Windows 10: Pc stutters while gaming occasionally. What's causing this?

Hello,I recently upgraded components in my pc. Since the upgrades I have had an occasional stutter/fps drops while gaming. I've already done a lot of troubleshooting such as checking Temps/reapplying thermal paste, using hwmoniter to watch usage and Temps of all components, clean installed windows multiple times using USB, used multiple ways of checking drivers, Uninstalled and reinstalled all drivers manually, re seated all hardware, disabled or removed all non essential start up apps, updated bios to the latest, reset cmos, changed ssd drives running the OS. I'm at a loss the issue does

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High end build, stuttering in every game

You haven't said much about what your in game graphic settings are at. I don't know about the other games mentioned but GTA V has a huge selection of graphic details and one of those may be causing your occasional stuttering. A GTX 1060 6GB is a good GPU but it isn't designed to handle maxed settings perfectly. If it was Nvidia wouldn't be pleased re their 1070, 1080, 1080 TI sales.

I'm having a hard time understanding how your friends with lesser hardware aren't experiencing the occasional stutter you do. Are they using the EXACT same graphic settings and monitor resolution? I'd be testing with one monitor only, latest Nvidia drivers with a clean install and V Sync off. I'd run Geforce Experience and go with Nvidia's recommended settings for your hardware and GTA V. Look at all the different settings and what Nvidia is recommending for my hardware:














If there is stuttering with the GFE recommended settings I would lower them to say medium to see if the stuttering goes away. If the stuttering goes away based on say medium then you can up the settings to where you were and start reducing them one by one to see which feature is causing the issue.

Do you have Afterburner/RTSS installed? Sometimes looking at the OSD detail when the stutter occurs can give you a clue of what is happening. I just ran this video, driving, crashing around in GTA V.



I didn't experience any stuttering but the cause of an occasional in game stutter is hard to isolate. As Nvidia keeps updating new drivers for new game releases, sometimes older games suffer. But I would be looking to see if changing certain in game graphic settings eliminates the stutter.

 

High end build, stuttering in every game

I have already tried the optimized Nvidia settings and lowering them, the problem is still there. When I get those lag spikes the GPU usage will drop as well as fps. I also noticed that I have DPC latency cause by nvlddmkm.sys.
Could the event viewer be helpful?

 

Windows 10 upgrade: Game stutter issue

Hi,

Compatibility issues is one of the possible reasons why you're experiencing stutter issues when playing a game on your Windows 10 device. To help you resolve this concern, we need to gather more details. kindly verify the information below:

• Are you experiencing this issue with all of your games?
• Are you having this issue when you are playing both online and offline games?
• Does this issue occur on both digital and disk games?

In the meantime, we suggest that you follow the troubleshooting steps provided on this

link. This can help us resolve problems you may experience during gameplay on your Windows 10 device.

We're looking forward to your reply.