Random Game Stutters

[HeyItsJonah]

I've been experiencing game stutters since I bought a new motherboard ( MSI B550M PRO-VDH WIFI ). All of my drivers and BIOS are up to date. When the stutter happens my GPU usage drops significantly and my CPU drops in clock speed to about 1.4GHZ for a split second. This led me to believe it was due to the VRM overheating but anytime I'm running a CPU benchmark I cannot replicate this sudden and short drop in clock speed. I have even tried running Furmark GPU and CPU burners simultaneously and still cannot replicate the problem. I have since set Kombo Strike to 3 from Default within the MSI BIOS to combat the excessive voltage with no avail. I'm having no issues with CPU or GPU overheating both sit below 80 even at max load and I have no temperature reading directly from the VRM to confirm its temperature. So I am at a loss for what to do, I upgraded the MOBO from a ASRock B450M PRO 4 to the MSI B550M PRO-VDH WIFI and ever since this has been an issue and this is all I've changed, so I would really appreciate any guidance.

 

SPECS: Ryzen 7 5800X3D CORSAIR H100I 280mm RAD MSI B550M PRO-VDH WIFI 16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4-3200 CL 16 Gigabyte RTX 3060 O.C Rev 2.0 Corsair RM850x Corsair 280x Case

 

STORAGE: 

WD Blue SN570 500GB - Boot Drive

Crucial P5 1TB - Games

[Whatisthis]

I would reinstall windows. You have the old motherboard drivers on that windows and most likely you’re seeing conflicts as a result that manifest as stuttering.

[HeyItsJonah]

2 hours ago, Whatisthis said:

I would reinstall windows. You have the old motherboard drivers on that windows and most likely you’re seeing conflicts as a result that manifest as stuttering.

Is there not a tool or something you can use to uninstall the old drivers? Seems like a lot of work to completely reinstall windows and change the settings back

[Whatisthis]

34 minutes ago, HeyItsJonah said:

Is there not a tool or something you can use to uninstall the old drivers? Seems like a lot of work to completely reinstall windows and change the settings back

You can try a repair install and keep your apps and files. It’ll just rewrite the system files. Then install all of the motherboard drivers etc.

[problemsolver]

6 hours ago, HeyItsJonah said:

I've been experiencing game stutters since I bought a new motherboard ( MSI B550M PRO-VDH WIFI ). All of my drivers and BIOS are up to date. When the stutter happens my GPU usage drops significantly and my CPU drops in clock speed to about 1.4GHZ for a split second. This led me to believe it was due to the VRM overheating but anytime I'm running a CPU benchmark I cannot replicate this sudden and short drop in clock speed. I have even tried running Furmark GPU and CPU burners simultaneously and still cannot replicate the problem. I have since set Kombo Strike to 3 from Default within the MSI BIOS to combat the excessive voltage with no avail. I'm having no issues with CPU or GPU overheating both sit below 80 even at max load and I have no temperature reading directly from the VRM to confirm its temperature. So I am at a loss for what to do, I upgraded the MOBO from a ASRock B450M PRO 4 to the MSI B550M PRO-VDH WIFI and ever since this has been an issue and this is all I've changed, so I would really appreciate any guidance.

 

SPECS: Ryzen 7 5800X3D CORSAIR H100I 280mm RAD MSI B550M PRO-VDH WIFI 16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4-3200 CL 16 Gigabyte RTX 3060 O.C Rev 2.0 Corsair RM850x Corsair 280x Case

That upgrade shouldn't require you to re-install Windows, but depending on your time/choices, it might be faster to do what @Whatisthis recommended than to get your current install sorted.

1. I know you said everything is up-to-date... but did you download the latest chipset drivers from here?
   To me, it sounds like this is all the issue is. Running the latest chipset installer should fix it.
2. Also, while you're at it, verify you have the latest Realtek drivers for audio and networking
3. Do you have any of the Asrock utilities still installed? If so, uninstall it.
4. Are you running a bunch of sensor software?
5. Please update your original post with all storage devices you have connected (NVMe, SATA etc.)

[HeyItsJonah]

17 hours ago, Whatisthis said:

You can try a repair install and keep your apps and files. It’ll just rewrite the system files. Then install all of the motherboard drivers etc.

I reinstalled windows and reinstalled the latest MOBO drivers and still get stutters 

[HeyItsJonah]

14 hours ago, problemsolver said:

That upgrade shouldn't require you to re-install Windows, but depending on your time/choices, it might be faster to do what @Whatisthis recommended than to get your current install sorted.

1. I know you said everything is up-to-date... but did you download the latest chipset drivers from here?
   To me, it sounds like this is all the issue is. Running the latest chipset installer should fix it.
2. Also, while you're at it, verify you have the latest Realtek drivers for audio and networking
3. Do you have any of the Asrock utilities still installed? If so, uninstall it.
4. Are you running a bunch of sensor software?
5. Please update your original post with all storage devices you have connected (NVMe, SATA etc.)

I have installed the latest MOBO drivers after repair installing windows and I’m still having issues. I also do have the latest audio and networking drivers and nothing relating to ASRock still exists. If you mean things like ICUE and Gigabyte Center for sensor software then yes, and I have updated my original post with my storage where the P5 NVME SSD is where I keep all my games and the WD SSD is for windows and any programs/utilities installed on the computer

[HeyItsJonah]

4 clips where I recorded HWMonitor and Task Manager in the instance a stutter occurred.   

1.mkv 2.mkv 3.mkv 4.mkv

[problemsolver]

3 hours ago, HeyItsJonah said:

4 clips where I recorded HWMonitor and Task Manager in the instance a stutter occurred.   

1.mkv 1.33 MB · 1 download 2.mkv 1.28 MB · 0 downloads 3.mkv 1.05 MB · 0 downloads 4.mkv 1.11 MB · 0 downloads

Nice videos! Haven't seen someone do that before!

 

Maybe someone else will spot the issue, but I didn't see anything that jumped out at me. So, follow the COLLECT DATA FOR TROUBLESHOOTING FIRST portion of this guide. For the data that you collect:

1. Edit your original post
2. Attach the Benchmark screenshots and the FrameView .csv.
   For FrameView it records ALOT of data. Try to only capture a stutter in 30 seconds or so if possible. If you leave it running for minutes, you'll have a massive CSV.