 2 ISR highest execution time (µs): 0.0
CPU 2 ISR total execution time (s): 0.0
CPU 2 ISR count: 0
CPU 2 DPC highest execution time (µs): 22.012778
CPU 2 DPC total execution time (s): 0.000534
CPU 2 DPC count: 92
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CPU 3 Interrupt cycle time (s): 0.042774
CPU 3 ISR highest execution time (µs): 0.0
CPU 3 ISR total execution time (s): 0.0
CPU 3 ISR count: 0
CPU 3 DPC highest execution time (µs): 18.481667
CPU 3 DPC total execution time (s): 0.000228
CPU 3 DPC count: 36
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CPU 4 Interrupt cycle time (s): 0.052951
CPU 4 ISR highest execution time (µs): 0.0
CPU 4 ISR total execution time (s): 0.0
CPU 4 ISR count: 0
CPU 4 DPC highest execution time (µs): 54.638333
CPU 4 DPC total execution time (s): 0.000956
CPU 4 DPC count: 128
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CPU 5 Interrupt cycle time (s): 0.046050
CPU 5 ISR highest execution time (µs): 0.0
CPU 5 ISR total execution time (s): 0.0
CPU 5 ISR count: 0
CPU 5 DPC highest execution time (µs): 24.596667
CPU 5 DPC total execution time (s): 0.000293
CPU 5 DPC count: 43
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CPU 6 Interrupt cycle time (s): 0.053617
CPU 6 ISR highest execution time (µs): 0.0
CPU 6 ISR total execution time (s): 0.0
CPU 6 ISR count: 0
CPU 6 DPC highest execution time (µs): 62.817778
CPU 6 DPC total execution time (s): 0.002061
CPU 6 DPC count: 224
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CPU 7 Interrupt cycle time (s): 0.041019
CPU 7 ISR highest execution time (µs): 0.0
CPU 7 ISR total execution time (s): 0.0
CPU 7 ISR count: 0
CPU 7 DPC highest execution time (µs): 18.069444
CPU 7 DPC total execution time (s): 0.000258
CPU 7 DPC count: 43
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CPU 8 Interrupt cycle time (s): 0.054567
CPU 8 ISR highest execution time (µs): 0.0
CPU 8 ISR total execution time (s): 0.0
CPU 8 ISR count: 0
CPU 8 DPC highest execution time (µs): 35.267222
CPU 8 DPC total execution time (s): 0.000589
CPU 8 DPC count: 82
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CPU 9 Interrupt cycle time (s): 0.045099
CPU 9 ISR highest execution time (µs): 0.0
CPU 9 ISR total execution time (s): 0.0
CPU 9 ISR count: 0
CPU 9 DPC highest execution time (µs): 18.836111
CPU 9 DPC total execution time (s): 0.000214
CPU 9 DPC count: 30
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CPU 10 Interrupt cycle time (s): 0.054751
CPU 10 ISR highest execution time (µs): 0.0
CPU 10 ISR total execution time (s): 0.0
CPU 10 ISR count: 0
CPU 10 DPC highest execution time (µs): 29.887222
CPU 10 DPC total execution time (s): 0.001321
CPU 10 DPC count: 206
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CPU 11 Interrupt cycle time (s): 0.042845
CPU 11 ISR highest execution time (µs): 0.0
CPU 11 ISR total execution time (s): 0.0
CPU 11 ISR count: 0
CPU 11 DPC highest execution time (µs): 9.741111
CPU 11 DPC total execution time (s): 0.000072
CPU 11 DPC count: 12
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CPU 12 Interrupt cycle time (s): 0.053685
CPU 12 ISR highest execution time (µs): 0.0
CPU 12 ISR total execution time (s): 0.0
CPU 12 ISR count: 0
CPU 12 DPC highest execution time (µs): 40.823889
CPU 12 DPC total execution time (s): 0.001088
CPU 12 DPC count: 163
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CPU 13 Interrupt cycle time (s): 0.044504
CPU 13 ISR highest execution time (µs): 0.0
CPU 13 ISR total execution time (s): 0.0
CPU 13 ISR count: 0
CPU 13 DPC highest execution time (µs): 36.687222
CPU 13 DPC total execution time (s): 0.000250
CPU 13 DPC count: 28
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CPU 14 Interrupt cycle time (s): 0.045182
CPU 14 ISR highest execution time (µs): 0.0
CPU 14 ISR total execution time (s): 0.0
CPU 14 ISR count: 0
CPU 14 DPC highest execution time (µs): 65.240
CPU 14 DPC total execution time (s): 0.000692
CPU 14 DPC count: 64
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CPU 15 Interrupt cycle time (s): 0.043249
CPU 15 ISR highest execution time (µs): 0.0
CPU 15 ISR total execution time (s): 0.0
CPU 15 ISR count: 0
CPU 15 DPC highest execution time (µs): 36.821111
CPU 15 DPC total execution time (s): 0.000516
CPU 15 DPC count: 51
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