Ryzen build micro-stutters when overlocked

[mchldlg]

I'm experiencing micro-stuttering when overclocking my Ryzen 3, changed the PSU, bought an aftermarket cooler in case it's thermal throttling - nope, it's not my RAM either as my PC works fine when not overclocked, ran AIDA64 for an hour, memtest, disk checks - no issues/errors, any help is appreciated! As an addition to the said above, my PC sometimes fails to restart and refuses to post or simply shuts down instead of restarting and powers itself up after a few seconds again. First time overclocking.

Specifications:

CPU: Ryzen 3 1200 @ 3.7GHz OC @ 1.3v
CPU Cooler: DeepCool GAMMAX GT RGB
MOBO: MSI B350M GAMING PRO
GPU: GIGABYTE GTX 1050 Ti
RAM: ADATA XPG D10 Gammix 1x8GB @ 2666MHz
HDD: WDC Blue 1TB 7200RPM
SSD: Samsung 850 Evo 256GB
PSU: Seasonic Focus Plus 550 FX Gold
OS: Windows 10 Pro Build 16299.98
OTHER: BIOS, and all drivers, including chipset/graphics are latest.

 

[DarkHorizon472]

You are doing the right things.

I would try only overclocking one component at a time to see which is having issues. If no problems try overclocking more than one at once to get an idea what combinations/ settings cause problems.

 

[muon]

It's your RAM. Set it at 2133mhz and see if the problem disappears.

Just because you can overclock it when Ryzen is at stock does not mean it will be stable when Ryzen is overclocked. Too many things are linked.

 

[mchldlg]

You are doing the right things.

I would try only overclocking one component at a time to see which is having issues. If no problems try overclocking more than one at once to get an idea what combinations/ settings cause problems.

Thanks for replying, yeah, I did overclock the components one by one, it turned out it's not the RAM, nor GPU, it only happens when the CPU is overclocked and everything rest at default.

It's your RAM. Set it at 2133mhz and see if the problem disappears.

Just because you can overclock it when Ryzen is at stock does not mean it will be stable when Ryzen is overclocked. Too many things are linked.

I have tried leaving the RAM at default (2667MHz) while only keeping the CPU frequency at 3.7 & 3.5, still happens, I'll try as you say as well in a minute, thanks.
However, I think I found out the root of the issue, but not how to fix it - it turns out that it's only audio/video stuttering when my Ryzen is overclocked, checked with DPC Latency Checker & LatencyMon.

Can you have a look at these and let me know what you think:



P.S: The latency went into the red on 3.5GHz as well, just forgot to capture it.

 

[muon]

Run Intel Burn Test when overclocked and see if it is stable on Very High.

The other thing to monitor (although unlikely to be the cause in this particular case) is VRM temps and clock speed to see if you are getting VRM throttling.

 

[mchldlg]

Run Intel Burn Test when overclocked and see if it is stable on Very High.

The other thing to monitor (although unlikely to be the cause in this particular case) is VRM temps and clock speed to see if you are getting VRM throttling.

Yeah, it's stable and temps are in their normal ranges, nothing worth worrying. I just did a run through the device manager, because LatencyMon noted that the "storport.sys" is the faulty driver, so here's what I did in case anyone else has that issue:

1. Open device manager.
2. Open IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers
3. There was an AMD SATA Controller, right click and "Scan for hardware changes", that triggered the micro-stutter.
4. Uninstalled the AMD SATA Controller driver, now sticking with the "Standard SATA AHCI Controller" by Windows I suppose, no issues so far, latency looks fine.



Anyway, thanks for the quick replies and the will to help, greatly appreciated, we'll be seeing each-other around, thanks once again!

 

[opethdisciple]

It might just be your pushing the CPU frequency and volts too much. Even if it doesn't bsod it still might be unstable.

See what happens at 3.6Ghz and the start reducing your vcore as you probably don't need so much at 3.6hz.

It it doesn't stutter at stock settings then it tells you the issue is your overclock.

 

[DarkHorizon472]

Good to hear it was a simple fix in the end

 

[Mercutio]

Less than a handful of posts in and already a useful pointer to handy software... nice