GPU usage and FPS drops

JSputnik

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Jan 16, 2017
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Hey everyone,

I bought my first PC gaming 2 weeks ago, and I'm disappointed with its performance so far. First game I tried was Skyrim (installed in SSD), since I really wanted to continue my saved game with new mods to make it look as good as possible, and I can't even run it without a single mod. Running around or riding a horse makes the game stutter a lot, and I noticed the GPU usage drops to really low values, sometimes even 0%, causing FPS drops. Then I tried Rocket League (installed in HDD), and also had some drops to 0% and some micro stutters.

After testing both games, I installed Heaven Benchmark and tested both DirectX 9 and 11, v-sync on and off, and had some small stuttering as well. Also tried GTA V (installed in SSD), and it runs mostly at 60 FPS with some small drops sometimes, but I think its GPU usage is kinda low, staying around 60/65%.

What I've already done:

- Set computer's power plan to AMD Ryzen Balanced
- Set GPU's power plan to max performance
- Uninstalled everything XBox related (Windows 10)
- Updated BIOS
- Changed RAM frequency to 2933 MHz (was set to 2133)
- Reinstalled GPU drivers with DDU

Below are my specs and some prints I took from MSI Afterburner, every game was tested in Ultra settings at 1920x1080. All games and Windows are genuine.


  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz-3.6GHz 16MB AM4
    MSI B350 Tomahawk
    G.Skill 8GB DDR4 3000MHz Aegis (x2)
    Seasonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze
    MSI GeForce® GTX 1070 ARMOR OC 8GB GD5
    SSD Crucial MX300 275GB SATA III
    Monitor LG 24" 24MP68VQ-P 5ms IPS

The computer was built in the store, I just chose the components.

Rocket League (Running fine)
Rocket League (GPU usage drops one second later)
Afterburner (Skyrim)
Afterburner (GTA V)

Any help will be really appreciated.
 

mrmez

Splendid
Cool. What I was trying to get at: maybe you had an existing PC and just put the old drive in the new system. That would certainly cause many issues.

Somebody smarter tham me might be able to figure it out, I'd start off logging everything under load, especially temps. CPU cooler might not be installed properly, overheating and throttling down.