PC stuttering/Lag

[worton issk]

It really comes down to the speed of your RAM. For me, last time I ran it, I think it took about 40 min give or take if my memory doesn't decieve me. It's been a while.

I will run that test tommorow and I will see how that goes. But the question that is bugging me is how am I suppose to know if there is something wrong with my motherboard how do I diagnosie that?

[Faceman]

I played watch dogs and my CPU usage was between 50-60% and at one point it went to 70% while playing the game at windowed.

Was the usage going up and down a lot and really fast with large peaks and valleys or was it more stable? Definitely try Memtest like someone else recommended. It doesn't need to be run for 24hours. I've never run it myself, but if the problem is as bad as you say it is, it will probably be found quickly.

Also, games like Watch Dogs and Assassin's Creed Unity are probably not the best games to test with because they are known to cause issues. Try Batman, and Tomb Raider a game that is supposed to be very solid no matter the components being used.

[PutuLips]

Open up your PC and touch here:

And tell us if it is boiling hot.

[Faceman]

Going by feel is never a good way to measure things.  An example is the VRMs on my G10 modified GTX780.  They are very hot to the touch, but according to my temperature probe, they are in the 40s and low 50s C, which is an excellent temperature for VRMs.  Going by touch is not a good way to measure is the VRMs are the problem.

[G9x001]

run memtest for checking memory. 

 

Could you tell me what assassins creed that is?

 

And does it only happen with this game

[PutuLips]

Going by feel is never a good way to measure things.  An example is the VRMs on my G10 modified GTX780.  They are very hot to the touch, but according to my temperature probe, they are in the 40s and low 50s C, which is an excellent temperature for VRMs.  Going by touch is not a good way to measure is the VRMs are the problem.

Your GPU VRMs often have a heat sink -- or they at least connect to the backplate with thermal pads. This motherboard doesn't have heatsinks for the VRMs (because it isn't an overclocking board). So whatever you feel is pretty much the temperature.

[Sintezza]

FX6300 should run totaly fine on that particular mobo.

I have no idea what you guys lurking about.

This particular mobo will only have issues with a FX 8 core cpu on it.

 

I dont think its the motherboard

[Oshtro]

I have been having issues were my computer keeps on stuttering in which it freezes for a few seconds then jumps forward. I have been trying to solve this problem for the last 2 months. I am on the brink of selling my entire computer and going back to console gaming. It is driving me mad I have looked at forums, blogs, websites, downloaded programmes. I have narrowed it down to either CPU, motherboard and RAM. The issue is heavily affected in games but when you watch videos it happens less often.Even when I move my mouse on desktop it seems to freeze then moves forward. 

 

My current system:

Cpu: AMD FX 6300

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo

Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M USB3

GPU: EVGA GTX 660

RAM: 8GB

PSU: 750W

Storage: 500gb hard drive and 80gb hard drive

 

I have uploaded two videos:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkSQL_ePMME

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMe9BgtMo0w

 

Please help me thank you

One of the easiest ways to tell, if you have a friend with a pc to swap out single parts with, is to swap either your cpu or ram and rerun stuttering games to see what is exactly causing the stuttering. For example, if swapping the cpu with theirs stops the stuttering then it is your cpu. If it still stutters then put your cpu back in and swap your ram with theirs and retry etc. If you try their cpu and their ram, and i would do gpu just to be safe, and it still stutters then it is your mobo causing the issue. But im figuring a faulty cpu.

 

*I'm not sure if it would cause this but a faulty storage component might could also be cause if the game wasn't getting read correctly. Or even possibly a cable not being COMPLETELY hooked up. I had problems launching into my os after changing into a new case and it ended up being a sata cable not being plugged in completely. 

[PutuLips]

Okay try this:

1. Go into power options
2. Enable high performance mode
3. Edit plan settings
4. Change advanced power settings
5. Processor power management.
6. Set Minimum Processor State to 100%.

Then:

1. Download CPU-Z from http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html
2. Monitor your CPU's Core speed and Multiplier -- especially when the stutter occurs.
3. Take a screenshot of it and post here.

[worton issk]

One of the easiest ways to tell, if you have a friend with a pc to swap out single parts with, is to swap either your cpu or ram and rerun stuttering games to see what is exactly causing the stuttering. For example, if swapping the cpu with theirs stops the stuttering then it is your cpu. If it still stutters then put your cpu back in and swap your ram with theirs and retry etc. If you try their cpu and their ram, and i would do gpu just to be safe, and it still stutters then it is your mobo causing the issue. But im figuring a faulty cpu.

