Microstuttering 1 month troubleshoot driving me crazy

[Enri]

Build:

I7 14700KF

RTX 5070 12GB Galax

2x16gb RAM DDR5 HyperX Fury 6000MHz

Gigabyte Aorus Elite B760M

SSD NVMe 1TB

WC Gamdias Chione V4 240mm

PS 750W 80 Gold Plus TUF Gaming Asus

LG Ultragear QHD 240Hz 27”

Mouse Logitech G502X Lightspeed Wireless

 

Intro:

Finally, after a couple of years, i was able to build mt rig, but its been a nightmare. I get frequent microstutters on online games (i’ve tested mostly CS2, PUBG and DayZ, but Warzone, Rematch and others too). On single player games its smooth, 0 stuttering. On online gaming i get around 0-1% stutters frequently, with huge frame drops (to average 400fps to 80fps on CS2, and average 200fps to 40fps on PUBG and average 250fps to 60fps on DayZ). It is specially annoying because i’ve spent like 5k Dollars already, and the stutters are indeed noticeable.

 

Parts changed throughout the troubleshooting (the problem was already happening before this changes):

• I5 14400F to I7 14700KF
• RTX 4060 8GB to RTX 5070 12GB Galax
• 2x16gb RAM DDR4 3200MHz to 2x16gb RAM DDR5 HyperX Fury 6000MHz
• PS 650W 80 Plus Bronze to PS 750W 80 Gold Plus TUF Gaming Asus
• LG FHD 144Hz 24”to Ultragear QHD 240Hz 27”

• Only Parts that remained were the MOBO and SSD

 

Troubleshooting:

• ClearDiskInfo = SSD is perfect
• Had a PCIe WiFi/BT network card wich i removed (was the only thing that helped a little, before its removal i had 1-5% stutters, then 0-1% stutters)
• Every BIOS settings possible = XMP on/off, CSM support On/Off, every combination on the advances CPU settings, E-Cores On/Off, Re-sizable Bar On/Off….
• Tried everything with old and updated BIOS
• DDU Graphics Card drivers and cleaned Installed (new and old stable drivers), installed Nvidia Drivers without the other stuff
• Fresh installed Windows a couple of times formating the Disk, tried with only Steam, game and CapFrameX/RTSS installed and no unnecessary drivers
• Every Windows configs (HAGS On/Off, Game Mode Off, Xbox Off, Every Overlay Off)
• Every NVIDIA Control Panel Configs (G-Sync, V-Sync on the root and on the game, FPS cap on NVIDIA CP, RTSS and/or Game)
• Tried uninstalling Realtek LAN Drivers and used a USBC to RJ45 TP-link adapter to Bypass the MOBO’s network card
• Tried uninstalling every RGB and WC controller software
• Tried lowering Mouse pooling rate to 500 and 250

 

What i have observed:

• Monitored with LatencyMon wich always points to latency problems and kernel processes taking too long (nvidia, PCIe)
• When i was updating my BIOS and starter the process with the USB Flashdrive my mouse began to Stutter and stop moving. My older Mouse (Razer DA 2013 - wired, no driver app) worked normal when tested in the same conditions (but the stutters happen with it too)
• The only thing that helped a little by now was removing the PCIe Network Wi-Fi/BT card
• With single player games it does not happen, and besides being off-line, i dont use the mouse for it, i use a dualshock 4 joystick

 

When I ran out of ideas i tried ChatGPT, and after everything it thinks its a USB/PCIe controller fault - Material damage of the MOBO, and it suggested me to RMA the card back to Gigabyte.

 

I May have forgotten something, but you are free to ask me anything, im desperate. Thank you!

[-rascal-]

@Enri

 

What motherboard were you using before?

The Gigabyte B760M Aorus Elite you have now is a DDR5 memory motherboard - it does not physically support DD4 memory.

 

What is the make and model of your NVMe SSD?

 

Are you running Windows 11?

If so, I'm assuming 24H2?

 

CPU temperatures are okay under gaming loads?

[Enri]

7 hours ago, -rascal- said:

@Enri

 

What motherboard were you using before?

The Gigabyte B760M Aorus Elite you have now is a DDR5 memory motherboard - it does not physically support DD4 memory.

 

What is the make and model of your NVMe SSD?

 

Are you running Windows 11?

If so, I'm assuming 24H2?

 

CPU temperatures are okay under gaming loads?

