Question Sudden FPS drop in games and output stuttering while streaming

[linabeg]

Hello!
I’ve recently come back to gaming (mainly Minecraft) and weirdly, it ran at pretty high frames, considering the potato PC I have (specs at the end). I used to stream it with OBS just fine but suddenly one day, my output (not the game) started to stutter. It would skip frames. Then a few days later, my FPS would drop from 150-200 to 40-50, even without streaming. A few people told me it was high CPU usage but I don’t recall changing any setting whatsoever.

Here’s a few examples of the stuttering :
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/455773446

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Here are my general specs :

6GB RAM
Intel HD Graphics Integrated
Intel Core i5 inside
500GB Disk Space

Any help is strongly appreciated!

 

[Lutfij]

You should list your specs like so:
CPU:
Motherboard:
Ram:
SSD/HDD:
GPU:
PSU:
Chassis:
OS:

Try and be as specific as possible with the parts I've asked for. Speccy doesn't encompass the PSU nor the age of the unit, which is what we'll also need you to mention.

Which version of the OS are you on? Have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling your GPU drivers with the latest off of Intel's site?

 

[linabeg]

CPU :
Intel Core i5 2400 @ 3.10GHz - Average temperature : 54 °C
Sandy Bridge 32nm Technology

Core 0 1596.2 MHz x 16.0 99.8 MHz 53 °C APIC ID: 0
Core 1 3292.1 MHz x 33.0 99.8 MHz 52 °C APIC ID: 2
Core 2 3292.1 MHz x 33.0 99.8 MHz 52 °C APIC ID: 4
Core 3 3391.9 MHz x 34.0 99.8 MHz 52 °C APIC ID: 6

Motherboard :
Hewlett-Packard 1497 (SOCKET 0)

RAM :
6.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 665MHz (9-9-9-24)
DRAM Frequency : 665.1 MHz
Memory Usage : 70 %
Total Physical : 5.89 GB
Available Physical : 1.72 GB
Total Virtual : 9.77 GB
Available Virtual : 5.49 GB

SSD/HDD :
232GB Western Digital WDC WD2500AAKX-603CA0 (SATA ) Average Temperature : 35 °C

GPU :
Manufacturer : Intel
Model : HD Graphics
Device ID : 8086-0102
Revision : A
Subvendor : HP (103C)
Current Performance Level : Level 0
Current GPU Clock : 847 MHz
Technology : 32 nm
Driver version : 9.17.10.4459
GPU Clock : 847 MHz

PSU :
240W - assuming old owners have never changed it, it should be about 8 years old. Used to be an office PC

Chassis :
HP Compaq 6200 Pro SFF Desktop Tower Chasis Case

OS :
Windows 10 Pro 64-bit