I have run an latencymon and these are results.
I have uploaded it to imageshack as forum will not let me post direct pics links.
edit: I would also like to add that my BIOS is up to date.
Update: Full log
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CONCLUSION
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Your system appears to be having trouble handling real-time audio and other tasks. You are likely to experience buffer underruns appearing as drop outs, clicks or pops. One or more DPC routines that belong to a driver running in your system appear to be executing for too long. Also one or more ISR routines that belong to a driver running in your system appear to be executing for too long. One problem may be related to power management, disable CPU throttling settings in Control Panel and BIOS setup. Check for BIOS updates.
LatencyMon has been analyzing your system for 0:03:10 (h:mm:ss) on all processors.
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SYSTEM INFORMATION
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Computer name: MSDER-PC
OS version: Windows 7 Service Pack 1, 6.1, build: 7601 (x64)
Hardware: P35C-DS3R, Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
CPU: GenuineIntel Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5430 @ 2.66GHz
Logical processors: 4
Processor groups: 1
RAM: 4094 MB total
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CPU SPEED
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Reported CPU speed: 2666 MHz
Note: reported execution times may be calculated based on a fixed reported CPU speed. Disable variable speed settings like Intel Speed Step and AMD Cool N Quiet in the BIOS setup for more accurate results.
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MEASURED INTERRUPT TO USER PROCESS LATENCIES
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The interrupt to process latency reflects the measured interval that a usermode process needed to respond to a hardware request from the moment the interrupt service routine started execution. This includes the scheduling and execution of a DPC routine, the signaling of an event and the waking up of a usermode thread from an idle wait state in response to that event.
Highest measured interrupt to process latency (µs): 18533.529888
Average measured interrupt to process latency (µs): 17.161184
Highest measured interrupt to DPC latency (µs): 17464.487161
Average measured interrupt to DPC latency (µs): 5.374493
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REPORTED ISRs
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Interrupt service routines are routines installed by the OS and device drivers that execute in response to a hardware interrupt signal.
Highest ISR routine execution time (µs): 48021.542386
Driver with highest ISR routine execution time: dxgkrnl.sys - DirectX Graphics Kernel, Microsoft Corporation
Highest reported total ISR routine time (%): 3.266326
Driver with highest ISR total time: dxgkrnl.sys - DirectX Graphics Kernel, Microsoft Corporation
Total time spent in ISRs (%) 4.782175
ISR count (execution time <250 µs): 385499
ISR count (execution time 250-500 µs): 0
ISR count (execution time 500-999 µs): 662
ISR count (execution time 1000-1999 µs): 1895
ISR count (execution time 2000-3999 µs): 1827
ISR count (execution time >=4000 µs): 0
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REPORTED DPCs
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DPC routines are part of the interrupt servicing dispatch mechanism and disable the possibility for a process to utilize the CPU while it is interrupted until the DPC has finished execution.
Highest DPC routine execution time (µs): 44809.506377
Driver with highest DPC routine execution time: USBPORT.SYS - USB 1.1 & 2.0 Port Driver, Microsoft Corporation
Highest reported total DPC routine time (%): 0.703580
Driver with highest DPC total execution time: USBPORT.SYS - USB 1.1 & 2.0 Port Driver, Microsoft Corporation
Total time spent in DPCs (%) 2.074441
DPC count (execution time <250 µs): 759276
DPC count (execution time 250-500 µs): 0
DPC count (execution time 500-999 µs): 346
DPC count (execution time 1000-1999 µs): 512
DPC count (execution time 2000-3999 µs): 1601
DPC count (execution time >=4000 µs): 0
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REPORTED HARD PAGEFAULTS
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Hard pagefaults are events that get triggered by making use of virtual memory that is not resident in RAM but backed by a memory mapped file on disk. The process of resolving the hard pagefault requires reading in the memory from disk while the process is interrupted and blocked from execution.
NOTE: some processes were hit by hard pagefaults. If these were programs producing audio, they are likely to interrupt the audio stream resulting in dropouts, clicks and pops. Check the Processes tab to see which programs were hit.
Process with highest pagefault count: chrome.exe
Total number of hard pagefaults 2788
Hard pagefault count of hardest hit process: 759
Highest hard pagefault resolution time (µs): 1501299.816954
Total time spent in hard pagefaults (%): 9.058256
Number of processes hit: 30
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PER CPU DATA
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CPU 0 Interrupt cycle time (s): 15.779429
CPU 0 ISR highest execution time (µs): 46171.954989
CPU 0 ISR total execution time (s): 8.396656
CPU 0 ISR count: 182500
CPU 0 DPC highest execution time (µs): 18728.486122
CPU 0 DPC total execution time (s): 4.778522
CPU 0 DPC count: 519818
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CPU 1 Interrupt cycle time (s): 24.886297
CPU 1 ISR highest execution time (µs): 47060.009002
CPU 1 ISR total execution time (s): 9.657603
CPU 1 ISR count: 69645
CPU 1 DPC highest execution time (µs): 18688.012003
CPU 1 DPC total execution time (s): 3.674275
CPU 1 DPC count: 77754
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CPU 2 Interrupt cycle time (s): 20.536217
CPU 2 ISR highest execution time (µs): 48021.542386
CPU 2 ISR total execution time (s): 9.765039
CPU 2 ISR count: 70484
CPU 2 DPC highest execution time (µs): 18658.571643
CPU 2 DPC total execution time (s): 3.794925
CPU 2 DPC count: 86137
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CPU 3 Interrupt cycle time (s): 20.350670
CPU 3 ISR highest execution time (µs): 47670.997749
CPU 3 ISR total execution time (s): 8.691076
CPU 3 ISR count: 69576
CPU 3 DPC highest execution time (µs): 44809.506377
CPU 3 DPC total execution time (s): 3.589970
CPU 3 DPC count: 78710
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