Horrible performance

[boltoflightning]

Hey everyone,

 

Today I noticed that my PC was running obscenely slow. Yesterday it was running fine; it was business as usual. I ran a test on UserBenchmark and these were the results.

 

UserBenchmarks: Game 42%, Desk 23%, Work 37%
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600X - 17%
GPU: Nvidia RTX 2070 - 103.2%
SSD: Crucial MX500 500GB - 70.4%
HDD: WD Blue 1TB (2012) - 99.6%
RAM: Corsair CMW16GX4M2C3600C18 2x8GB - 56%
MBD: Asus ROG STRIX X470-F GAMING
 

https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/25798810 - Link to see the full test

 

It seems like just about everything is performing far below what it should be at. Any ideas as to what my problem could be - and a solution?

 

Thanks in advance.

[Radium_Angel]

13 minutes ago, boltoflightning said:

PC was running obscenely slow

Explain further...low FPS in games? Taking ages to boot/load programs?

[boltoflightning]

Just now, Radium_Angel said:

Explain further...low FPS in games? Taking ages to boot/load programs?

Everything. Simply trying to load this page takes 5 seconds.

[SpookyCitrus]

Userbenchmark is garbage don't use it or trust it's results.

Depending on exactly what is running slow the first thing I would do is run an HDTune or CrystalDiskMark smart test on the both the HDD and SSD. A memtest86 run would also be a good idea. See if there are any health issues with either drive or the memory. Next check for any new drivers from the motherboards manufacturer support page(Don't get drivers from device manager as they are usually out of date or wrong). Also check for any bios and chipset updates.

[Radium_Angel]

Just now, boltoflightning said:

Everything. Simply trying to load this page takes 5 seconds.

Open up Task Manager, sort by CPU load, see if there is anything running at 100%

Have you run a virus/malware scan?

[boltoflightning]

9 minutes ago, Radium_Angel said:

Open up Task Manager, sort by CPU load, see if there is anything running at 100%

Have you run a virus/malware scan?

Everything seems normal. Chrome of course eats up ram, but that's it. No viruses here.

[Radium_Angel]

1 minute ago, boltoflightning said:

Everything seems normal.

Post a pic of your Task Manager with it fully expanded, let's see what's going on

[boltoflightning]

11 minutes ago, SpookyCitrus said:

Userbenchmark is garbage don't use it or trust it's results.

Depending on exactly what is running slow the first thing I would do is run an HDTune or CrystalDiskMark smart test on the both the HDD and SSD. A memtest86 run would also be a good idea. See if there are any health issues with either drive or the memory. Next check for any new drivers from the motherboards manufacturer support page(Don't get drivers from device manager as they are usually out of date or wrong). Also check for any bios and chipset updates.

I did test all my drives a couple months back and had to remove one because it had become too old and slow. I recall the HDD and SSD being perfectly healthy, not that this is still the case but I can't imagine a drive completely degrading in a couple months under the same conditions it has been in for so long. My bios is also the latest version.

[boltoflightning]

2 minutes ago, Radium_Angel said:

Post a pic of your Task Manager with it fully expanded, let's see what's going on

Here it is. Like I said, not really anything that's too intensive on the system aside from Chrome eating up my ram.

[SpookyCitrus]

3 minutes ago, boltoflightning said:

I did test all my drives a couple months back and had to remove one because it had become too old and slow. I recall the HDD and SSD being perfectly healthy, not that this is still the case but I can't imagine a drive completely degrading in a couple months under the same conditions it has been in for so long. My bios is also the latest version.

It's a lot more common than you'd think it could even test fine and still be failing, honestly test it again and see, if it says nothings wrong I'd still remove the older HDD and see if it still is slow after that is not plugged it, if it still is with the old HDD unplugged test the memory, and like I said, get all drivers from the manufacturer page, chipset included. If bios is up to date that's fine, it doesn't mean the others are.

[boltoflightning]

13 minutes ago, SpookyCitrus said:

It's a lot more common than you'd think it could even test fine and still be failing, honestly test it again and see, if it says nothings wrong I'd still remove the older HDD and see if it still is slow after that is not plugged it, if it still is with the old HDD unplugged test the memory, and like I said, get all drivers from the manufacturer page, chipset included. If bios is up to date that's fine, it doesn't mean the others are.

This seems to have solved my problem. I updated the chipset and everything (so far) is working as it usually does. I know you said that UserBenchmark is garbage however comparing the test results from before and after combined with the real world use results it looks like this was the solution. The ram still looks like it's underperforming but that's another problem for another day. https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/25800562 results if you care to take a look. Thank you to everyone for all the help.

[SpookyCitrus]

3 minutes ago, boltoflightning said:

This seems to have solved my problem. I updated the chipset and everything (so far) is working as it usually does. I know you said that UserBenchmark is garbage however comparing the test results from before and after combined with the real world use results it looks like this was the solution. The ram still looks like it's underperforming but that's another problem for another day. https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/25800562 results if you care to take a look. Thank you to everyone for all the help.

Glad that it fixed your issue, Userbenchmark can be somewhat helpful if you're comparing the same system over and over, but the user results and comparisons are often skewed and a lot of the performance metrics have been proven to be less than legit for users trying to benchmark or compare systems.