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SSD jumps to 100% under GPU load and freeze Windows

I'm despair on a strange problem.

My system runs since almost 2 years without any problems. Since about a few weeks I got the problem that when I'm playing a game like overwatch, after a few minutes, textures and 3D models starting to disappear. After a while the whole game will freeze. When I try to tap out the window the other applications in the background starting to freeze and becoming unresponsive.

First thing that came to my head was the RAM. But after I opened the task manager, I saw that the main SSD (Samsung 960 Pro m.2 on DIMM.2) "active time" jumped to 100% and stays that high.

Then I have tried to reproduce this behaivor. I can easily do it when I run Furmark on both GPUs. After a few seconds, SSD jumps to 100% and applications starting to freeze. The strange thing is, it will not happen when I only use one GPU. But it's not one of both GPUs that produce this problem. I've tried GPU 1 and 2 separately without any problems. when I use both, yea... you know.

It's not a temperature problem. Both GPUs run under water. 
The SSD temperature is on a normal level.
The system is not OC

I have updated some of the motherboards drivers in the last few weeks in a month so I can't really say when the problem began. 

What I've already tried to fix this behavior:

  • Installed the newest GPU driver and one of February
  • Removed Norton Anti-Virus
  • Check the system for malware
  • Installed all current drivers from the Asus website
  • Installed Samsung NVMe Driver 3.0, 3.1 and the Windows NVMe default driver
  • Closed all background applications before testing
  • Switched from BIOS1 running UEFI 1704 to BIOS2 running on UEFI 0802
  • Reset UEFI settings on 1704 to default
  • DIMM.2 over PCH instead CPU
  • Disable SuperFetch
  • Disable PCIe power saving in Windows
  • Updated Windows 10 to 1903
  • Samsung Magician says "State: Good" and "Newest firmware installed; 4B6QCXP7"
  • Removed all ASUS crapware


PC-Specs

  • OS: Windows 10 Pro (1903)
  • CPU: Intel Core i9-7900X (delidded)
  • Motherboard: Asus ROG Rampage VI Extreme (UEFI 1704)
  • RAM: G.SKill TridentZ RGB 64GB
  • GPU: 2x EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti K|NGP|N Hydro Copper
  • SSD 1: Samsung 960 Pro M.2 1TB (on DIMM.2 Socket; Firmware 4B6QCXP7)
  • SSD 2: Samsung 850 PRO 2.5" 2TB
  • PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 1600 T2
  • SLI-Bridge: ZOTAC SLI HB Bridge / 2 Slot



Any ideas, what the problem could be? The last thing I can try is to reinstall Windows but I'm not sure if this could fix that problem. The whole behavior makes no sense for me.

I'm gonna cry :( My baby is so sick :'( :D

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Intel Core i9-7900X (delidded)  |  Asus ROG Rampage VI Extreme  |  G.SKill TridentZ RGB 64GB  |  2x EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti K|NGP|N Hydro Copper  |  Samsung 960 Pro M.2  |  Samsung 850 PRO 2.5"  |  EVGA SuperNOVA 1600 T2  |  Thermaltake Tower 900  |  EK-FB ASUS ROG R6E RGB Monoblock  |  2x Alphacool NexXxoS ST30 560mm  |  2x Aquacomputer D5-Pump + Alphacool Eisbecher 250mm  |  EKWB Fittings  |  Aquacomputer aquaero 6 XT |  10x be quiet! Silent Wings 3 PWM 140mm  |  Windows 10 Pro

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It didn't happen to start when you got Windows 1903 did it?

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No. It was there before i've upgraded to 1903.

Intel Core i9-7900X (delidded)  |  Asus ROG Rampage VI Extreme  |  G.SKill TridentZ RGB 64GB  |  2x EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti K|NGP|N Hydro Copper  |  Samsung 960 Pro M.2  |  Samsung 850 PRO 2.5"  |  EVGA SuperNOVA 1600 T2  |  Thermaltake Tower 900  |  EK-FB ASUS ROG R6E RGB Monoblock  |  2x Alphacool NexXxoS ST30 560mm  |  2x Aquacomputer D5-Pump + Alphacool Eisbecher 250mm  |  EKWB Fittings  |  Aquacomputer aquaero 6 XT |  10x be quiet! Silent Wings 3 PWM 140mm  |  Windows 10 Pro

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