Question Too many lag spikes without anything close to max cpu, gpu usage.

[orkistos]

The lag spikes occur on almost any game except easier to run competitive ones like league and valorant. Task manager would show less than 50% on both cpu and gpu and I would still get lag spikes (ram ~70%). I tried PBO "Disabled" and "Auto", but nothing really changed. CPU temps are always around 90C when gaming but I was told that was expected from my CPU.

Full Specs:
Ryzen 7 5800x cooled with a Be Quiet Pure Rock Slim 2
RTX 3080 10GB
16 GB 3200 mhz
PSU RM850x

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

Hey there,

CPU temps are always around 90C when gaming but I was told that was expected from my CPU.

No, it's not supposed to run at 90c when gaming.

You should defo have lower temps. Prob about 65-80c max. 90C+ under heavy CPU load. Yes, the 5800x runs a little warmer. But not that much warmer.

Is your ram running in XMP? Use CPU-z and show us the mem/spd tabs. Also what bios are you running on the mobo?

Are all system drivers, including chipset up to date?

What windows power profile are you using?

 

[--SID--]

Pure Rock Slim is to tiny for a 5800x!

What's the brand and model of the RAM and what speed does it run?

 

[RodroX]

The lag spikes occur on almost any game except easier to run competitive ones like league and valorant. Task manager would show less than 50% on both cpu and gpu and I would still get lag spikes (ram ~70%). I tried PBO "Disabled" and "Auto", but nothing really changed. CPU temps are always around 90C when gaming but I was told that was expected from my CPU.

Full Specs:
Ryzen 7 5800x cooled with a Be Quiet Pure Rock Slim 2
RTX 3080 10GB
16 GB 3200 mhz
PSU RM850x

I also agree CPU cooler is kinda small for the 5800X, but what could be worse than a small cooler is a bad pc case (airflow wise).

Have you tried to run games without the side panels? If cpu temps are lower that way, and games stop lagging, then you may have to work on your case to make it better for airflow.

Sometimes do help to do a load default settings on BIOS, then download and install the newest version available ont he mobo page, and then do a new Load Default Settings. If that fix it, then you can try to enable XMP/DOCP later.