TY for your reply! The DDR4 RAM was used for only one day with an old MOBO Gigabyte H610M. I didnt play that much that day so i dont know if that mobo worked great or not in this rig.

 

My SSD is a Best Memory SSD NVMe 1TB M.2 2280.

 

Windows 11 PRO

 

CPU and GPU temps are OK. Worst scenario under heavy load CPU gets to 92-95 degrees Celsius, but average 70-80.

[apoKhallipsa]

1 hour ago, Enri said:

 

Build:

I7 14700KF

RTX 5070 12GB Galax

2x16gb RAM DDR5 HyperX Fury 6000MHz

Gigabyte Aorus Elite B760M

SSD NVMe 1TB

WC Gamdias Chione V4 240mm

PS 750W 80 Gold Plus TUF Gaming Asus

LG Ultragear QHD 240Hz 27”

Mouse Logitech G502X Lightspeed Wireless

 

Intro:

Finally, after a couple of years, i was able to build mt rig, but its been a nightmare. I get frequent microstutters on online games (i’ve tested mostly CS2, PUBG and DayZ, but Warzone, Rematch and others too). On single player games its smooth, 0 stuttering. On online gaming i get around 0-1% stutters frequently, with huge frame drops (to average 400fps to 80fps on CS2, and average 200fps to 40fps on PUBG and average 250fps to 60fps on DayZ). It is specially annoying because i’ve spent like 5k Dollars already, and the stutters are indeed noticeable.

 

Parts changed throughout the troubleshooting (the problem was already happening before this changes):

• I5 14400F to I7 14700KF
• RTX 4060 8GB to RTX 5070 12GB Galax
• 2x16gb RAM DDR4 3200MHz to 2x16gb RAM DDR5 HyperX Fury 6000MHz
• PS 650W 80 Plus Bronze to PS 750W 80 Gold Plus TUF Gaming Asus
• LG FHD 144Hz 24”to Ultragear QHD 240Hz 27”

• Only Parts that remained were the MOBO and SSD

 

Troubleshooting:

• ClearDiskInfo = SSD is perfect
• Had a PCIe WiFi/BT network card wich i removed (was the only thing that helped a little, before its removal i had 1-5% stutters, then 0-1% stutters)
• Every BIOS settings possible = XMP on/off, CSM support On/Off, every combination on the advances CPU settings, E-Cores On/Off, Re-sizable Bar On/Off….
• Tried everything with old and updated BIOS
• DDU Graphics Card drivers and cleaned Installed (new and old stable drivers), installed Nvidia Drivers without the other stuff
• Fresh installed Windows a couple of times formating the Disk, tried with only Steam, game and CapFrameX/RTSS installed and no unnecessary drivers
• Every Windows configs (HAGS On/Off, Game Mode Off, Xbox Off, Every Overlay Off)
• Every NVIDIA Control Panel Configs (G-Sync, V-Sync on the root and on the game, FPS cap on NVIDIA CP, RTSS and/or Game)
• Tried uninstalling Realtek LAN Drivers and used a USBC to RJ45 TP-link adapter to Bypass the MOBO’s network card
• Tried uninstalling every RGB and WC controller software
• Tried lowering Mouse pooling rate to 500 and 250

 

What i have observed:

• Monitored with LatencyMon wich always points to latency problems and kernel processes taking too long (nvidia, PCIe)
• When i was updating my BIOS and starter the process with the USB Flashdrive my mouse began to Stutter and stop moving. My older Mouse (Razer DA 2013 - wired, no driver app) worked normal when tested in the same conditions (but the stutters happen with it too)
• The only thing that helped a little by now was removing the PCIe Network Wi-Fi/BT card
• With single player games it does not happen, and besides being off-line, i dont use the mouse for it, i use a dualshock 4 joystick

 

When I ran out of ideas i tried ChatGPT, and after everything it thinks its a USB/PCIe controller fault - Material damage of the MOBO, and it suggested me to RMA the card back to Gigabyte.

 

I May have forgotten something, but you are free to ask me anything, im desperate. Thank you!

RMA MOBO IF U CAN MAYBE U HAD A BAD UNIT

[leclod]

Are you using wifi or a cable ?

If wifi, could you try with a cable

Edited June 22 by leclod

[Enri]

5 hours ago, leclod said:

Are you using wifi or a cable ?

If wifi, could you try with a cable

Tried both. But mostly cable.