Windows 10: Audio latency issues

For a few months now, my PC has been experiencing latency spikes. These initially manifested as no more than audio dropouts, but eventually have begun to escalate into visual dragging, as well. Audio popping is very common now, and the mouse dragging when I try to move it is slightly less so.

This all started when I installed a new HDD, a WD Blue. Of note is that it spun at 5400rpm, which I initially deduced to be the source of my problem. I have since replaced the WD Blue with a WD Black that spins at 7200rpm, yet the problem persists.

This problem is very inconsistent. Normally, my computer's latency is fine when I boot it up in the morning. The longer it stays on, the worse the spikes get. Sometimes, restarting the system provides a temporary fix. But it always comes back, especially at night.

Here is a LatencyMon report:



and in text:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xUaxGbnqrUXZt6pCWt2_HgTmm7HBnMWj/view?usp=sharing

Here's a spec summary from Speccy:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QaqmZqORD7blnAI0-HFTwu7fTmFd8jSu/view?usp=sharing

And here's a WhySoSlow report for good measure:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lt3PdZKDWLh7nhyxBYDHS4nZOFmrwlOD/view?usp=sharing You'll have to download this one since it's an html file.

Note that disabling my network driver I use ethernet obviously gets rid of the ndis.sys problem, but this issue is even more inconsistent than my general latency spikes.

Here are things that I've already tried:

• Defragmenting my HDD withDefraggler.
• Installing and routinely using CCleaner.
• Lowering the number of startup programs.
• Updating all my drivers.
• Updating my BIOS currently American Megatrends Inc. R01-A4, 5/19/2016.
• Installing exhaust fans in my tower. These definitely do their job when it comes to cooling the system.
• Disabling CPU throttling for all programs.
• Moving the system pagefile to my SSD boot drive, as opposed to my HDD data drive.

Lastly, I also replaced my Realtek HD Audio Driver with the generic High Definition Audio Driver. Doing this has actually helped rather substantially, but not completely. Overall, the problem is much less consistent and severe, but still there.

Any help is appreciated. Please tell me if you need more info.

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sorry, please also find task manager screenshots. couldnt capture the whole list (there are so many processes running!) so i caught what i could, ordered by cpu and memory usage. thanks!

 

Latency issues with Audio recording on the PC

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



I understand that you are facing issues with Audio Latency on your PC. For further clarity on the issue, please respond to the questions below:

1. Which build version of Windows 10 are you using currently?
   
2. Are you aware of any changes made to the PC prior to which you weren’t facing this issue?
   
3. What is the make and model of the PC?
   
4. Does this happen only when recording audio or when playing music as well?
   

Refer the article Which version of Windows operating system am I running?



Meanwhile, I would suggest you to refer the article
Fix sound problems in Windows 10 and see if that helps.



Let us know how it goes.



Regards,

Prakhar Khare

Microsoft Community – Moderator

 

Latency issues with Audio recording on the PC

I am running windows 10. i have a sound latency problem. I have read about the Realtek driver issue, but my device manager doesn't say that name, rather it says "High Definition Audio Device. What is really frustrating, is that my old (slow) windows xp computer
was able to do my audio recording without any noticeable latency, but now, I can't listen and record at the same time.

***Original title: Audio Driver sound latency***