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Octillery Main

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  1. This is what my resource manager looks like as the computer lags
  2. got a good program to check temps for an intel cpu? last one i tried to install gave me adware with the installer, so i deleted it
  3. Computer: Windows 64-bit, X390 Yoga (Processor and RAM shouldn't be important but I will list them anyways, sorry if its not in useful terms I'm mostly computer illiterate) Processor: CORE i7 8th gen Ram: 16GB, not sure what kind. When I play games on my computer, or do anything resource intensive for that matter, usually my laptop runs smoothly. Every once and awhile, though, it will have huge lag spikes for 15-30 seconds, then return to the normal speed all of the sudden. It is not a gradual decay to and from lag, it is a sudden spike that makes doing most things infuriating. This problem had persisted for about two months now, and I've been using resource manager to monitor the results. From what I've gathered, the lag is corresponded with the opening of powershell.exe, which opens without my action, and leaves no trace on my laptop, except in resource manager. Is this malware? Sophos/Windows Defender says my laptop is clean, so I'd say likely not. But if its not malware and its just a regular scheduled function, do you know any ways to prevent it from happening? Thanks a million
  4. I have 16 GB, no idea what kind. Memory usage is always less than 60% while playing.
  5. My system is a Lenovo X390 Yoga (64 bit windows 10). I know, not the epitome of a powerful gaming machine but I don't need it to be. Anyways, sometimes while playing games, I get periodic frame drops every 2-5 minutes (from a steady 60 to 10 or lower). It will stay in this state for about 10 seconds and go back to 60 afterwords. What really bothers me is that neither CPU or GPU usage, according to task manager/resource manager, exceeds 80% on any core. And these spikes in frame drops have no correlation to a spike in CPU/GPU usage. Its not Wi-Fi or latency issues as when this lag happens it lags the whole system. I think is is worth saying that the game I'm playing (Valorant) displays a few CPU variables. The CPU game and render times are a steady 2-4 ms in menus, 5-15 ms in game, and 30-60 ms during the lag spikes. I don't know what these track but I thought I'd tell you all anyways The nature of this lag is such so in certain play sessions the lag will never happen, but in some it will be a consistent menace. Sophos is showing no malware, and the computer is not extremely hot (its run fine before at heats that felt much hotter). Any ideas on whats happening?
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