Annoying computer problem, minor lag spikes during games

[Samhfx]

I'll try and keep this short and simple.
During games sometimes I will experience brief lag, as if the game freezes for a split second, specifically 1-2 seconds. These lag spikes occur randomly and it becomes relatively annoying especially when I'm shooting someone for example in CSGO, I die because of it.
It's not a FPS problem because I get a solid 350+ FPS on CSGO and a solid 120+ FPS in Overwatch, the freezing happens in both games.

Last week I got sick of it happening so I decided to reformat my whole PC hoping it would fix the problem, luckily it did, which means it could have been a driver problem of some sort.
However the spikes have appeared again recently, they don't seem as bad but I know it's definitely there. It's like I have bad internet but that's definitely not the case, I can't figure out what the problem is.

Not sure if this is related but sometimes randomly I would hear a brief grinding noise coming form the tower, I can't figure out where the noise comes from but it could be either the PSU or HD. Which makes me think it's the HD which is the problem, is there any tests I can run to determine what is causing this? The grinding noises don't appear regularly at all, it's a hard noise to describe, like two metals plates grinding against each other.

My PC is new, I've had this for around 3-4 months now.

 

[Samhfx]

Story of my life

I think there's something screwy with 6700k and z170 at the moment.
I have an ASUS motherboard though.

Disconnect the HDD problem gone ?

Ugh. I guess I'll have to try that. Will it damage anything? Luckily my OS is on my SSD.

 

[Samhfx]

I was trying help out Efour on a different thread as we seemed to be having same issues.

Mine have been a lot better since I did a fresh install on a new SSD and put windows on there.

it's 95% gone.

Only other thing I would like to try without spending the money unnecessarily is seeing if a PCIe sound card would change things.

Just to up date. The minor lag spikes seem like it could be internet lag, but it's not. For example at the start of a CSGO round I r7un into a player it often spikes then, it's like quick freezes. It's so annoying man, I need this fixed.

 

[Samhfx]

Have you tried increasing the DRAM voltage by 0.05v? e.g. if at 1.35v then 1.4v. A few people have had success with latency issues this way in the past. Not sure about this present spate of latency issues but it won't hurt to test.

I wouldn't know how to do that.

 

[Samhfx]

Samhfx - I need to do a list of all the things I've done. Mostly recommendations on Efour thread.

I'm no longer having spikes at all it seems. Touchwood!

New Nvidia drivers came out for 10xx series. Seemed to have helped me too.

Ugh, it's still happening for me. IN fact in CSGO it's happening a lot today, more than ever. I can't understand, I get 300 FPS but I get stutter lag? and my connection is fine. Please helpppppppppp

 

[Samhfx]

Other conflicting software?

I recently had a problem with NZXT CAM. worked fine, but after a update it screwed my overwatch. i uninstalled it and games worked fine. worth a look at

I can't understand what type of software would do this. I reformatted my PC, I don't really have much installed other than a few programs for my corsair keyboard and razer mouse.

 

[Samhfx]

This is all I have installed really...

 

[Samhfx]

I still need help with this. Sometimes video/streams freeze for a few seconds too, if that means anything.

 

[Samhfx]

I've uninstalled and installed all drivers, problem still persists :c

 

[Samhfx]

Run Data LifeGuard Diagnostics on the HD. Or try another SATA Cable. Sounds like a mechanical issue with the drive.

If the drive comes back clean then you could try to pinpoint the cause using LatencyMon.

Does this look normal?

 

[Samhfx]

You have MSI Live Update installed, I'd only use it to check if any new drivers are available but then download manually from website. Most importantly, never use Live Update to update BIOS.

You could also uninstall the Killer Network software if you have that installed, and just install the driver on its own. "On-Board LAN Drivers - Killer Network Driver (driver only)" from the webpage for your motherboard. ke2400w10-x64 folder. Right-click on the "Setup Information" file in that folder and choose Install.

Try uninstalling the Corsair software too.

Just to trim unnecessary/sometimes problematic stuff in the hope there's some improvement.

I already removed that. I even reinstalled drivers in a good order, problem still persists.

Also, I need this Killer Network Driver, for some reason my internet cable won't get recognized without it.

I'll remove that software soon, test it out.

 

[Samhfx]

Understood.




Yes you need the driver itself as it's the LAN driver. What you don't need is the whole Killer software package. I gave you the instructions for only installing the driver itself.

When I download driver itself it just shows this in the folder, what else do I need to do?

 

[Samhfx]

i.e. The inf. file.

Then what?

 

[Samhfx]

Then what?

Sorry, I did extract it first. Still nothing happens.

 

[Samhfx]

Now you are double left-clicking instead of right-clicking.

I right clicked and press Installed too, nothing happens after I press Yes.

 

[Samhfx]

Yeah, nothing happens other than the driver silently installing. Your ethernet will be working though, unless there's some problem.

I took out my wireless USB stick, still no connection via internet cable. :c

I tried installing killer suite again, now I can't get internet with that now like I did before. And it's stuck in my control panel even tho I press uninstall 50 times.

It won't go away, even rebooted.

 

[Samhfx]

Try installing Iobit uninstaller

Thanks. That worked, neat program.
I have so much bad luck with computers, I got this stupid stutter in-game now my internet cable doesn't work, only wifi. :c

 

[Samhfx]

Reboot. Try just the driver again. This time give it a minute after you choose "Install", then test internet, check your Network and Sharing Center to see if Ethernet needs re-enabling.

There's no good reason why the driver alone shouldn't work, so it may point to an issue that could be related to the latency.

Still doesn't work. :c

I made a video of the steps I took.
https://vid.me/cqyM

 

[Samhfx]

Device manager > other devices > network controller. Install the driver manually?

I don't have "Other Devices".

 

[Samhfx]

I fixed my internet problem. As for the game stuttering, I may of found the culprit. The Corsair Utility program which was installed for my k70 keyboard, I removed that and I don't think I'm getting any noticeable stuttering, at least not as bad.

How can I fix this? I hate having the keyboard at default red.