Windows 10: Audio latency issues

For a few months now, my PC has been experiencing latency spikes. Audio dropouts are exceedingly common, and I can't seem to properly diagnose what is causing this problem.

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.



Here are things that I've already tried:

• Defragmenting my HDD with Defraggler.
• 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. I also tried disabling it entirely.
• Replacing my Realtek HD Audio driver with Microsoft's generic HD Audio driver. When this didn't work, I disabled the motherboard's onboard audio entirely, via the BIOS menu. To be thorough, I even uninstalled the Realtek HD Audio driver with Display Driver Uninstaller.
• Disabling ALL audio drivers. I technically have three: a speaker system connected to my motherboard's onboard audio as mentioned above, my monitor's internal speaker, with a driver handled by my GPU since it has an HDMI connection, and my wireless headphones that connect via a USB adapter.
• Disabling my network drivers both my WiFi card and my Ethernet port.
• Resetting my PC via wiping my boot drive and reinstalling Windows.

Here is a LatencyMon report:



and in text: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WvgF3pWvXAUwVcdG8Hng-2d1LLxepfPT/view?usp=sharing

Here's a summary of my desktop via Speccy: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Hj3aQVuB_SC4k-8rT5waenGOmvh2HvNe/view?usp=sharing



I posted a thread like this a few weeks ago, but as I couldn't get any help I resorted to resetting my PC. That fixed the problem for a while, but it's back now. Hopefully I can get it fixed for good this time.

Let me know if you need any more information from me.

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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***