Stutter in games with high end system

steverebo

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I'm at my wits end with this current PC build I've literally replaced every component trying to fix the stuttering I'm getting in games.

My initial system started off as:
8700k delidded @ 5ghz @ 1.38v
Z370 gaming 5 motherboard
16gb corsair veangence rgb pro 3200
2 x 500gb Samsung evo 970 nvme drives
GTX 1080 strix
Corsair rm850x psu
Custom watercooling cpu and gpu with 2 x 360 rads
Dell 27 inch 1440p 144hz gsync monitor

I experienced stutter in pubg, farcry 5, metro last light, battlefield V and apex legends. I thought the issue was hardware related after switching drivers and clean OS install so I swapped my GPU to an RTX 2080 the stutter remained, swapped my 2 500gb nvme drives to a single 1tb 970 evo plus, stutter still remains, swapped my motherboard to a Z390 aorus master, stutter still remains, swapped my memory to 16gb gskill trident rgb 3600 and stutter still remains. my new system is now:

8700k delidded @5ghz 1.38v
Z390 aorus master
16gb trident z rgb 3600
RTX 2080 msi ventus
1tb Samsung evo 970 plus nvme
RM850x psu
Same custom loop 2 x 360 rads with both gpu and cpu cooled.
Same Dell gsync 144hz monitor

Im using latest drivers for everything I'm now at my wits end and considering cpu and psu swap to try and fix it. Please help
 
I dont actually get any fps drops which is the most confusing part my fps is solid I do notice huge frametime spikes when it happens. I'm unsure if it is connected to mouse movement it's hard to tell but I dont think its is.

When I get home from work I will check the disk reads in task manager and see what this shows.

I would have thought a faulty cpu with show other signs than just stutters gaming but at this point I dont know what to think its driving me insane and costing a fortune
 
Plec said:
Ditto all of @Danny75 suggestions - plus did you do custom install or did you allow windows complete autonomy when installing it's monitoring software?

And strongly suggest that you do this first - save a profile first before setting system to defaults if it's a thrid party clock.
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I did a custom install and then I have gone through after and done all my normal windows 10 tweaks turning off all monitoring software privacy ect plus I tune my visual settings for enhanced performance.

I never install geforce experience its utter trash. I have not actually tried the prefetch/superfetch fix I will definitely give that a try
 
Thinking about it in farcry 5 when I select autodrive to a location and dont touch anything I still get the random stutter.

It almost seems like its loading lag but I've replaced my pair of 500gb nvme drives with a single 1tb evo plus and I've swapped the motherboard and it shows my nvme at pcie 3.0 X4 and I've swapped my ram to a faster set

Not changed the psu yet it's a brand new corsair rm850x I guess that and my cpu are the last 2 things left though I cant imagine it being the cpu
 
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jonnyp1993 said:
Crazy as it sounds, have you checked or swapped the simple things ? Ie sata cables? Wireless adaptors if any? Sometimes a problem like this can drive people crazy and 9 out of 10 times it's something stupid. Not saying it is, but maybe it's worth looking in to the simple stuff.
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yep swapped sata cables and even my back up drive from a WD green 2tb 5400rpm to a barracuda 2tb 7200rpm.
 
jonnyp1993 said:
Fair enough, is there any extras installed? Or is it just the mobo, cpu, drive, gfx, psu and ram?
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No extras I did have a soundblaster AE5 but returned that to remove it from the equation.

Been home an hour and I've completely removed all overclocking and issue still remains. I've run the graph monitoring in afterburnwr and there are sudden fps drops and huge frametime spikes when it stutters in BFV
 
Ok so I used doc latency checker and I had some latency spikes during some of the stutter but not all of it only some if the worst ones

No idea what that means
 
Cant get a super flower one so I've ordered a corsair HXi 1000 ro replace my rm850x which I will just return to amazon. The hxi is 80 plus platinum and seems like a really nice psu
 
chrcoluk said:
I have never heard of a psu causing stuttering but I suppose its possible, if there is momentary lapses of voltage, I would expect a system lockup instead but if you ruled everything else out yeah try it and see.
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I have the same view, I always thought if a psu is faulty the system wont boot or lock up under load but I dont know what else to try
 
Thanks, annoyingly Amazon wont refund my psu as it's just out of the return window so instead I'm getting a straight swap

Is 850w enough for a rtx2080 and 9900k both overclocked?
 
I've not really changed much in windows other than disabling background apps and privacy settings and tweaking appearance. All I have I stalled are:
Corsair icue (installed but keyboard and fans on hardware mode with app closed)
Gigabyte fusion lighting set app closed
Logitech ghub installed but not running
All my motherboard drivers

I run a pretty lite system with not much installed. Ive had a play of pubg today and again huge frametime spikes and frame drops at random some are quiet bad. I just want to game smoothly is that too much to ask :(
 
Ok new psu installed and no change I still get random spikes where the fps will drop from 95 to 50 and straight back up. I've now ordered a 9900k but in all honesty I have no idea if this will fix it
 
I was not aware of that I'm using a 4k braided dip cable from Amazon no brand £7.99.

What should I do to test this turn gsyn off? Or set refresh rate to 60hz or both?
 
Ok I'm getting confused, I messed around with my refresh rate and gsync settings going 60hz gsync on which gave me the smoothest experience I've played in months then I cranked it back up to 144hz and it seemed very smooth as well with only 1 or 2 frame spikes over a 30 min game. I tried pubg g which felt smoother although there were regular frame spikes although I cant remember if pubg was a stuttering mess before my issues
 
I just cant work it out this system has cost me well over £2k yet I cant even play a game smoothly.

I've replaced every single component reinstalled windows a dozen times yet the problem persists. There has to be a reason for it there must be a fix
 
I've always had the aorus master, I have swapped for a new one on Amazon returns but the problem has persisted. Could it be the aorus master with the issue maybe the bios? What version are you using?
 
I've gone from a 1080ti to a 2080 trying to eleviate this issue with no effect so gpu may not be your issue either. I'm very tempted now to swap my motherboard brand altogether to see if that fixes it but I stand to loose money which is something i really didnt want to do anymore as I'm out of my return window
 
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