DaemonXHUN

No, I reinstalled my cooler multiple times and reapplied the thermal paste multiple times. Also most people I have asked reported the same thing. But even if the temps would have been better, I would have still picked a 9700K.

So the general consense right now between PC users is that there's not really a point of buying an Intel product over an AMD one, because AMD offers better price to performance ratio and their CPUs are generally more future-proof thanks to their multithreaded nature. Also, they consume less power and they are way more versatile: even though you have a little bit less FPS in games compared to a similar Intel CPU, Ryzen CPUs are better in pretty much every other thing (video editing, multitasking, etc.). However, my main choice still remained Intel after all these years and I did something that most people would call me crazy for: I sold my 3700X to buy a 9700K. I explain why. I'm first and foremost a hardcore gamer who plays intensive single player games (and also a lot of indie titles, but they don't require a ton of performance). A 3700X has 0.1% lows in a lot of games that are below 60FPS and if I spend that much money on a CPU, this is basically unacceptable to me. A 9700K doesn't have this problem. Also, I don't just play PC games, but I emulate PS3, Wii U, Switch and other console titles and in general, Intel CPUs are better for emulation because of their architecture and because of the higher single core clocks. It's also an important thing that I use an NZXT Kraken X62 liquid cooler which is arguably one of the best, if not the best AIO on the market, yet it couldn't do anything with the Ryzen 7 3700X because of its weird architecture and it lead to a lot of sudden and extreme temperature spikes and fan speed spikes - and the latter one was extremely annoying to hear. I want my PC to be as quiet as possible, not as loud as possible. While the 3700X ran at 40-50C or more at idle, my 9700K runs at 25C or even below. Finally, with Intel products, I experienced a more consistent and stable experience in terms of using Windows. These are the CPUs I had in the past five years: i5 6500, i5 6600K (OC'd to 4.5GHz on all cores), Ryzen 5 2600, i5 9600K, Ryzen 7 3700X and finally, i7 9700K.

Can anyone help me, please? Maybe it's related to heavy loading and that's why I see these problems? Maybe it's SSD or RAM?

Also, I don't know if this helps, but these FPS drops basically always happen when one of these things happen on the screen: - I rotate/turn the camera (the FPS drops down slightly in Subnautica, The Witcher III, A Plague Tale, etc.) - A game just loads in (it takes 1-2 seconds for the FPS to build up and stabilize itself, in The Witcher III and in A Plague Tale, etc.) - An effect kicks in (for example, when in A Plague Tale I light a straw-stack using a thrown explosive, when the fire/explosion effect kicks in, the FPS tanks from 80 to 10-20) - Every time I switch between inventory tabs in The Witcher 3, my FPS goes down by 3-5, so if I do this very fast, the FPS won't have time to stabilize and I can go down to 5-10 FPS.

Hi! I play at 3440x1440, usually at 60FPS. I play almost every game using a controller, so 60FPS is enough for me and that's why I only have a Ryzen 2600 because I don't really need higher framerates. And in the games I need them, I can get that easily (in Rainbow Six: Siege). Regardless of the resolution and regardless of any graphical settings, these freezes/stutters/drops happen. I tried my friend's GTX1060 6GB and GTX 660Ti 2GB to see if these problems are present with those cards and yes they are. However, one thing I have to mention is that UserBenchmark shows that my 1080Ti performs below than expected, although it maybe only shows this because I didn't overclock it unlike most people. Also, the problems are present with or without RivaTuner and I think I already tried using every power outlet and power strip in my room (but I'll try this again).

Edit: we have tried two other video cards and the problem still persists. We have also change the timing of the RAM to a little bit lower because appearantly my MBO only supports my RAM officially at 2933MHz even though it's a 3200MHz RAM, but nothing has really changed. I'm out of ideas.

