GTX 1060 stuttering / lag spikes in every game

[anphetamina]

I do see GTA V is using more than 3GB of Vram so I'd put the 6GB back in, once the 3GB of Vram is used up performance will suffer bad.

Those gameplays were recorded using my 6GB card

I do see GTA V is using more than 3GB of Vram so I'd put the 6GB back in, once the 3GB of Vram is used up performance will suffer bad.

My framerate is ok, if you look at those timestamps in the GTA V first video you will notice that the image is freezing for 1 sec.
For Rocket League the framerate is unstable when VSync is enabled (in the Nvidia control panel) and the little fps drops is perceived as a freezing, so I just want to know why is acting like that since I have a stable 250 framerate without Vsync. Another user from reddit having the same card and CPU isn't experiencing those freezes in RL.

I've done multiple test with and without the XMP profile, I'm start thinking there's a bad configuration with my RAM / CPU even at stock.

Which information do I need to provide?

[Nate152]

Well unfortunately I'm not able to view the first GTA V video, it says it's not available in my country. I am however able to view the one in the link and it looks to be running flawlessly. Since you have a 144Hz monitor I would play GTA V with V-sync off, this should give you a smoother experience since you're not hitting the monitors refresh rate. Only use V-sync if you're going over your monitors refresh rate, this will keep things smoother and you won't get screen tearing or a funky mouse feel.

I do see in Rocket League FPS does dip below 144FPS but I'm not seeing any freezing. Rocket League looks to be running fine too.

[anphetamina]

Well unfortunately I'm not able to view the first GTA V video, it says it's not available in my country. I am however able to view the one in the link and it looks to be running flawlessly. Since you have a 144Hz monitor I would play GTA V with V-sync off, this should give you a smoother experience since you're not hitting the monitors refresh rate. Only use V-sync if you're going over your monitors refresh rate, this will keep things smoother and you won't get screen tearing or a funky mouse feel.

I do see in Rocket League FPS does dip below 144FPS but I'm not seeing any freezing. Rocket League looks to be running fine too.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/npfe31iaak...AC%29.mp4?dl=0

this happens no matter if vsync is enabled or disabled, both online and offline, those freezing are totally random, they could happen twice in a minute or 1 in an hour

the game is only on monitor btw

[Nate152]

Thank you, yep I see the pausing now.

A couple things could cause this.

1. MSI Afterburner's OSD
2. Your HDD, you could try installing GTA V on your ssd.
3. How many GB of ram do you have and how much is being used when running the game ?

I might lean towards number 2.

[anphetamina]

Sorry I posted the wrong video previously, this is the correct one:



1. I did some test without Afterburner, same
2. Tried on my primary ssd, same
3. 16gb, 4gb (4.5gb max) are being used

[Nate152]

I watched it twice and I only saw it pause once at the 1:13 mark.

Ok, maybe a program running in the background is causing it, open task manager while the game is running and click the processes tab and see if anything looks unusual.

Now I did come across a situation where I was recording and playing and every time the cpu would max out to 100% it would stutter. I was using Xsplit Gamecaster to record, funny thing is it only showed up on the recording. I switched to Shadowplay and it's much better, I'm also wondering if it's because your cpu is maxing out ?

Xsplit recording, it starts to stutter around 2:40

[anphetamina]

Ok, maybe a program running in the background is causing it, open task manager while the game is running and click the processes tab and see if anything looks unusual.

No applications in background are eating CPU. I've tried playing the game after a clean boot, same.

I was using Xsplit Gamecaster to record then I switched to Shadowplay and it was much better, funny thing is it only showed up on the recording. Does it happen with or without recording ?

I used shadowplay, the freezing occur with and without recording, btw I don't record my game sessions.

Please watch from 2:37 the game freezes for about 1 sec

[Nate152]

Yep I saw it pause there too.

Try running Latencymon and see if it picks up anything.

http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/latencymon.html

[anphetamina]

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CONCLUSION
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Your system seems to be having difficulty handling real-time audio and other tasks. You may experience drop outs, clicks or pops due to buffer underruns. One or more DPC 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 0:13:23 (h:mm:ss) on all processors.