 

*I'm not sure if it would cause this but a faulty storage component might could also be cause if the game wasn't getting read correctly. Or even possibly a cable not being COMPLETELY hooked up. I had problems launching into my os after changing into a new case and it ended up being a sata cable not being plugged in completely. 

I have taken the entire system apart and put it back together 3 times. I don't know anyone so that is not an option for me

[worton issk]

run memtest for checking memory. 

 

Could you tell me what assassins creed that is?

 

And does it only happen with this game

I have been running this tool for over 3 hours and it has 2 pass and 0 errors so far

[worton issk]

I'd try Memtest then. Its a bit more hard on your components and really works the memory to see if its working properly.

Been running that for over 3 hours and so far 2 pass and 0 errors

[G9x001]

Hi just thought of something What model and speed is your ram. Please post if possible. And does it support XMP. if it does and its on this could be the problem. as when XMP is turned on it can change the cpu Multiplier and the Base clock BCLK. it might be worth checking this and turning it off to see if it helps with stability.

Also check your bios version as I had a look at the Asus Driver section and just about every one of the bios updates has to do with system stability  the newest one is version 2001.

 

one other thing you could try I have never used the Bios in your motherboard but it should have a fail safe default setting try resetting to the Load fail safe defaults and if it still has this problem then RMA your motherboard. 

here is a link for your manual.

Section 2.8

load setup defaults 

 

http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/SocketAM3+/M5A78L-M_USB3/E8017_M5A78L-M-USB3.pdf

[BadBacon]

Download CPU-Z and check up on your CPU. Check if all you driver etc. is up to date.

[worton issk]

Thank you for everyones contribution I have done all the things that you guys have suggested. I have concluded it is either the motherboard or CPU so i will go ahead and replace both.

[worton issk]

Download CPU-Z and check up on your CPU. Check if all you driver etc. is up to date.

 

 

Hi just thought of something What model and speed is your ram. Please post if possible. And does it support XMP. if it does and its on this could be the problem. as when XMP is turned on it can change the cpu Multiplier and the Base clock BCLK. it might be worth checking this and turning it off to see if it helps with stability.

Also check your bios version as I had a look at the Asus Driver section and just about every one of the bios updates has to do with system stability  the newest one is version 2001.

 

one other thing you could try I have never used the Bios in your motherboard but it should have a fail safe default setting try resetting to the Load fail safe defaults and if it still has this problem then RMA your motherboard. 

here is a link for your manual.

Section 2.8

load setup defaults 

 

http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/SocketAM3+/M5A78L-M_USB3/E8017_M5A78L-M-USB3.pdf

 

 

 

Okay try this:

1. Go into power options
2. Enable high performance mode
3. Edit plan settings
4. Change advanced power settings
5. Processor power management.
6. Set Minimum Processor State to 100%.

Then:

1. Download CPU-Z from http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html
2. Monitor your CPU's Core speed and Multiplier -- especially when the stutter occurs.
3. Take a screenshot of it and post here.

 

 

 

One of the easiest ways to tell, if you have a friend with a pc to swap out single parts with, is to swap either your cpu or ram and rerun stuttering games to see what is exactly causing the stuttering. For example, if swapping the cpu with theirs stops the stuttering then it is your cpu. If it still stutters then put your cpu back in and swap your ram with theirs and retry etc. If you try their cpu and their ram, and i would do gpu just to be safe, and it still stutters then it is your mobo causing the issue. But im figuring a faulty cpu.

 

*I'm not sure if it would cause this but a faulty storage component might could also be cause if the game wasn't getting read correctly. Or even possibly a cable not being COMPLETELY hooked up. I had problems launching into my os after changing into a new case and it ended up being a sata cable not being plugged in completely. 

 

 

FX6300 should run totaly fine on that particular mobo.

I have no idea what you guys lurking about.

This particular mobo will only have issues with a FX 8 core cpu on it.

 

I dont think its the motherboard

 

Thank you for everyones contribution I have done all the things that you guys have suggested. I have concluded it is either the motherboard or CPU so i will go ahead and replace both.

[Sintezza]

did you allready checked for mallware spyware  trojans or virusses?

Or any background process, that maybe takes allot of cpu ussage?