2014 Pc getting slower

[mystvean]

Hi, 

 

My pc spec is:

i7 4770k 

16gb ddr3

Crucial m5 960gb ssd 

770gtx 

4 tb wd blue 

2x27" 1440p + 1x1080p monitor 

win x enterprise. 

 

Usage mainly office work, occasionally viewing editing 3d dicom files, photoshop and premier rush. My work place has subscription to ms365 and Adobe. 

 

I am not sure what is wrong with my pc. It seems that I can detect slowness in opening Web browser, stuttering in Microsoft word (43 pages of tables). 

 

I have monitored the performance, ram is about 50% full, cpu about 25% average. I am not sure if my multi monitor or multi workflow habit of jumping across apps if one is taking too long to process is the problem or is MS Adobe keep updating their apps that the system is slow. Tried crystaldisk and health is OK. 

 

 

 

[aDoomGuy]

Back up things, Clean dust and reinstall fresh OS. Your PC will breathe and you get to remove things that have accumulated. Use compressed air in short bursts to remove dust.

[mystvean]

4 hours ago, lexusgamer05 said:

Are you looking to upgrade?

 

When was the last time you reinstalled Windows? I'd recommend that you reinstall, you don't really need to upgrade your machine for the work you do. I see you already have an SSD, so that's good.

 

Earlier in 2020. I did the clean install because of the sluggishness previously. 

3 hours ago, aDoomGuy said:

Back up things, Clean dust and reinstall fresh OS. Your PC will breathe and you get to remove things that have accumulated. Use compressed air in short bursts to remove dust.

Reinstall early 2020. Cleaned the pc October 2020. 

 

I am not sure if it is normal PC speed or I am so used to fast phones, fast laptops that this is annoying. 

[mystvean]

My laptops are from 2017 and 2020. I rely on my dell g3 laptop with 9th gen Intel to edit videos for Premier rush. It looks like the pc and laptop CPU's have similar performance.