Windows 10: CPU 100% spikes - freezing the laptop - WIN10

Hello,
In the last month or so, I've been getting maximum CPU spikes to 100%, completely freezing the laptop on couple of seconds. This occurs pretty much each time the laptop is used for very basic stuff, music video on youtube + few extra tabs and thats pretty much it, not big demands for laptop.

Even now, when I was registering on forum I had multiple CPU spikes.

The problem occurs with Google Chrome, tried switching to Opera, Firefox, IE, happens same thing, so I'm guessing that the browser doesn't play the role here.

First thought was that was the problem due to Battery Save Mode, and when switched to High Performance Mode it was okay for few days, but that was just for that few days. Now, if I switch back to Battery Save Mode I get that spikes even more often than before.

Furthermore, I've ran numerous tests for viruses with AVG and Malwarebytes and there are no threats on laptop.

Here are specifications of my LenovoYOGA 910:

Operating System Windows 10 Home 64-bit
CPU Intel Core i5 7500U @ 2.50GHz Kaby Lake-U/Y 14nm Technology
RAM 16,0GB Dual-Channel Unknown @ 665MHz (10-10-10-28)
Motherboard LENOVO VIUU4 (U3E1)
Graphics Generic PnP Monitor (1920x1080@60Hz)
Intel HD Graphics 620 (Lenovo)
Storage 476GB NVMe SAMSUNG MZVLW512 (RAID)







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Cpu usage spikes

Hello ! My PC specs are the following:

- AMD Ryzen 1600x CPU

- Nvidia Gtx 1060 6gb GPU

- 8 GB DDR4 RAM ( 2400 MHz)

- Asus B350 Prime Plus Motherboard

Sometimes I get those weird spikes ( they come and go ) lasting for 1-2 seconds of 100% CPU utilization. In idle state the CPU utilization stays between 5-10% ( up to 20% if im browsing the internet and having programs like Steam, Discord etc running in
background), but when the spike comes I can see how the pc freezes for 1 second ( typical lag freeze) and how the cpu utilization rizes to 100% CPU then jumps back down to under 20%. I have waited with taskmanager such a spike and discovered that when it happens,
System NT Kernel & System is the one process that its sudently eating up all the CPU resources.

I tried updating all the drivers and im still having the problem. Here is a Windows Performance Record

link where I left the pc running for 45 minutes and I saw atleast 1 spike happening in those 45 minutes ( I kept going away from the computer and coming back).

 

E51 300.34.56 - CPU spiking

Hi,

Anyone else experiencing 100% CPU spikes on a E51 since updating to 300.34.56? (see attached trace)

Would a reset fix this do ye think?

Thanks for any help

E51 300-34-56 CPU 100 percent spikes 105s period.png

 

Hi, please
1. Check your disk:
Download and install Hard Disk Sentinel (trial) and post a screenshot of its GUI

2. If ok then please check your file system:
From an admin command prompt
[Windows key + X, click command prompt (admin)]
chkdsk C: /F
Your PC will need to restart.
Post back the result, which you can get after a restart as follows:
Read Chkdsk Log in Event Viewer in Windows 10 Windows 10 Performance Maintenance Tutorials
or
How to read Event Viewer log for Chkdsk in Windows 10 [Tip] | Reviews, news, tips, and tricks | dotTechdotTech
or
How do I see the results of a CHKDSK that ran on boot? - Ask Leo!
Make sure the result is clear or fixed- else do not proceed.

3. Try a clean boot then repeat the activities that tend to produce high CPU use.
Perform a Clean Boot in Windows 10 to Troubleshoot Software Conflicts Windows 10 Performance Maintenance Tutorials
Part 1

If CPU use still peaks high then
4. Try to capture a screenshot of your task manager when CPU use is high. Please organise columns of interest high to low by clicking on the relevant tab.

Thanks