Strange PC Slowdown

[lightingft]

Hello guys,
So recently I've had a very strange PC slowdown. The PC runs fine in general, games work almost flawlessly, not much stuttering or anything, I can pretty much do everything without a hassle, except I've noticed one thing. My PC somewhat feels slow now. I haven't installed any new software at all. For example, when I open an mp3 file, it takes about 3 seconds for it to start playing. Or when I compile a file with codeblocks (not a big file at all, a very small one) the text in the console shows up only in about 2 seconds. This is the main issue. I haven't noticed that this is happening until yesterday. My PC doesn't feel to be very slow in general, but just these issues in general. All my storage devices are pretty new (An SSD of about 2-3 months old, Windows is installed on it. An HDD which is about a few weeks old and one HDD which is about 1.5 years old.) The following files that I've stated which cause a slowdown while opening are stored on an SSD, but it makes no difference on another drive.

Specs should they be required:
PSU: Corsair RM750i
Motherboard: ASRock Z75 Pro3
CPU: Intel i7-2600 3.4GHz
Video Card: MSI Nvidia GTX 970 Gaming 4G
RAM: 16GB DDR3
SSD: Samsung 850 EVO 250GB
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate x64

Edit: With the mp3 files, I've actually meant that the playback is not delayed. The cover showing up is delayed. The .mp3 file plays instantly, but it shows a circle on Windows Media Player and the cover pops up only after about 2-3 seconds.

 

[lightingft]

Well, I've noticed that one of these issues was caused by Panda AntiVirus. Whenever I have it started, the console output is slow for some reason. As for the mp3 issue it's still pretty much the same.

 

[soundguruman]

Hello guys,
So recently I've had a very strange PC slowdown. The PC runs fine in general, games work almost flawlessly, not much stuttering or anything, I can pretty much do everything without a hassle, except I've noticed one thing. My PC somewhat feels slow now. I haven't installed any new software at all. For example, when I open an mp3 file, it takes about 3 seconds for it to start playing. Or when I compile a file with codeblocks (not a big file at all, a very small one) the text in the console shows up only in about 2 seconds. This is the main issue. I haven't noticed that this is happening until yesterday. My PC doesn't feel to be very slow in general, but just these issues in general. All my storage devices are pretty new (An SSD of about 2-3 months old, Windows is installed on it. An HDD which is about a few weeks old and one HDD which is about 1.5 years old.) The following files that I've stated which cause a slowdown while opening are stored on an SSD, but it makes no difference on another drive.

Specs should they be required:
PSU: Corsair RM750i
Motherboard: ASRock Z75 Pro3
CPU: Intel i7-2600 3.4GHz
Video Card: MSI Nvidia GTX 970 Gaming 4G
RAM: 16GB DDR3
SSD: Samsung 850 EVO 250GB
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate x64

Edit: With the mp3 files, I've actually meant that the playback is not delayed. The cover showing up is delayed. The .mp3 file plays instantly, but it shows a circle on Windows Media Player and the cover pops up only after about 2-3 seconds.

Change the power settings.
Recommend you change to Kaspersky, set in multimedia mode and forget about panda.
Updates will slow the system down for sure, therefore load only critical updates manually. (I recommend)
Click Start, Click Control Panel,
Look at the top of the window, in the path bar you see “control panel >”
Click on “>” (in the path bar) now click on “all control panel options.”
(This will open up all the hidden controls available)
Click Power Options
click on the arrow to “show other plans”
Check the Box that says "high performance"
Click (in high performance) "change plan settings"
Turn off display: set to NEVER
Put the computer to sleep: set to NEVER
Click: Change advanced plan settings
Scroll down the list: Click on the + signs to expand the choices for each item on the list.
Require a password on wake up: set to NO
Hard disk: turn off the hard disk: set to NEVER
Wireless adapter settings:
Sleep: set to NEVER
Allow Hybrid sleep: set to NEVER
Hibernate after: set to NEVER
Allow wake timers: set to disable
USB settings:
USB selective suspend setting: set to NEVER
Power Buttons and lid:
Power button action: Setting: set to shut down
Sleep Button Action: set to: do nothing
PCI Express:
Link State Power Management, Setting: OFF
Processor Power Management: Minimum state (set to) 7%

System Cooling Policy: setting: Active
Maximum State (set to) 100%
Display
Turn off display after: setting: NEVER (turning off display automatically can cause freezing also)
Turn off the monitor power manually, when you want it off. Don’t use the auto monitor turn off.
Multimedia Settings:
When Sharing Media: Setting: Prevent idling to sleep
When Playing Video: Setting: Optimize Video
Click APPLY
Click OK

Open the bios set up and make sure "cool and quiet" is OFF. (AMD)
If there is a power saver or a "quiet mode" in the bios, shut it off...
There may be a performance setting in the bios setup you have...make sure it's cranked up to max.
in the bios, see that the allocation for video, if available, is maxed.

Now open the hardware manager profiles...
click start
click computer
click system properties
click device manager
double click on mice and other pointing devices
right click on HID compliant mouse
left click on properties
click on the power management tab
UN-check the box that says: "allow the computer to turn off this device to save power." (there is now NO check mark in this box)
click OK

Now repeat this procedure for all mice, monitors, keyboards, and ALL USB ports on the device manager list.

