Windows 11 PC started feeling like absolute garbage without apparent cause

[Sukhoikip]

I restarted my PC last night since it hadn't be respecting my screen off/sleep settings for the past couple days. Upon it starting up again, it feels VERY  slow, similar to a Celeron 420 in windows 10 with 4GB of RAM and an update going on. Running hwinfo's sensors section bluescreens the system. The only thing out of the ordinary I did on the system prior to these issues was run powercfg to get a SleepStudy, including once from the run prompt because I forgot it doesn't have a GUI. The slowness has persisted between countless restarts, only going away in safe mode.
Troubleshooting steps taken so far:

• Swapped back to my prior kit of RAM
• DDUed graphics driver multiple times
• Swapped GPU for a GTX 1060 (Confirmed the 3060 Ti performed as expected in another system, I have a spreadsheet of results)
• sfc /scannow yielded errors that were repaired
• chkdsk found and claimed to repair extensive errors over the course of over an hour
• Cinebench R15 at realtime priority is slightly below past results with the same PBO settings (1964-2092 points now vs 2120 recorded previously)
• Rolled back last Windows quality update even though it was 2 weeks ago

Specific, repeatable issues:

• HWInfo sensors view bluescreens system with PAGED_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA
• GTA5 ran the same with my 3060 Ti or 1060 at the same settings (~30fps at settings that a 1050 Ti mobile can normally pass 90 with) with frame pacing very consistent with it being starved of CPU time
• Youtube drops about every 60th frame
• Apple Music via browser has stutters
• Task Manager uses about 6% CPU, normally more like .6-2%
• Windows will lag just being dragged around the screen
• The search bar both in the taskbar and in the start menu itself does nothing even after restarting explorer

Generally, it feels like the CPU is a small fraction as fast as it actually is. Does anyone have further suggestions other than reinstalling Windows?

Specs:
R7 3700X
B550 TUF
2x16 D4-3600

RTX 3060 Ti

Boot drive: 970 Evo Plus 512GB

[PcBeExpensive]

19 minutes ago, Sukhoikip said:

I restarted my PC last night since it hadn't be respecting my screen off/sleep settings for the past couple days. Upon it starting up again, it feels VERY  slow, similar to a Celeron 420 in windows 10 with 4GB of RAM and an update going on. Running hwinfo's sensors section bluescreens the system. The only thing out of the ordinary I did on the system prior to these issues was run powercfg to get a SleepStudy, including once from the run prompt because I forgot it doesn't have a GUI. The slowness has persisted between countless restarts, only going away in safe mode.
Troubleshooting steps taken so far:

• Swapped back to my prior kit of RAM
• DDUed graphics driver multiple times
• Swapped GPU for a GTX 1060 (Confirmed the 3060 Ti performed as expected in another system, I have a spreadsheet of results)
• sfc /scannow yielded errors that were repaired
• chkdsk found and claimed to repair extensive errors over the course of over an hour
• Cinebench R15 at realtime priority is slightly below past results with the same PBO settings (1964-2092 points now vs 2120 recorded previously)
• Rolled back last Windows quality update even though it was 2 weeks ago

Specific, repeatable issues:

• HWInfo sensors view bluescreens system with PAGED_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA
• GTA5 ran the same with my 3060 Ti or 1060 at the same settings (~30fps at settings that a 1050 Ti mobile can normally pass 90 with) with frame pacing very consistent with it being starved of CPU time
• Youtube drops about every 60th frame
• Apple Music via browser has stutters
• Task Manager uses about 6% CPU, normally more like .6-2%
• Windows will lag just being dragged around the screen
• The search bar both in the taskbar and in the start menu itself does nothing even after restarting explorer

Generally, it feels like the CPU is a small fraction as fast as it actually is. Does anyone have further suggestions other than reinstalling Windows?

Specs:
R7 3700X
B550 TUF
2x16 D4-3600

RTX 3060 Ti

Boot drive: 970 Evo Plus 512GB

It happned to me once, do you have the CPU overclocked or anything. For me the issue just went away within a few hours.

[Sukhoikip]

1 minute ago, PcBeExpensive said:

It happned to me once, do you have the CPU overclocked or anything. For me the issue just went away within a few hours.

No, it's just at PBO like it has been for over a year. It was static OCed for a while before that but an AGESA update meant I had to put an uncomfortable voltage to reach the same clock

Edited June 4 by Sukhoikip

[PcBeExpensive]

15 hours ago, Sukhoikip said:

No, it's just at PBO like it has been for over a year. It was static OCed for a while before that but an AGESA update meant I had to put an uncomfortable voltage to reach the same clock

Turn PBO of and see if that changes anything.

[Sukhoikip]

48 minutes ago, PcBeExpensive said:

Turn PBO of and see if that changes anything.

I checked about an hour after my last post, it was apparently turned off at some point in the past

[Sukhoikip]

Further update, I've been advised by an acquaintance to try repairing with DISM. However, DISM is of a different version than my image and keeps failing the repair with an error about being unable to find the source files. How can I update DISM, and/or how do I set up an image to pull from locally and tell DISM to pull from it?

dism.log

Edited June 5 by Sukhoikip
forgot to attach files

[PcBeExpensive]

7 hours ago, Sukhoikip said:

I checked about an hour after my last post, it was apparently turned off at some point in the past

turn XMP off too and see if anything happens. Maybe it could be a virus of some sort? Get a virus scanner. Can't help you with the DISM thing sorry.

[Sukhoikip]

1 hour ago, PcBeExpensive said:

turn XMP off too and see if anything happens. Maybe it could be a virus of some sort? Get a virus scanner. Can't help you with the DISM thing sorry.

Turned XMP off while checking the PBO settings

[PcBeExpensive]

2 hours ago, Sukhoikip said:

Turned XMP off while checking the PBO settings

Oh alright. Have you tried a virus scanner? Maybe delete any apps you recently downloaded.

[Sukhoikip]

21 minutes ago, PcBeExpensive said:

Oh alright. Have you tried a virus scanner? Maybe delete any apps you recently downloaded.

I didn't install anything recently, the only deviation from my normal usage was getting a sleep study from powercfg. After consulting with an acquaintance that's been in IT for the past 20 years about DISM failing, I've decided that the best way forward is a reinstall

[PcBeExpensive]

1 hour ago, Sukhoikip said:

I didn't install anything recently, the only deviation from my normal usage was getting a sleep study from powercfg. After consulting with an acquaintance that's been in IT for the past 20 years about DISM failing, I've decided that the best way forward is a reinstall

yeah go for it, I prolly should have recommended a re-install earlier. My bad, hope the re-install fixes the issue

[dogwitch]

concerning it error out with out finding source file...

also check health of the main drive and any other drive connect to it.

aka crystal disk mark.

[Sukhoikip]

10 hours ago, dogwitch said:

concerning it error out with out finding source file...

also check health of the main drive and any other drive connect to it.

aka crystal disk mark.

The SMART data is fine, but I'm going to attempt to RMA the boot drive anyway since I no longer trust it

[dogwitch]

5 hours ago, Sukhoikip said:

The SMART data is fine, but I'm going to attempt to RMA the boot drive anyway since I no longer trust it

i dont blame you.

i had to do that last year(in dec)