SSD Causing games to drop fps?

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I have noticed recently since i bought another SSD to keep games on that periodically when playing games that are stored on the ssd, my frames will drop by an average of 60 or so, this happens often for less than a second at a time. I am wondering if this is a common effect of a bad drive?

It is also worth mentioning that amazon in all of their genious shipped my SSD packaged with some magnets, so i am not sure if this would have effected the drive's capability at all.

Any answers would be greatly appreciated.
 
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I'm not sure how to interpret the MSI results 100% but the frame rate drop seems to occur with temperature spikes and it could be the CPU throttling momentarily. There is indication of this even before where you highlite. Maybe someone more experienced with the package can interpret those graphs as I'm not familiar with MSI afterburner.

I use AIDA64 in conjunction with CPUid HWMonitor on my desktop together, to check my rail voltages when under load. If you feel it's the PSU or there is a voltage droop or poor voltage regulation. I don't know of any other way to test the PSU under load without swapping it out. It may test OK at idle but not under load.

For stability issues, I run the stress test in AIDA64 for CPU, FPU and Cache for...
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the only issue i have is that previously when installed on a different SSD i had no issues at all with frame loss, i run the unlocked skylake I5 with a 1060
 
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Please answer the above in full Zinatrafan :)

Have you checked your Power plan in Windows.? Selected for performance.
Is the OS system a new clean install or did you clone.?


 
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HDD's: Kingston 120GB(Windows), SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB(drive in question), Mechanical Drive 1TB
Mobo: GIGABYTE GA-Z170-HD3
CPU: I5 6600K Skylake 4.2 GHz
GPU: Gigabyte windforce 1060 stock
RAM: CORSAIR Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB)
PSU: Rosewill Capstone-G750, Capstone G Series 750W Modular Power Supply, 80 PLUS Gold Certified, Single +12V Rail, SLI & Crossfire
Case: Mastercase 5
CPU cooler: 212 evo

Power mode is set to high performance, drive in question has no copy of windows installed and windows was a fresh install.

 
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Do you have the latest GPU driver installed.?

Do I understand correctly, You have your Windows OS on the HDD and programs on your new SSD.
If so, this does not make sense as the SSD is a faster drive for bootup times and snappier Windows performance.
You should have the OS on your SSD and some often used games and programs. Other Programs and Games, backups and Not so often required files and info on the HDD.

I recommend you do a clean install of Windows on the SSD. Just disconnect the HDD and select the SSD as No1 priority in Bios. Have your installation media ready and set to boot to that initially. You can transfer all your HDD files of importance once your OS is up and running.
 
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I dont think you're understanding my setup, i have an SSD with windows installed on it. I have a 1 TB mechanical drive for bulk storage, i have one additional 240gb ssd for games exclusively.
 
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OK that clears up that little misunderstanding.

Did you remember to enable AHCI mode in Bios (If not a registry change is required) when installing the OS and check your SSD is connected to the correct SATA port.?

SanDisk SSD Dashboard has optimizing capability and to update the firmware version, view current condition of drive health and fastest speed supported by the drive.
https://kb.sandisk.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/15108/~/sandisk-ssd-dashboard-support-information
Please report on the above.
 
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AHCI was enabled by default, All drives are connected in the same set of SATA ports on my motherboard so i think it is safe to assume it is connected to the correct sata.

It is worth noting that i uninstalled GEFORCE Experience and i had less if not no drops that i was describing before. I will look into the link and test a little bit more and then update you on the situation.
 
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http://imgur.com/a/RwvQY

This is what the frame drop looks like in MSI's monitoring program. GPU usage drops by 40%, is this a potential power supply issue?
 
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I'm not sure how to interpret the MSI results 100% but the frame rate drop seems to occur with temperature spikes and it could be the CPU throttling momentarily. There is indication of this even before where you highlite. Maybe someone more experienced with the package can interpret those graphs as I'm not familiar with MSI afterburner.

I use AIDA64 in conjunction with CPUid HWMonitor on my desktop together, to check my rail voltages when under load. If you feel it's the PSU or there is a voltage droop or poor voltage regulation. I don't know of any other way to test the PSU under load without swapping it out. It may test OK at idle but not under load.

For stability issues, I run the stress test in AIDA64 for CPU, FPU and Cache for 30mins whilst monitoring temperatures and voltages on all Rails and you can also test your GPU, RAM and disks with AIDA64. It's a free trial application.
Give it a try and post the results via IMIGUR. It may help find the culprit but like you say it's only for a second or so.
 
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