First off, I am not sure if this is the correct sub forum to post this problem; please move the thread to the appropriate place if need be.
I recently built a new pc by myself about five months ago. Until today I did not have any issues whatsoever. It seems when I load something, my pc will receive massive lag spikes that will cause everything on the screen to be frozen and unresponsive. However, I can still move around my mouse cursor but clicking has no effect. The freeze time lasts anywhere from 15 seconds to over a minute. This is also apparent when I try to play Starcraft II. For those familiar with the game whenever I build something and load up a new unit/building sprite I would get a lag spike that causes my screen to freeze. After about 30 secs everything returns to normal. The system boot time has also been affected by this issue. Before today, my boot time was about 10-15 seconds. Now when booting up there is a black screen for about 2-3 minutes before moving onto the windows logo screen with progress wheel. Even as I type this thread I have received two different sporadic lag spikes. One lag freezes everything but I am still able to type.The words just appear after lag spike is gone. The second lag gives me a not responding error with firefox and a progress wheel on my cursor. Chrome has also been greatly affected by the lag spikes to the point that is usable. On a typical day I use chrome to listen to music via youtube while I play sc2. I have since uninstalled Chrome.
In terms of malware and viruses, I ran Windows Defender and Malwarebyte scans. Both came out clean. My friend suggested that it might be a hard drive problem so I downloaded Crystaldrivemark to test my hdd performance. Seq speeds were about ~150 for both read and write. In addition I ran prime95 with no noticeable issues.
Does anyone have any ideas what this issue could be? I am really confused as to where the problems stems. If anyone has any advice I would greatly appreciate it.
Temperatures seem to be fine. CPU at idle is ~35-40. CPU at 100% is ~65. GPU at idle is ~31.
PC specs for reference:
CPU: Intel i5 4670k (Has not been overclocked)
Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Pro4
GPU: EVGA 750ti FTW
HDD: Western Digital Blue Caviar 1TB
PSU: XFX TS550
OS: Windows 8.1 64bit
Please let me know if any additional information is needed. Thanks in advance.
I recently built a new pc by myself about five months ago. Until today I did not have any issues whatsoever. It seems when I load something, my pc will receive massive lag spikes that will cause everything on the screen to be frozen and unresponsive. However, I can still move around my mouse cursor but clicking has no effect. The freeze time lasts anywhere from 15 seconds to over a minute. This is also apparent when I try to play Starcraft II. For those familiar with the game whenever I build something and load up a new unit/building sprite I would get a lag spike that causes my screen to freeze. After about 30 secs everything returns to normal. The system boot time has also been affected by this issue. Before today, my boot time was about 10-15 seconds. Now when booting up there is a black screen for about 2-3 minutes before moving onto the windows logo screen with progress wheel. Even as I type this thread I have received two different sporadic lag spikes. One lag freezes everything but I am still able to type.The words just appear after lag spike is gone. The second lag gives me a not responding error with firefox and a progress wheel on my cursor. Chrome has also been greatly affected by the lag spikes to the point that is usable. On a typical day I use chrome to listen to music via youtube while I play sc2. I have since uninstalled Chrome.
In terms of malware and viruses, I ran Windows Defender and Malwarebyte scans. Both came out clean. My friend suggested that it might be a hard drive problem so I downloaded Crystaldrivemark to test my hdd performance. Seq speeds were about ~150 for both read and write. In addition I ran prime95 with no noticeable issues.
Does anyone have any ideas what this issue could be? I am really confused as to where the problems stems. If anyone has any advice I would greatly appreciate it.
Temperatures seem to be fine. CPU at idle is ~35-40. CPU at 100% is ~65. GPU at idle is ~31.
PC specs for reference:
CPU: Intel i5 4670k (Has not been overclocked)
Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Pro4
GPU: EVGA 750ti FTW
HDD: Western Digital Blue Caviar 1TB
PSU: XFX TS550
OS: Windows 8.1 64bit
Please let me know if any additional information is needed. Thanks in advance.
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