In the past couple of months I experienced performance problems in more and more games. Basically, regardless of my in-game settings and the actual GPU utilization, certain games frequently stutter/freeze/drop frames. These games basically freeze for split seconds very regularly and along with the framerate drops, a GPU utilization drop also happens. For example, even if I play The Witcher III: Wild Hunt at 800x600 using the absolutely lowest graphical preset, this will still happen. --- These are the game so far in which I've experienced these problems: Battlefield V Hitman 2 Subnautica Close to the Sun Dark Souls II Devotion Apex: Legends Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 The Witcher III: Wild Hunt A Plague Tale: Innocence In Battlefield V, Apex: Legends and Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, my FPS didn't even want to go above 45-50, regardless of the settings, while in the other games, my FPS could be anywhere but it tanked/dropped regularly. From 120 to 40, for example. Or at least that's what RivaTuner shows. Maybe my FPS dropped down all the way to 0 and that's why there are freezes, but the software isn't quick enough to report/record that. I also saw GPU utilization drops to 0% in The Witcher III: Wild Hunt, so it's totally possible. --- These are the parts of my PC: VGA: Asus Strix 1080 Ti 11GB CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws V 2x8GB 3200MHz DDR4 MBO: AsRock B450m Pro 4 SSD1: Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB SSD2: Samsung 860 Evo 500GB HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB PSU: Corsair HX1200 CPU-Cooler: ARCTIC Freezer 33 eSports ONE 120mm Case: Cougar Panzer Evo OS: Windows 10 Professional 64Bit Monitor: Acer ED347CKR --- What I've tried so far and what can't be the cause of the problem: It can't be the fault of the PSU and bad/uneven power. Days ago, I still used my FSP Hyper M 600W and since then, I switched to a new PSU, but the problem persists. It can't be the fault of the motherboard. Previously, I had an AsRock Z170 Pro 4S in my PC and nothing has changed with my newer motherboard. It can't be the fault of the CPU. I had an i5-6600K some months ago, and switching to Ryzen didn't solve my issues. It can't be driver-related. I reinstalled and updated every single driver and these didn't help. It can't be related to some settings in Windows 10. I tried changing a bunch of settings (e.g. power management), but nothing has helped. It can't be related to the given Windows installation itself. I reinstalled Windows 10 multiple times. It can't be related to a BIOS setting. I tried some settings there without any luck. It can't be related to a virus/malware. I run a lot of searches using Malwarebytes and Roguekiller and I also have Windows Defender active. It can't be the fault of the powerstrip or bad cables, I tried multiple ones. It can't be related to bad temperatures. Both the GPU and CPU uses stock clocks, the case is well-cooled and I also play games using an FPS Limiter or V-Sync so my GPU/CPU never really has to work on full load. These problems first started to emerge sometime after I got my 1080 Ti - or at least if I remember correctly. The only game in which I've experienced this before was Subnautica, but that game runs badly on every PC as far as I know because the way it loads chunks of the map. However, I find it hard to beleive that my video card is faulty simply because other games run so well without any hiccups. --- Does anyone have any idea what can be the cause of my problem? Could it really be the video card? After all, UserBenchmark shows it performs worse than it should.

The problem still persists after a complete reinstall. I formatted every single drive and completely reinstalled Win 10 from a pendrive. I logged in to my Microsoft Account. I downloaded apps again, I launched BO4 and my FPS is still ridiculously low.

Okay, thank you, I'll try that after I backed up some of my files.

To quote myself from the post: " I reinstalled the system using Windows 10's built-in Recovery method "

I switched from an overclocked Intel Core i5-6600K to a Ryzen 5 2600 because multiple games required more cores to hit 60 FPS and I also wanted to achieve higher framerates in other games as well because I'm switching to a higher refresh rate monitor in the following days. However, instead of seeing an FPS improvement in games, I see a clear decrease in performance. Currently I play at 2560x1080 60Hz/75Hz using a GTX 1080Ti, 16GB DDR4 3200MHz RAM and the already mentioned Ryzen 5 2600. I play every game at max settings. Shadow of the Tomb Raider runs at 39-42 in busier places (village), while it should ran at least 88 FPS according to benchmarks and it should average around 97. Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 also runs at a low framerate (around 50), while again, according to benchmarks, it should ran around 120 FPS at least. My graphics card is working properly, it has the same utilization as previously, but my CPU goes almost to the maximum utilization with the mentioned FPS values in these games. So there has to be a problem with that. However, I think it can't be hardware related, because the CPU temperatures under load are very good (44 celsius) and according to RivaTuner and CPU-Z, Windows sees and uses all of my cores and threads at the appropriate level (so not on a lower MHz). Also, interestingly, my FPS doubled in Rainbow Six: Siege, compared to when I was still using the i5-6600K. It runs above 220 instead of at 90-120 FPS. So I think it has to be a software related problem that affects how my CPU works in certain games. I reinstalled the system using Windows 10's built-in Recovery method where I selected the option to clear the whole system drive and remove all programs, etc. After reinstalling though, somehow my wallpaper still remained the custom one I previously set and somehow NVidia driver was installed as well. But everything else was cleared from that drive. I left the other two drives (D and E) alone. Then I upgraded my motherboard BIOS, I made sure to turn on XMP and set my RAMs to 3200MHz, I installed drivers, etc. But the problem still persists in the mentioned games. So what should I do next? Should I reinstall Windows 10 externally using an external HDD / pendrive and should I also clean every single drive in my system (C,D,E)? Because I have no other ideas left.

That part isn't really a problem for me.

Should I switch from 2x8GB 3200MHz Dual Channel to 4x4GB 3600MHz Quad Channel on a Z370 MBO if I don't have to spend anything? I currently have a GSkill Rijaws V 2x8GB 3200MHz DDR4 RAM, and I'm trying to decide if I should upgrade to the Corsair Dominator Platinum 4x4GB 3600MHz. I know that Quad Channel is not supported by Z370 MBOs so the RAMs would work as two Dual Channel RAM kits instead. What I'm interested in is should I switch if I don't have to spend any money on it? I find a site where the Corsair RAM is listed for half of it's usual price so I think it might be a good idea to buy it. The MBO is an AsRock Z370 Pro4.

Hey man, it lets me do that now! I'm setting my pc back to default settings

Yeah, I tried those already, but I got a failed message.