Audio issues - "pop" noises, clipping

BarderoJ · February 24

(1): When smth loud enough plays(music mostly, spotify f.e) and i pause/play it suddenly, or scroll through the song headphones make some sort of "pop" noise. Its definitely NOT cutting sound, nor smth similar. Its not only with my pc - if i connect dac to phone, same "pop" noises

(2): Similar happened in cyberpunk -- sometimes audio occasionally clips(makes "pop" noise) and continues on.

Or if i switch through songs in radio it does same "pop" as (1), without interfering with other game background sound like (2) does. With (2) "pop" cuts all sounds for a sec, with (1) background noises\npc talking etc continues playing without any issues. Kinda hard to describe it, but thats how it is

While looking for possible explanations:

For (1) - smth about soundwave, when sound comes to stop/start playing, headphones cant do smooth freq transition fast enough so that "pop" happens
For (2) - found a lot of ppl experiencing similar "pop"\audio clipping sounds due to cb2077 incorrectly handling audio. So it might be a game bug. Futhermore i dont remember having similar noises in other games - re4r/re2r/gta5. In bg3 heard one "pop" today, tho that might be im just worked up over those noises, lets say bg3 works fine.

Additionally found out abt latency mon. Tried leaving it background while playing cb2077 and bg3. After 30min or so they same same stuff, word in word - https://ibb.co/MfnP4VV
Weird is what it tells me to do - pwr management was always on full pwr, pwr saving features disabled, all asus auto oc, curve optimizer etc disabled. Tho how am i supposed to disable cpu throttling - u cant disable thermal throttling, can u? + i doth think my cpu does throttle, even tho its abt 80-85c with oc

This partical report is while playing bg3:
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CONCLUSION
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Your system seems to be having difficulty handling real-time audio and other tasks. You may experience drop outs, clicks or pops due to buffer underruns. One or more DPC routines that belong to a driver running in your system appear to be executing for too long. One problem may be related to power management, disable CPU throttling settings in Control Panel and BIOS setup. Check for BIOS updates.
LatencyMon has been analyzing your system for 2:52:41 (h:mm:ss) on all processors.

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SYSTEM INFORMATION
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Computer name: DESKTOP-0DFH4EE
OS version: Windows 10, 10.0, version 2009, build: 19045 (x64)
Hardware: System Product Name, ASUS
BIOS: 3202
CPU: AuthenticAMD AMD Ryzen 5 5600 6-Core Processor
Logical processors: 12
Processor groups: 1
Processor group size: 12
RAM: 32675 MB total

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CPU SPEED
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Reported CPU speed (WMI): 3501 MHz
Reported CPU speed (registry): 350 MHz

Note: reported execution times may be calculated based on a fixed reported CPU speed. Disable variable speed settings like Intel Speed Step and AMD Cool N Quiet in the BIOS setup for more accurate results.

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MEASURED INTERRUPT TO USER PROCESS LATENCIES
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The interrupt to process latency reflects the measured interval that a usermode process needed to respond to a hardware request from the moment the interrupt service routine started execution. This includes the scheduling and execution of a DPC routine, the signaling of an event and the waking up of a usermode thread from an idle wait state in response to that event.

Highest measured interrupt to process latency (µs): 1061.90
Average measured interrupt to process latency (µs): 4.181485

Highest measured interrupt to DPC latency (µs): 958.60
Average measured interrupt to DPC latency (µs): 1.940893

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REPORTED ISRs
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Interrupt service routines are routines installed by the OS and device drivers that execute in response to a hardware interrupt signal.

Highest ISR routine execution time (µs): 42.040
Driver with highest ISR routine execution time: Wdf01000.sys - Kernel Mode Driver Framework Runtime, Microsoft Corporation

Highest reported total ISR routine time (%): 0.002418
Driver with highest ISR total time: Wdf01000.sys - Kernel Mode Driver Framework Runtime, Microsoft Corporation

Total time spent in ISRs (%) 0.002420

ISR count (execution time <250 µs): 5948747
ISR count (execution time 250-500 µs): 0
ISR count (execution time 500-1000 µs): 0
ISR count (execution time 1000-2000 µs): 0
ISR count (execution time 2000-4000 µs): 0
ISR count (execution time >=4000 µs): 0

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REPORTED DPCs
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DPC routines are part of the interrupt servicing dispatch mechanism and disable the possibility for a process to utilize the CPU while it is interrupted until the DPC has finished execution.

Highest DPC routine execution time (µs): 1506.040
Driver with highest DPC routine execution time: nvlddmkm.sys - NVIDIA Windows Kernel Mode Driver, Version 551.61 , NVIDIA Corporation

Highest reported total DPC routine time (%): 0.068543
Driver with highest DPC total execution time: Wdf01000.sys - Kernel Mode Driver Framework Runtime, Microsoft Corporation

Total time spent in DPCs (%) 0.189552

DPC count (execution time <250 µs): 24238154
DPC count (execution time 250-500 µs): 0
DPC count (execution time 500-10000 µs): 5145
DPC count (execution time 1000-2000 µs): 3
DPC count (execution time 2000-4000 µs): 0
DPC count (execution time >=4000 µs): 0

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REPORTED HARD PAGEFAULTS
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Hard pagefaults are events that get triggered by making use of virtual memory that is not resident in RAM but backed by a memory mapped file on disk. The process of resolving the hard pagefault requires reading in the memory from disk while the process is interrupted and blocked from execution.

NOTE: some processes were hit by hard pagefaults. If these were programs producing audio, they are likely to interrupt the audio stream resulting in dropouts, clicks and pops. Check the Processes tab to see which programs were hit.

