Is there anyone familiar with interpreting LatencyMon data? I'm trying to identify the source of the elevated latency.
Is there anyone familiar with interpreting LatencyMon data? I'm trying to identify the source of the elevated latency.
I'm wondering if the conclusion isn't typical. It begins by saying my PC is working well, but later shifts to "your system is having difficulty....". The reason I began investigating this was because I experience some annoying stuttering in games, which wouldn't be expected on a high-end machine. If anyone has suggestions on what might be wrong or how to resolve it, your advice would be greatly appreciated.
I recommend revisiting the setup.
First, refresh your post with complete hardware details and operating system specifics.
Add PSU information: make, model, wattage, age, condition (original to build, new, refurbished, used).
Specify disk drives: make, model, capacity, current usage.
List all connected peripherals.
Determine whether the network is wired or wireless.
Next, conduct additional testing using alternative tools:
Open Task Manager, Resource Monitor, Process Explorer (Microsoft, free), and Performance Monitor.
Run each tool individually, keeping the window open for observation.
Perform tasks without latency issues first, then those that do.
Monitor changes when latency appears.
Graphical interfaces can often provide clearer insights.
The goal is simply to identify which system resources are being consumed, the extent of usage (percentage), and which resource is affected during performance drops.
Share your observations.
Your issue seems connected to this part of the Latencymon report....
The hard pagefaults occur when virtual memory isn't in RAM but stored on disk via a mapped file. Fixing these faults involves reading from disk while the process is paused and unable to continue.
NOTE: Certain applications, especially those handling audio, can cause interruptions such as audio drops, clicks, or pops. Look at the Processes tab to identify which programs are affected.
The process with the most pagefaults is warhammer3.exe.
Total hard page faults recorded: 186,856
Highest hit count: 181,222 for warhammer3.exe
Affected processes: 37
Latencymon operated for 41 minutes (2460 seconds), equating to nearly 76 hard page faults per second. Hard page faults arise when RAM is heavily used and many virtual memory pages are swapped in and out. A hard page fault happens when a thread needs that page back, requiring an I/O operation to load it into RAM.
If you encounter these issues, open Task Manager, select Performance, then Memory. Take a screenshot of the displayed numbers.
Possible reasons include:
- Insufficient RAM for the task.
- A problematic application failing to release memory properly, creating a memory leak.
- Solution: Restart the app and restart your system, then check one app at a time.
- The pagefile is stored on a slow storage device, causing delays in page transfers.
- Solution: Move the pagefile to the fastest available drive, typically the system drive.