Inconsistent PC performance

JKILL40 · March 17, 2021

Ryzen 3900x

16gb ram

nvidia 3070

msi x570 motherboard

850 watt battery supply

Hey everyone,

I’m getting inconsistent performance every time I start my pc. Boot times are inconsistent. Sometimes it will be fine, other times it will blue screen. If I have a game and discord up and maybe a browser window, it starts chugging sometimes. Any tips or tricks to improve or ideas of what this could be would save me so much grief and possibly money that I definitely don’t have.
Thanks everyone for the help

StDragon · March 17, 2021

https://www.resplendence.com/whocrashed

Free home version in download section. That will help verbose the BSOD minidump file to isolate the cause.

General rule of thumb that if the BSODs are consistently failing on a specific driver or file, then you know that's the area of focus to update or uninstall. However, if it's random and failing on the kernel, most likely CPU or RAM issues.

So, you're also going to want to check the RAM for errors. Could be a bad DIMM, or improper timing or overclocking values.

https://www.memtest86.com/

Oh, and never overclock a new computer until you know it's a solid and trouble-free; specifically if you're new to computer building.

JKILL40 · March 17, 2021

Please see below. Does this mean I may have faulty RAM in my build?

Bug check description: This bug check indicates that a single-bit error was found in this page. This is a hardware memory error.
This is likely to be caused by a hardware problem. This error suggests a case of memory corruption because of a hardware problem. It is suggested you do a test on your RAM modules (memory test) and make sure your system is not getting overheated. This problem might also be caused because of overheating (thermal issue).
The crash took place in the Windows kernel. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver that cannot be identified at this time.