Process with highest pagefault count: msmpeng.exe

Total number of hard pagefaults 28138
Hard pagefault count of hardest hit process: 6357
Number of processes hit: 106

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PER CPU DATA
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CPU 0 Interrupt cycle time (s): 465.423993
CPU 0 ISR highest execution time (µs): 38.390
CPU 0 ISR total execution time (s): 0.453261
CPU 0 ISR count: 833651
CPU 0 DPC highest execution time (µs): 1506.040
CPU 0 DPC total execution time (s): 156.862414
CPU 0 DPC count: 19447179
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CPU 1 Interrupt cycle time (s): 176.147126
CPU 1 ISR highest execution time (µs): 20.90
CPU 1 ISR total execution time (s): 1.245735
CPU 1 ISR count: 2337433
CPU 1 DPC highest execution time (µs): 585.60
CPU 1 DPC total execution time (s): 64.980544
CPU 1 DPC count: 2559116
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CPU 2 Interrupt cycle time (s): 43.396280
CPU 2 ISR highest execution time (µs): 18.460
CPU 2 ISR total execution time (s): 0.224003
CPU 2 ISR count: 240608
CPU 2 DPC highest execution time (µs): 575.620
CPU 2 DPC total execution time (s): 7.425765
CPU 2 DPC count: 351550
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CPU 3 Interrupt cycle time (s): 24.153179
CPU 3 ISR highest execution time (µs): 8.630
CPU 3 ISR total execution time (s): 0.004789
CPU 3 ISR count: 3520
CPU 3 DPC highest execution time (µs): 392.340
CPU 3 DPC total execution time (s): 0.259709
CPU 3 DPC count: 74018
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CPU 4 Interrupt cycle time (s): 18.49040
CPU 4 ISR highest execution time (µs): 1.780
CPU 4 ISR total execution time (s): 0.000004
CPU 4 ISR count: 3
CPU 4 DPC highest execution time (µs): 141.550
CPU 4 DPC total execution time (s): 0.612051
CPU 4 DPC count: 248837
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CPU 5 Interrupt cycle time (s): 17.250875
CPU 5 ISR highest execution time (µs): 0.0
CPU 5 ISR total execution time (s): 0.0
CPU 5 ISR count: 0
CPU 5 DPC highest execution time (µs): 154.610
CPU 5 DPC total execution time (s): 0.370927
CPU 5 DPC count: 172971
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CPU 6 Interrupt cycle time (s): 18.768405
CPU 6 ISR highest execution time (µs): 0.0
CPU 6 ISR total execution time (s): 0.0
CPU 6 ISR count: 0
CPU 6 DPC highest execution time (µs): 140.750
CPU 6 DPC total execution time (s): 0.397042
CPU 6 DPC count: 192632
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CPU 7 Interrupt cycle time (s): 13.785693
CPU 7 ISR highest execution time (µs): 0.0
CPU 7 ISR total execution time (s): 0.0
CPU 7 ISR count: 0
CPU 7 DPC highest execution time (µs): 135.720
CPU 7 DPC total execution time (s): 0.118065
CPU 7 DPC count: 59319
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CPU 8 Interrupt cycle time (s): 23.787973
CPU 8 ISR highest execution time (µs): 14.790
CPU 8 ISR total execution time (s): 0.551104
CPU 8 ISR count: 1466367
CPU 8 DPC highest execution time (µs): 145.660
CPU 8 DPC total execution time (s): 0.824547
CPU 8 DPC count: 280077
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CPU 9 Interrupt cycle time (s): 14.341090
CPU 9 ISR highest execution time (µs): 12.120
CPU 9 ISR total execution time (s): 0.032336
CPU 9 ISR count: 52670
CPU 9 DPC highest execution time (µs): 155.390
CPU 9 DPC total execution time (s): 0.224339
CPU 9 DPC count: 56946
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CPU 10 Interrupt cycle time (s): 59.821707
CPU 10 ISR highest execution time (µs): 16.760
CPU 10 ISR total execution time (s): 0.222317
CPU 10 ISR count: 456758
CPU 10 DPC highest execution time (µs): 318.260
CPU 10 DPC total execution time (s): 1.625393
CPU 10 DPC count: 427020
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CPU 11 Interrupt cycle time (s): 23.430008
CPU 11 ISR highest execution time (µs): 42.040
CPU 11 ISR total execution time (s): 0.276039
CPU 11 ISR count: 557737
CPU 11 DPC highest execution time (µs): 154.230
CPU 11 DPC total execution time (s): 1.990411
CPU 11 DPC count: 373637
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Pc specs:
r5 5600 oc 4.7 all cores, via prj hydra
3070ti 2025mhz/0.987mv +500mem
tuf b550m-plus
4x8gb kingston fury xmp 3200mhz 1.5v
vinga vps gv2 850w
dac - native instuments komplete audio 1 + sony wh1000xm3 + behringer sl84c(xlr)
win 10 22h2

ThePCNerd129 · February 24

It seems like you're about to go and buy some new headphones my friend!

BarderoJ · February 25

2 hours ago, ThePCNerd129 said:

It seems like you're about to go and buy some new headphones my friend!

Can explain why?

ThePCNerd129 · February 25

17 hours ago, BarderoJ said:

Can explain why?

It sounds like something inside the headphones came loose like a wire or something...

NinJake · February 28

I do not believe this is related to headphones. First things first... it probably wouldn't hurt to update windows 10 to the latest version and see if the issue still persist.