[SOLVED] Z600/800 Project

[Robin_Hood]

So I recently bought a HPz800 and a z600 that I am hoping to use for gaming and financial trading. I set them up and updated the BIOS and they both worked really really well. For about 2 weeks. Then they started slowing down. Now they are so slow that when I watch videos online they both frequently lag and the trading software that I use is indicating data latency issues.
Can anybody please offer me some pointers as to what I can check and what I might change. Happy to supply any system info that is relevant.
My background is that I have rebuilt/refurbished maybe 100 pcs (not workstations) but I am self taught so my knowledge likely has big gaps in it.
Thank you for any help!
(hope I posted this in the right place)

 

[Robin_Hood]

System Infor for the z800

OS Name Microsoft Windows 10 Pro
Version 10.0.19044 Build 19044
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name DESKTOP-F1ECLJT
System Manufacturer Hewlett-Packard
System Model HP Z800 Workstation
System Type x64-based PC
System SKU FF825AV
Processor Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X5650 @ 2.67GHz, 2661 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 12 Logical Processor(s)
Processor Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X5650 @ 2.67GHz, 2661 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 12 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date Hewlett-Packard 786G5 v03.61, 3/5/2018
SMBIOS Version 2.6
Embedded Controller Version 255.255
BIOS Mode Legacy
BaseBoard Manufacturer Hewlett-Packard
BaseBoard Product 0AECh
BaseBoard Version D
Platform Role Workstation
Secure Boot State Unsupported
PCR7 Configuration Binding Not Possible
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "10.0.19041.1566"
User Name DESKTOP-F1ECLJT\Chicago
Time Zone Central Daylight Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 16.0 GB
Total Physical Memory 16.0 GB
Available Physical Memory 6.16 GB
Total Virtual Memory 18.4 GB
Available Virtual Memory 6.42 GB
Page File Space 2.38 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys
Kernel DMA Protection Off
Virtualization-based security Not enabled
Device Encryption Support Reasons for failed automatic device encryption: TPM is not usable, PCR7 binding is not supported, Hardware Security Test Interface failed and device is not Modern Standby, Un-allowed DMA capable bus/device(s) detected, TPM is not usable
Hyper-V - VM Monitor Mode Extensions Yes
Hyper-V - Second Level Address Translation Extensions Yes
Hyper-V - Virtualization Enabled in Firmware Yes
Hyper-V - Data Execution Protection Yes

 

[geofelt]

What might have changed since all was well?

As to the workstations, I think they are unsuitable for your needs, either as a gamer or as a trading pc.
While the processors have 12 processing threads each, and there are two such processors, the individual cores are very slow.
Run the cpu-Z bench test and look at the single thread performance rating.
It should be something like 388:
https://valid.x86.fr/bench/lnbadp
The workstations are good only for batch apps that can fully load all cores.
Apps like trading or gaming need good single thread performance.
A minimal $65 12th gen processor will have double the single thread performance.
And, I think the units have proprietary motherboards, power supplies, and ddr3 ram so reusing parts is not reasonable.