The FPS drops might be due to your hard drive, such as a 1 TB Blue Western Digital drive.
The FPS drops might be due to your hard drive, such as a 1 TB Blue Western Digital drive.
Your PC setup includes an Intel i5 6600 GX processor, a 1070 XT graphics card, 16 GB of RAM, and a 1 TB hard drive. You're experiencing stuttering during gameplay despite checking drivers and cleaning your system. Running SpeedFan tests on the HDD can help assess its performance, and taking a screenshot may provide visual clues. Someone can review these details to assist you further.
If you notice stuttering while gaming, it might not be your hard drive causing the problem. I’ve seen cases where a low-cost SSD would freeze briefly when loading parts of a map or fetching data, but that was unique to that setup and wouldn’t affect an HDD. The real cause is likely in your RAM, CPU, or GPU. To address this better, we’ll need more details such as CPU and GPU temperatures, clock speeds, and RAM usage. Tools like HWMonitor and HWInfo can help you check these aspects.