Technical constraints of the system
Technical constraints of the system
A good GPU should probably resolve those microstutters. Improving the CPU through an overclock would assist with bottlenecks. I own several PCs using SSDs and others relying on HDDs, yet I haven’t noticed any stuttering across them—just the HDD models running smoothly while everything else functions. The only situation where a HDD-based system seems to lag is with games like Half Life that load maps dynamically. I haven’t seen such issues in a while, especially since memory modules have grown larger; most games now cache maps into RAM effectively.
The design of AMD APUs differs from their CPU counterparts. I wasn't aware of that before.
others exist and even then, AMD's desktop CPUs don't match Intel's. The AMD 8350 is roughly comparable to a slightly underclocked 2500K, which is an older Intel chip. THAT said it's been slowed down. YET, this applies to single-threaded tasks. In multi-threaded scenarios the 8350 would outperform. Your APU falls short of a FX 4300, a basic AMD CPU. BUT keep an eye on your CPU and GPU activity while you experience stuttering—let us know which one is reaching its limit.
That’s widely understood. My performance only reaches its limit during 3DMark tests.