Making sure everything should be running as it should.

DEL 707

DEL 707

DEL 707

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I recently had some computer trouble and needed to replace both my PSU and GPU.
I've done a clean install and everything looks good, but maybe I'm being paranoid and looking for problems, but I've noticed a few micro stutters in some games.
Everything is definitely running faster and smoother, but in Elden Ring and Darktide, I've seen some micro stutters. Nothing game breaking, but it's caught my attention, especially in Darktide.

So I'm wondering what kind of test I can run to make sure my machine is running as fast as it should.

These are my specs -

MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
Teamgroup DD4-3200 16gb
Sapphire Radeon 6700XT Pulse
WD Blue SN550 2TB NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 SSD
MSI MPG A850G PSU

I do have the CPU undervolted and XMP enabled on the RAM.
I have not tried any games with default BIOS settings.

I've run Cinebench, twice. Once with undervolting and again with BIOS deafults, with XMP on.

Undervolted

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Default Settings

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No difference in performance, just cooler running. Both achieving the scores they should be getting.

I've tried to run the GPU stress test in Cinebench, but the program seems to crash at random points.

What's the best program to use to stress test and compare my GPU? I would also like to do the same to my SSD.

I appoligise if I've posted this in the wrong sub forum.
I'm sure it's just me being paranoid after all the bad luck I've had, but a 2nd opinion would help put my mind at ease.
 
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I'm not sure if it's still the case but Darktide IIRC had some real and odd issues, I have two friends and the one with the far more powerful PC that has no issues on other games was reporting DT as almost unplayable, but that might have been fixed since he last tried it a few months ago.

The CPU does look like it's running a little hot to me, but I'm not sure what is normal for AMD chips these days, just that I used to worry at about 70 back in the day.
 
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Cpu temps do seem a little high, shouldn't really be hitting 90+ but your undervolt is taking care of that, check the clock speeds aren't throttling though.

For gaming, loop some 3d mark tests, watch for stutter. Run some monitoring like gpu or afterburner and check to see if cpu or gpu temp or clocks etc are fluctuating at stutter points.

Depending on how often the stutters are, it's probably just normal. Most games are crap now. And with the amount of auto updates and crap that go on in the background of a normal system, it's likely that.

Counter strike, doom, several esports titles.
These are the only ones I wouldn't expect even the occasional stutter in. Everything else, single player or coop, devs will accept an occasional non repeatable stutter.
 
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