Ultrabook Lacking FPS and Overall Performance

[jeremyj]

Hey folks,

So I have an Asus ultrabook with an i7-4270HQ @ 2.60GHz, 8GB RAM, GTX 950m and an SSD + HDD. I understand not to ask too much of a laptop for gaming, especially an ultrabook, but I can't even play relatively low-demanding games without my computer being jerky and giving low fps. Half the time my browser freezes up for 10 seconds or so just clicking on a picture or pressing the "like" button on Facebook. I noticed the Disk Usage is at 100% rather often, RAM at about 45%. I only use Google Chrome, have Avast(free) and ABP. I have been on potentially "unsafe" sites but Avast gives my computer a clean bill of health(I know I shouldn't be on stupid sites that could potentially harm my computer but the real story is I don't know if they're actually malware infested sites or not). Is there anything I can do to speed it up a little bit? I know its got a 950mobile GPU but I think it has to work at least a little better than it is.

Thanks.

 

[hang-the-9]

The system should be fine on the hardware side unless you are running on battery or it's overheating. Likely it needs a clean Windows setup as you probably have been installing who knows what on the thing.

 

[jaguarskx]

In addition to Avast Free!, I use Malwarebytes to manually scan for malware and viruses.

https://www.malwarebytes.org/



You should run HWMonitor to see if your laptop is running hot.

http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html



Might as well scan your hard drive(s) to see if it is very fragmented. Defraggler is better than the default Windows defragger.

https://www.piriform.com/defraggler