Always getting fps drops in everything

[ChaosLord]

Hello,

I've been randomly getting random fps drops in many games I play. It would normally be around 180+ fps and will randomly drop to 30fps for 3-5 seconds ever few minutes. I don't think thermal throttling is the problem here since I get an average of 82c on cinebench (overclocked to 4.8ghz) and get around 55-65 when gaming. However, the temps do sometimes jump to the 70s for a second before dropping back down and at those temps, thermal throttling usually doesn't happen. I also tried removing and reinstalling (new) drivers along with geforce experience. I doubt there would be any bottlenecking at all.

 

specs:
i7 7700k (oc to 4.8) with a nd h15 cooler
asus strix gtx 1070 overclocked
asus maximus code motherboard
evga 750w 80+ gold psu
16gb of corsair lpx vengeance 3200mhz

 

Edit: Forgot to mention that I whenever I watch yt videos, it sometimes freezes in the middle of it as well.

Edited December 18, 2017 by ChaosLord

[Equilibrium_FOOL]

Are you certain that your oc is stable?

[ChaosLord]

1 minute ago, Equilibrium_FOOL said:

Are you certain that your oc is stable?

Pretty sure , but to make sure, how do you tell for certain that it's stable or not?

[Equilibrium_FOOL]

Just now, ChaosLord said:

Pretty sure , but to make sure, how do you tell for certain that it's stable or not?

Stress test it for up to 24 hours using a test like Prime95.  If it fails then clock down and tweak the voltage.  I've not overclocked a 7700k so I am unaware of how easy/forgiving it is.

[ChaosLord]

2 minutes ago, Equilibrium_FOOL said:

Stress test it for up to 24 hours using a test like Prime95.  If it fails then clock down and tweak the voltage.  I've not overclocked a 7700k so I am unaware of how easy/forgiving it is.

Alright I will try that thanks.

[Equilibrium_FOOL]

16 minutes ago, ChaosLord said:

Alright I will try that thanks.

Did you overclock the GPU or is it factory overclocked?  You didn't specify the core clock so I assumed factory.  If you have played with the settings without stress-testing, revert to stock, play the same games, and see what happens.  If you still have stuttering then something else could be wrong.

[ChaosLord]

13 minutes ago, Equilibrium_FOOL said:

Did you overclock the GPU or is it factory overclocked?  You didn't specify the core clock so I assumed factory.  If you have played with the settings without stress-testing, revert to stock, play the same games, and see what happens.  If you still have stuttering then something else could be wrong.

It's both factory and manually overclocked (to 1926). Downlocking didn't change anything.

[Equilibrium_FOOL]

2 minutes ago, ChaosLord said:

It's both factory and manually overclocked (to 1926). Downlocking didn't change anything.

To begin set everything to stock and run the games to get a baseline reading.  Hopefully no stuttering, if so then it is something else, which is hard to tell what it is.  You have already reinstalled drivers, so the other option that I can thing of could be a poorly optimized game.  What games/game are you playing that you get the problem.  If no stuttering, reoverclock the CPU and run a stress test for a longtime, be patient. 

[ChaosLord]

2 minutes ago, Equilibrium_FOOL said:

To begin set everything to stock and run the games to get a baseline reading.  Hopefully no stuttering, if so then it is something else, which is hard to tell what it is.  You have already reinstalled drivers, so the other option that I can thing of could be a poorly optimized game.  What games/game are you playing that you get the problem.  If no stuttering, reoverclock the CPU and run a stress test for a longtime, be patient. 

Doubt my games are poorly optimized since I play games like overwatch and the witcher 3. I will try to set everything to stock later.

[Equilibrium_FOOL]

Just now, ChaosLord said:

Doubt my games are poorly optimized since I play games like overwatch and the witcher 3. I will try to set everything to stock later.

Yeah, shouldn't be the games.  If you were playing an indie game with poor optimization that could be an explanation, but not with games like those.

 

 

[ChaosLord]

On 12/17/2017 at 7:50 PM, Equilibrium_FOOL said:

To begin set everything to stock and run the games to get a baseline reading.  Hopefully no stuttering, if so then it is something else, which is hard to tell what it is.  You have already reinstalled drivers, so the other option that I can thing of could be a poorly optimized game.  What games/game are you playing that you get the problem.  If no stuttering, reoverclock the CPU and run a stress test for a longtime, be patient. 

I recently returned everything back to stock but I still get stuttering.

[Equilibrium_FOOL]

On 12/20/2017 at 1:00 AM, ChaosLord said:

I recently returned everything back to stock but I still get stuttering.

Then I am out of ideas as this is above my knowledge level.  You have reinstalled the drivers, everything is stock, games are updated, and all hardware is top tier from reputable brands.

 

I will say, with the piece of info that you added, this sounds like a gpu problem.