Basic information:
System (CyberPower custom build) bought in March 2018
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950x
MSI X399 Gaming Pro Carbon
Twin AMD RX 580 graphics cards
Samsung 1TB SSD main drive
A total of 15 fans and a bunch of other high-end stuff
After months of gaming (typically three games -- WoW, OOTP20 Baseball and Madden, I suddenly have problems. On WoW, I went from having 100 FPS or more to suddenly 9-15 FPS even with the graphics settings dialed back to 5. It's acting like thermal throttling but test results say otherwise. I get about 5-10 minutes of gameplay at 100 FPS and then it quickly shuts down to 15 FPS or so and won't come back unless I cut the computer off and let everything settle down for a few hours.
Or, all I have to do is spend an hour or two surfing the internet, watching videos, etc., and it will do the same thing. Once the slowdown starts, it's not just the gaming FPS that slows down. The entire computer starts creeping. Web pages take too long to load. Sites with a lot of pictures don't populate correctly.
This problem happened once before, about a year ago, and at my wit's end I finally replaced one of the graphics cards and it fixed the problem. I'd rather not throw parts at the problem again unless I have a good idea of what to replace.
I ran a bunch of tests last night after the computer had crawled to a halt. Here's a sample...
I use this computer for work as well as gaming and it's starting to affect work (desktop publishing). Does anyone have any suggestions, or any questions I can answer by running specific tests? I am about to pull my hair out here.
System (CyberPower custom build) bought in March 2018
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950x
MSI X399 Gaming Pro Carbon
Twin AMD RX 580 graphics cards
Samsung 1TB SSD main drive
A total of 15 fans and a bunch of other high-end stuff
After months of gaming (typically three games -- WoW, OOTP20 Baseball and Madden, I suddenly have problems. On WoW, I went from having 100 FPS or more to suddenly 9-15 FPS even with the graphics settings dialed back to 5. It's acting like thermal throttling but test results say otherwise. I get about 5-10 minutes of gameplay at 100 FPS and then it quickly shuts down to 15 FPS or so and won't come back unless I cut the computer off and let everything settle down for a few hours.
Or, all I have to do is spend an hour or two surfing the internet, watching videos, etc., and it will do the same thing. Once the slowdown starts, it's not just the gaming FPS that slows down. The entire computer starts creeping. Web pages take too long to load. Sites with a lot of pictures don't populate correctly.
This problem happened once before, about a year ago, and at my wit's end I finally replaced one of the graphics cards and it fixed the problem. I'd rather not throw parts at the problem again unless I have a good idea of what to replace.
I ran a bunch of tests last night after the computer had crawled to a halt. Here's a sample...
- All graphics drivers up to date
- Windows up to date
- Two FurMark tests passed with no errors
- SpeedFan settings turned up to 65%, which kept graphics card temps down at around 40C
- HWInfo tests showed no errors
- CPUTdie: 68.1C, CPUTctl 95.0C
- Average CPU temp: 68.0C (the night before, it was 76.8C)
- Nothing overclocked that I can tell (although my skills are limited and I'm already suffering from a bit of information overload with all these monitoring programs)
- AMD Ryzen Master in use, but all setting set to default
- Regardless, I have made no changes manually to the system in a year and yet performance has nosedived.
I use this computer for work as well as gaming and it's starting to affect work (desktop publishing). Does anyone have any suggestions, or any questions I can answer by running specific tests? I am about to pull my hair out here.