Question What hardware does d3d12 in MSI Afterburner represent?

[BasedMaster1414]

Hi so I'm currently trying to solve micro stuttering and frame drop issues on my pc and in afterburner I think I might've found the issue. Whenever I get stutters or frame drops this thing called d3d12 spikes or drops the ms by a crap ton. like its smooth sailing when it hovers around 16-18 ms but it stutters when it goes like 6-97 ms. I know it is the directx 12 graphic api but what hardware does it represent? where does it get the numbers from? what hardware does it measure?

 

[rgd1101]

direct3d version 12

 

[BasedMaster1414]

direct3d version 12

I know thanks for replying but what physical hardware controls directx

 

[rgd1101]

the gpu