Hey there tomshardware, I've got a problem that's been greatly annoying for quite some time now.
At seemingly random intervals the System process will spike to 17% CPU usage (one full core of the 6 core CPU). During some, but not all of these spikes the maximum CPU frequency (as seen in resmon) will drop to 0%, which essentially freezes the system. These are only very short drops, a few seconds at most.
It's not too noticable during normal usage, as the mouse stays responsive, sound and videos keep playing etc, but when using things like drawing applications or playing games it's annoying to say the least. While cursor and sound continue as normal, you basically lose a second or two worth of frames.
In this album (http://imgur.com/a/WS9nJ) you can see a few screens I took of the resmon window and coretemp, so overheating is out of the question (was unlikely anyway). The orange line shows activity of the System process, the blue line shows drops in the max cpu frequency.
As for system specs:
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit, version 6.1, build 7601
Mainboard: Gigabyte GA-870A-UD3
BIOS: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
CPU: AMD Phenom II X6 1100t, 6 CPUs @ 3.3GHz
8 Gigs RAM, 16 Gigs Pagefile
If there is any more info I should provide I will gladly do so, just tell me what you need. Any help in getting to the bottom of this is greatly appreciated!
At seemingly random intervals the System process will spike to 17% CPU usage (one full core of the 6 core CPU). During some, but not all of these spikes the maximum CPU frequency (as seen in resmon) will drop to 0%, which essentially freezes the system. These are only very short drops, a few seconds at most.
It's not too noticable during normal usage, as the mouse stays responsive, sound and videos keep playing etc, but when using things like drawing applications or playing games it's annoying to say the least. While cursor and sound continue as normal, you basically lose a second or two worth of frames.
In this album (http://imgur.com/a/WS9nJ) you can see a few screens I took of the resmon window and coretemp, so overheating is out of the question (was unlikely anyway). The orange line shows activity of the System process, the blue line shows drops in the max cpu frequency.
As for system specs:
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit, version 6.1, build 7601
Mainboard: Gigabyte GA-870A-UD3
BIOS: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
CPU: AMD Phenom II X6 1100t, 6 CPUs @ 3.3GHz
8 Gigs RAM, 16 Gigs Pagefile
If there is any more info I should provide I will gladly do so, just tell me what you need. Any help in getting to the bottom of this is greatly appreciated!
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