Brand new pc lagging and freezing

[Sk1tzoNK]

my newer gaming pc i build last year is getting very hard lag spikes from 120  down to 10 at time other times lower and then my entire pc will freeze for a second, it just started doing this out of the blue i updated my drivers and that didnt help at all and all my temps are fine, and ive never overclocked anything. im just completly lost on what to do. 

PC SPECS:

I7 8700k

msi z370 motherboard

ASUS ROG STRIX gtx 1070 OC edition

16 gb anarchy x ddr4 ram

corsair liquid cooler for CPU

cx 650 PSU Corsair

128Gb kingston SSD

240GB SSD PNY

500Gb HDD

 

[RobFRaschke]

Sounds like a software issue, check for viruses/spyware/bloatware running while you're trying to game.

[Sk1tzoNK]

whats best to check for such?
 

[Dayglorange]

Avast, AVG, BitDefender, Malwarebytes, etc.

[DakotaWebber]

use some diagnostic software, check what your cpu and gpu usage is at, generally when this happens your cpu will be hitting 100%, ram or vram usage will be near its max, and stops for a second, bring gpu usage down to nothing, and then it will be fine for a few minutes until it happens again

[Sk1tzoNK]

will do, checking my RAM CPU and GPU usage right now when it happens. i ran malwarebytes and it cleared like 50 threats and seemed to make it a little better but not alot

 

[narrdarr]

Check event viewer in windows

[Sk1tzoNK]

how do i check event viewer?

 

 

[narrdarr]

Windows button and type event viewer

[xreaperx22]

never heard of that ram before "anarchy" is that a china based company or something?

[Dayglorange]

On 2/21/2019 at 10:32 AM, xreaperx22 said:

never heard of that ram before "anarchy" is that a china based company or something?

The brand is PNY

[xreaperx22]

7 hours ago, Dayglorange said:

The brand is PNY

doh! ok now i know them lol