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SYSTEM INFORMATION
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Computer name: ANTONIO-PC
OS version: Windows 10 , 10.0, build: 15063 (x64)
Hardware: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC., MAXIMUS VIII RANGER
CPU: GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6600K CPU @ 3.50GHz
Logical processors: 4
Processor groups: 1
RAM: 16323 MB total


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CPU SPEED
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Reported CPU speed: 3504 MHz
Measured CPU speed: 1 MHz (approx.)

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.

WARNING: the CPU speed that was measured is only a fraction of the CPU speed reported. Your CPUs may be throttled back due to variable speed settings and thermal issues. It is suggested that you run a utility which reports your actual CPU frequency and temperature.



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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): 189,369697
Average measured interrupt to process latency (µs): 1,881109

Highest measured interrupt to DPC latency (µs): 187,616274
Average measured interrupt to DPC latency (µs): 0,596959


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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): 77,165525
Driver with highest ISR routine execution time: dxgkrnl.sys - DirectX Graphics Kernel, Microsoft Corporation

Highest reported total ISR routine time (%): 0,489989
Driver with highest ISR total time: dxgkrnl.sys - DirectX Graphics Kernel, Microsoft Corporation

Total time spent in ISRs (%) 0,499044

ISR count (execution time <250 µs): 1223746
ISR count (execution time 250-500 µs): 0
ISR count (execution time 500-999 µs): 0
ISR count (execution time 1000-1999 µs): 0
ISR count (execution time 2000-3999 µs): 0
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): 1367,21290
Driver with highest DPC routine execution time: nvlddmkm.sys - NVIDIA Windows Kernel Mode Driver, Version 385.41 , NVIDIA Corporation

Highest reported total DPC routine time (%): 0,165542
Driver with highest DPC total execution time: dxgkrnl.sys - DirectX Graphics Kernel, Microsoft Corporation

Total time spent in DPCs (%) 0,544732

DPC count (execution time <250 µs): 5628380
DPC count (execution time 250-500 µs): 0
DPC count (execution time 500-999 µs): 0
DPC count (execution time 1000-1999 µs): 2
DPC count (execution time 2000-3999 µs): 0
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.


Process with highest pagefault count: none

Total number of hard pagefaults 0
Hard pagefault count of hardest hit process: 0
Highest hard pagefault resolution time (µs): 0,0
Total time spent in hard pagefaults (%): 0,0
Number of processes hit: 0


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PER CPU DATA
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CPU 0 Interrupt cycle time (s): 40,919360
CPU 0 ISR highest execution time (µs): 77,165525
CPU 0 ISR total execution time (s): 15,950487
CPU 0 ISR count: 1168336
CPU 0 DPC highest execution time (µs): 1367,21290
CPU 0 DPC total execution time (s): 15,080433
CPU 0 DPC count: 5206364
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CPU 1 Interrupt cycle time (s): 6,463529
CPU 1 ISR highest execution time (µs): 49,341324
CPU 1 ISR total execution time (s): 0,078753
CPU 1 ISR count: 55379
CPU 1 DPC highest execution time (µs): 76,618721
CPU 1 DPC total execution time (s): 1,859461
CPU 1 DPC count: 235068
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CPU 2 Interrupt cycle time (s): 4,350138
CPU 2 ISR highest execution time (µs): 1,831050
CPU 2 ISR total execution time (s): 0,000038
CPU 2 ISR count: 31
CPU 2 DPC highest execution time (µs): 36,725457
CPU 2 DPC total execution time (s): 0,191883
CPU 2 DPC count: 79882
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CPU 3 Interrupt cycle time (s): 3,922103
CPU 3 ISR highest execution time (µs): 0,0
CPU 3 ISR total execution time (s): 0,0
CPU 3 ISR count: 0
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CPU 3 DPC total execution time (s): 0,365004
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15 minutes playing and the freezes happened twice close together. Running in background were CLink, Afterburner, steam and logitech gaming software. Closing those applications doesn't help, it will happen anyway

[Buellersdayoff]

If you have asus sonic suite or fan expert, uninstall. Also in win10cu, find your games .exe file and right click >properties >compatibility >disable full screen optimization. Disable xbox app, disable game mode, game dvr