Lag Spikes On ALL Games

murple · Oct 27, 2015

I get a lag spike on every game I play, it happens at random times and it goes on for about 15-20 seconds, but it happens constantly.

My PC Specs:
GRAPHICS CARD: AMD R9 280
PROCESSOR: AMD FX 8320 Eight-Core ~3.5GHz

utroz · Oct 27, 2015

How about motherboard, ram ect.. Have you checked to see what your per core cpu load is? How about temps for cpu and gpu? Are all the drivers installed for you system (and not the generic windows ones either..)?

murple · Oct 27, 2015

My processor is AMD FX 8320 Eight-Core Processor.
8 GB of RAM
My GPU temperature is 27C and 28C at most.

Guest · Oct 27, 2015

murple :

& your motherboard is ?

what other software is installed on pc ?

have you set your machine to performance mode ?

utroz · Oct 27, 2015

OK but what about per core cpu load during gaming? Also if you are running a bunch of programs that load with windows in the background that might not help either. And are all drivers installed correctly and up to date?

Rankin McKechnie · Oct 27, 2015

Could you list your games and note which ones are the laggiest? The cause might be your hdd's RPM (revolutions per minute). I had a few games on a 5400 RPM hard drive that would constantly freeze for a few seconds at random. After I got a faster-spinning hard drive, the freezing had stopped. I doubt the problem is in the cpu or gpu. Also, note the DDR type of RAM, and how much RAM you have installed.

murple · Oct 27, 2015

no other software is installed besides things like Steam and it's games and Skype.
My motherboard is Gigabyte Technology 970A-DS3P. ( I dont know the other name because when I check it just says : To be filled in by O.E.M

murple · Oct 27, 2015

I've used 3.1GB and 4.9GB is available. EVERY game lags.

Guest · Oct 27, 2015

murple :

SSD or HDD ?

murple · Oct 27, 2015

I don't know, How do i check?

utroz · Oct 27, 2015

So what about PER CORE LOAD.. Could be maxing out 1-2 cores depending on what games you are playing so a list of games would be helpful.. I highly doubt you have an ssd but you can use AIDA64 to see your systems hardware in detail.
http://www.aida64.com/downloads

Guest · Oct 27, 2015

murple :

look at it then google images for HDD & SSD 7/or tell us on here the model number.

Rankin McKechnie · Oct 27, 2015

murple :

Does your storage medium have any moving parts? (does it vibrate?) If so, then it is an HDD. If it does not have any moving parts, it is an SSD.

murple · Oct 27, 2015

It's SSD, I downloaded aidia 64 but where do i find per core load?
some games i play are,
counter strike global offensive, tomb raider,battlefield 4, grand theft auto 5

utroz · Oct 28, 2015

What version of window are you using? In Windows 7 hit (Alt+Ctrl+Delete) at the same time and then select "Start Task Manager" then you will have to change it to the per cpu graph in the "View" setting under "CPU History". For windows 10 hit (Alt+Ctrl+Delete) at the same time then select "Task Manager" then click on the bottom where it says "More details" then select the "Performance" tab then click on where it says "CPU" it will then show the cpu usage in the main graph, then right click on this main graph and under "Change graph to" select "Logical processors" it will then show every cores usage in its own graph in the main area.. Oh and btw many of those games are very single thread or dual thread intensive so only 2 cores may be at 100% load but causing major bottlenecking.

murple · Oct 28, 2015

on the right of the screen it says %100. and how do i stop the major bottlenecking?

Rankin McKechnie · Oct 28, 2015

murple :

Does it say 100% in-game, or on the desktop of your computer? Also, if you haven't already, open up Task manager while in any game and go to Processes and see your CPU and RAM usage. Also while in the Task manager, take note of the stats at the point of time in which your game(s) freeze.

murple · Oct 28, 2015

its at 100% at my desktop

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