Question Stuttering, Massive FPS Drops and Chugging on High End Rig

[FrostbiteReaper]

This problem has been plaguing me for months now. Every time I think I've fixed it, the problem comes back. I've installed multiple driver versions. Multiple fresh installs of multiple builds and versions of Windows 10. Even replaced every part in my system. I'm playing at 1080p 240hz. Doesn't matter what game I play at some point there's a stutter, FPS drops of chuggs. Very old games seem to be fine, like games from the 90's or early 2000's. Nothing's overheating, my RAM and CPU don't go over 30%. My GPU spikes are bad though. Also my GPU clock isn't consistent. I know it's supposed to clock up and down when it needs to, but even during large fights in games it'll spike and drop massively. Everything's stock, no overclocks. IDK if it's a memory leak or what's going on, all I know is I can't stand it. Also everything's set to high performance. Here's my UserBenchmark Score: https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/22044589 . Apparently both my CPU and GPU are performing under below expectations and IDK why.

 

[rgd1101]

malware scan?
what the cpu/gpu temp?

 

[Phaaze88]

1)You have to keep in mind that some people will have overclocked their cpu and gpu, and your system's cpu and gpu is being compared to those - so don't take that 'performing below expectations' too seriously, unless it's REALLY bad.

my RAM and CPU don't go over 30%.

2)Unlike the ram and gpu, the cpu has multiple cores/threads, so looking at usage as a whole is not an accurate measurement - you have to look at the usage of each core/thread.
30% of a 9900K is equivalent to 4 full threads and 80% of another - or however the workload is distributed across the cpu. A cpu can be a limitation on just a single core/thread.

3)Your benchmark results have noted a fair amount of background usage. Did you do a 'clean run' of the benchmark - you know, close everything(browser, software, etc.) down beforehand?

1080p + 2080Ti

4)This one's been proven across multiple builds to be a terrible combination, and usually leads to a cpu limitation.
For the huge price premium, it doesn't outperform the 2070 Super and 2080 Super at 1080p by a whole lot in a number of games. It's a better investment for 1440p and 4K.

 

[FrostbiteReaper]

malware scan?
what the cpu/gpu temp?

Malware scan comes up clean. Temps are around 40's to 50's for both

 

[FrostbiteReaper]

1)You have to keep in mind that some people will have overclocked their cpu and gpu, and your system's cpu and gpu is being compared to those - so don't take that 'performing below expectations' too seriously, unless it's REALLY bad.


2)Unlike the ram and gpu, the cpu has multiple cores/threads, so looking at usage as a whole is not an accurate measurement - you have to look at the usage of each core/thread.
30% of a 9900K is equivalent to 4 full threads and 80% of another - or however the workload is distributed across the cpu. A cpu can be a limitation on just a single core/thread.

3)Your benchmark results have noted a fair amount of background usage. Did you do a 'clean run' of the benchmark - you know, close everything(browser, software, etc.) down beforehand?


4)This one's been proven across multiple builds to be a terrible combination, and usually leads to a cpu limitation.
For the huge price premium, it doesn't outperform the 2070 Super and 2080 Super at 1080p by a whole lot in a number of games. It's a better investment for 1440p and 4K.

To be fair no I didn't do a clean run.
I know that it's a better investment for 1440p and 4k but I wanted it for future proofing and if I wanted to change my build in the future and not need to buy another GPU because of that upgrade. That's also why I have the i9 so that there wouldn't be a CPU limitation. This problem started on my old build randomly. I think Windows might've installed an update at one point. I was running a 1080 and a i7 8700k. Until that update or whatever it was, everything was fine. I don't think it's a hardware issue since this is a completely new build. Only thing kept from the old build was the SSD, and I even took another SSD that I had and installed a fresh copy of Windows 10 to test. The issue persisted.

 

[Phaaze88]

That's also why I have the i9 so that there wouldn't be a CPU limitation.

This gpu can make even the mighty 9900K bend at the knee at lower resolutions, so the odds of a cpu limitation are high, but you need to monitor usage of each core/thread in game.
You can use HWINFO, but I prefer to use Msi Afterburner because of its real-time graphs.

I think Windows might've installed an update at one point.

I won't deny that possibility. Some people may never run into issues with Windows, for others it's a complete jerk.

Both Windows Game Bar and Game Mode are off?

Motherboard's bios and drivers are up to date?

Make and model of the power supply? It's also new?

 

[FrostbiteReaper]

but you need to monitor usage of each core/thread in game.
You can use HWINFO, but I prefer to use Msi Afterburner because of its real-time graphs.

Afterburner allows you to monitor each CPU core individually? When I used it I never saw that setting.

Both Windows Game Bar and Game Mode are off?

Motherboard's bios and drivers are up to date?

Make and model of the power supply? It's also new?

Both are off. My Bios and all my drivers are up to date. PSU: Corsair AX1600i brand new

 

[Phaaze88]

Afterburner allows you to monitor each CPU core individually? When I used it I never saw that setting.

Go to Settings > Monitoring. Under 'Active hardware monitoring graphs', Look for, and check CPU1usage-CPU16usage. You might want to uncheck some of the other graphs, because the addition of 16 more graphs is going to look cluttered.
You can also change the number of graph columns there as well.

Then play your games and check from time to time what's happening to the threads.

 

[FrostbiteReaper]

Awesome, I'll run tests tomorrow and send an update!

 

[FrostbiteReaper]

I think an update's gonna have to wait another day. I decided to update my GPU drivers before running tests (huge mistake). Now my computer chuggs in windows period. I wanna open the start menu (chuggs), open another window (chuggs), open a new tab in chrome (chuggs). Rolled back and the chugging still happens. I'm just gonna go put my head through a wall -_-. Probs gonna nuke W10 and install fresh cuz now IDK what borked from just updating my GPU drivers. Also Chrome's using more of my CPU now. Just opening a new tab will make my CPU utilization spike, I'm talking like from 20% to 50% or more.

 

[Phaaze88]

Using any keyboard or mouse software?
How about software that may have come with the motherboard?
Cpu cooler SF?
Multiple antivirus/antimalware apps installed?
This doesn't appear to be hardware related.