Why are my games stuttering even with low GPU and CPU utilization?

markymarkjoseph

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Stuttering in games even when GPU and CPU are only at 35-60%.For example I was just playing GTA V and the workload on the GPU was quite low at average 50%.The CPU was only in the 30-40%

I have a 3 month old GTX 1080
Brand spanking new i7 6700 turbo boost @4.00 ghz hoping my previous CPU was the problem
8gb RAM

thanks for the help
 
Solution
I would play close attention to the usage and clock speeds of your gpu when it stutters. Use a tool like msi afterburner to graph your performance over time. It should be obvious what the problem is.