You must open ALL the devices one at a time, as above, and turn off the power saver, for each device.

NOW turn all the security back ON. NOW open your security antivirus. Make sure the antivirus is set to "gaming mode." Or "multimedia mode."
This prevents the security updating from interrupting your game / multimedia priority.
IF the security does not have "gaming mode" or "multimedia mode" get different security.
IF you are using "free" security downloaded from the internet, get rid of it NOW.
Use ONLY professional all in one security. DO NOT load multiple mismatched security programs, which conflict with each other.
DO NOT load free tools into your system such as: "driver sweeper" or any of that "free" goofy stuff.

 

[lightingft]

Hello guys,
So recently I've had a very strange PC slowdown. The PC runs fine in general, games work almost flawlessly, not much stuttering or anything, I can pretty much do everything without a hassle, except I've noticed one thing. My PC somewhat feels slow now. I haven't installed any new software at all. For example, when I open an mp3 file, it takes about 3 seconds for it to start playing. Or when I compile a file with codeblocks (not a big file at all, a very small one) the text in the console shows up only in about 2 seconds. This is the main issue. I haven't noticed that this is happening until yesterday. My PC doesn't feel to be very slow in general, but just these issues in general. All my storage devices are pretty new (An SSD of about 2-3 months old, Windows is installed on it. An HDD which is about a few weeks old and one HDD which is about 1.5 years old.) The following files that I've stated which cause a slowdown while opening are stored on an SSD, but it makes no difference on another drive.

Specs should they be required:
PSU: Corsair RM750i
Motherboard: ASRock Z75 Pro3
CPU: Intel i7-2600 3.4GHz
Video Card: MSI Nvidia GTX 970 Gaming 4G
RAM: 16GB DDR3
SSD: Samsung 850 EVO 250GB
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate x64

Edit: With the mp3 files, I've actually meant that the playback is not delayed. The cover showing up is delayed. The .mp3 file plays instantly, but it shows a circle on Windows Media Player and the cover pops up only after about 2-3 seconds.

Change the power settings.
Recommend you change to Kaspersky, set in multimedia mode and forget about panda.
Updates will slow the system down for sure, therefore load only critical updates manually. (I recommend)
Click Start, Click Control Panel,
Look at the top of the window, in the path bar you see “control panel >”
Click on “>” (in the path bar) now click on “all control panel options.”
(This will open up all the hidden controls available)
Click Power Options
click on the arrow to “show other plans”
Check the Box that says "high performance"
Click (in high performance) "change plan settings"
Turn off display: set to NEVER
Put the computer to sleep: set to NEVER
Click: Change advanced plan settings
Scroll down the list: Click on the + signs to expand the choices for each item on the list.
Require a password on wake up: set to NO
Hard disk: turn off the hard disk: set to NEVER
Wireless adapter settings:
Sleep: set to NEVER
Allow Hybrid sleep: set to NEVER
Hibernate after: set to NEVER
Allow wake timers: set to disable
USB settings:
USB selective suspend setting: set to NEVER
Power Buttons and lid:
Power button action: Setting: set to shut down
Sleep Button Action: set to: do nothing
PCI Express:
Link State Power Management, Setting: OFF
Processor Power Management: Minimum state (set to) 7%

System Cooling Policy: setting: Active
Maximum State (set to) 100%
Display
Turn off display after: setting: NEVER (turning off display automatically can cause freezing also)
Turn off the monitor power manually, when you want it off. Don’t use the auto monitor turn off.
Multimedia Settings:
When Sharing Media: Setting: Prevent idling to sleep
When Playing Video: Setting: Optimize Video
Click APPLY
Click OK

Open the bios set up and make sure "cool and quiet" is OFF. (AMD)
If there is a power saver or a "quiet mode" in the bios, shut it off...
There may be a performance setting in the bios setup you have...make sure it's cranked up to max.
in the bios, see that the allocation for video, if available, is maxed.

Now open the hardware manager profiles...
click start
click computer
click system properties
click device manager
double click on mice and other pointing devices
right click on HID compliant mouse
left click on properties
click on the power management tab
UN-check the box that says: "allow the computer to turn off this device to save power." (there is now NO check mark in this box)
click OK

Now repeat this procedure for all mice, monitors, keyboards, and ALL USB ports on the device manager list.

You must open ALL the devices one at a time, as above, and turn off the power saver, for each device.

NOW turn all the security back ON. NOW open your security antivirus. Make sure the antivirus is set to "gaming mode." Or "multimedia mode."
This prevents the security updating from interrupting your game / multimedia priority.
IF the security does not have "gaming mode" or "multimedia mode" get different security.
IF you are using "free" security downloaded from the internet, get rid of it NOW.
Use ONLY professional all in one security. DO NOT load multiple mismatched security programs, which conflict with each other.
DO NOT load free tools into your system such as: "driver sweeper" or any of that "free" goofy stuff.

Thanks for the suggestions, most of these I have done before. I've reinstalled Framework and switched my AV and that seemed to fix the problem for the big part.