Is occasional stuttering typical for PCs in most games?
Is occasional stuttering typical for PCs in most games?
Two years ago I sold my console to move to PC gaming with 60 fps. At that time, my setup included a Core i7700, GTX 1060 with 6GB VRAM, 16GB RAM, and an SSD. It was sufficient for most games at medium to high settings, and even now it still works well enough. The first thing I noticed was that most games experience microfreezes, something I hadn't experienced on my console before.
Stuttering is typically a brief cpu overload.
Improving single-thread speed is often the solution.
Your i7-7700 scores around 2490 in single-thread passmark ratings. That's decent.
On your motherboard, an i7-7700K would score about 2769.
A current i7-10700K reaches 3035.
The highest I've recorded is 3693 for the upcoming 5950X.
Similar results are expected from upcoming Rocket Lake chips.
Another potential reason for stuttering is the storage device. If a game requires access to a drive or needs to save a checkpoint, an SSD can handle it roughly 40 times faster.
No im not overlocking anything.
WDC WD5000LPLX-00ZNTT0 and PLEXTOR PX-128S3C.
There were definitely a few stutters. What is strange is that there were no stuttering in Furmark test.
I don't know how to properly post results.
But that's what i got in the end (my windows is actually 10, dunno wtf it showing like i have 8):
Unigine Valley Benchmark 1.0
FPS:
87.2
Score:
3647
Min FPS:
28.2
Max FPS:
174.5
System
Platform:
Windows 8 (build 9200) 64bit
CPU model:
Intel® Core™ i7-7700 CPU @ 3.60GHz (3599MHz) x4
GPU model:
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 27.21.14.5671 (4095MB) x1
Settings
Render:
Direct3D11
Mode:
1600x900 8xAA windowed
Preset
Extreme
Oh. I did UserBenchmark, I assumed you meant the results of Ungine Valley.
https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/34057273
I also tried both, and the videocard is fine. I tested my PC with various GPUs and still had stutters. My CPU gets hot during the AIDA stress test, but it doesn't overheat in games—usually around 65 degrees. I also experience freezes even when the CPU is only at 50 degrees. So it seems the CPU isn't the main problem either.
Checked another GPU and ran HWiNFO64 in the background (sensors only with logging). Played the game that causes the most stuttering for at least 20 minutes. Recorded the moments when it stutters (down to the minute). Exited the game and reviewed the log to understand what each component was doing during stuttering or shared a link to the log file for further analysis.
GTX650 TI BOOST. I understand it's a weaker GPU, but I've tried it in older games that are struggling with my GTX1060 as well, and in a few more recent titles it causes lag in similar situations. For example, in Borderlands 3 I experience stuttering every time I open inventory, which is noticeable even at 30 fps.
I'll run a test with hwinfo. Thanks for your help.