Windows 10: Horrendous stutter

Alright, so, my issue is that my computer is now stuttering, a lot, and only when my disk usage goes up, even by a little bit, it can go from 3% to 6% and boom, stutter. Not only that, but it stutters and lags a lot when the disk usage is above even 30% meaning downloading a game from steam or something off of chrome makes the computer nearly unusable, as well as making using discord whilst playing a game almost impossible for me. It also appears moving my mouse only amplifies the stuttering. I will note it seems the lag is more affecting windows 10 and its processes, rather than apps like discord, chrome, or steam, whereas the stutter affects the other apps like discord, steam, and chrome, as well as making textures, images, and videos from games or my browser load much slower. This is coming off of a fresh install of windows 10, with hardly anything on it aside from discord, steam, zoom, and a few games from steam. So my question is, what's causing this, and how do I fix it.


Specs:


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System Information
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Time of this report: 2/14/2021, 03:21:42

Machine name: DESKTOP-61PDEOA

Machine Id: {3E469942-3135-45A6-9437-C0A8D6E66B4D}

Operating System: Windows 10 Home 64-bit 10.0, Build 19042 19041.vb_release.191206-1406

Language: English Regional Setting: English

System Manufacturer: MSI

System Model: MS-7971

BIOS: A.A0 type: UEFI

Processor: IntelR CoreTM i7-6700 CPU @ 3.40GHz 8 CPUs, ~3.4GHz

Memory: 16384MB RAM

Available OS Memory: 16344MB RAM

Page File: 7358MB used, 11928MB available

Windows Dir: C:\Windows

DirectX Version: DirectX 12

DX Setup Parameters: Not found

User DPI Setting: 96 DPI 100 percent

System DPI Setting: 96 DPI 100 percent

DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled

Miracast: Available, with HDCP

Microsoft Graphics Hybrid: Not Supported

DirectX Database Version: 1.0.8

DxDiag Version: 10.00.19041.0546 64bit Unicode


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Display Devices

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Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070

Manufacturer: NVIDIA

Chip type: GeForce GTX 1070

DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC

Device Type: Full Device POST

Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_1B81&SUBSYS_36FC1458&REV_A1

Device Status: 0180200A [DN_DRIVER_LOADEDDN_STARTEDDN_DISABLEABLEDN_NT_ENUMERATORDN_NT_DRIVER]

Device Problem Code: No Problem

Driver Problem Code: Unknown

Display Memory: 16259 MB

Dedicated Memory: 8088 MB

Shared Memory: 8171 MB

Current Mode: 2560 x 1080 32 bit 75Hz

HDR Support: Supported

Display Topology: Internal

Display Color Space: DXGI_COLOR_SPACE_RGB_FULL_G2084_NONE_P2020

Color Primaries: Red0.651367,0.332031, Green0.306641,0.630859, Blue0.150391,0.059570, White Point0.313477,0.329102

Display Luminance: Min Luminance = 0.010000, Max Luminance = 1499.000000, MaxFullFrameLuminance = 799.000000

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FPS drops below 10 every couple of minutes

Very interesting. Our default suggestion list for fighting stutter becomes more interesting.

 

Laptop stutter

Hi,

To further assist you about your laptop being stutter, we suggest that you perform a clean boot to your device. You may refer to this

link for the steps.

Also, make sure that all pending system updates are applied to your computer.

Let us know how it goes.

 

Audio driver conflict causing stuttering?

Hi Techhelper89,

Unfortunately, I did the instructions as mentioned in the thread and the stuttering persists. I used the link provided: and the steps requested

http://www.tweaking.com/files/setups/tweaking.com_windows_repair_aio_setup.exe

I also tried reinstalling the Realtek Audio drivers as suggested by the thread to no avail.

I've also added some links of how the stuttering looks and sounds like to the main post of this thread. I hope it helps identify the issue.

One more thing I noticed after the above steps is that I can boot with Nvidia HD Audio drivers disabled but the stuttering persist. Enabling then disabling "cures" the stuttering for a while. Although, when this is happening while the Nvidia Audio drivers are
disabled (as there is an enable option) the icon doesn't look like one that is normally disabled (with a small circular arrow down icon).

Cheers,

Ben