Windows 10: High dpc latency causing audio crackling/lag

Hello I have been having audio issues ever since I got a new Focusrite Scarlett Solo 3rd gen and a Shure SM7B + cloudlifter. It started off with crackling every couple minutes and then started getting worse and worse as time went on. I thought it mightve been a hardware thing so I purchased a new cable but that was not the case since the crackling pursued. In then proceeded to replace the Scarlett solo, Shure SM7B, and cloudlifter which did not help at all. Then I thought that maybe my cpu was not powerful enough to handle all the samples since I upgraded to a xlr mic so I purchased a brand ne

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Audio Crackling/Video Lag

Hi,

I have had terrible audio crackling, and cutting out the last two days, as well as video lag whenever the sound cuts out.

I believe the problem is ndsi.sys and wdf01000.sys causing massive DPC latency.

All help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

 

High DPC latency causing audio stutters

Quite different hardware but this may have your attention.

Sound artifacts and high DPC latency seemingly related to storport driver can be caused by switching between Cx power saving processor states. My pci-express add-on soundcard works correctly only if C states greater than C1 are disabled:





If you want to give it a try, see your mobo manual:

 

High DPC latency causing audio stutters

This is latency mon while my system is idling:
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This is latency mon while I've opened chrome&Steam: