I'm having a peculiar issue where if I leave my computer unattended and I'm using the system at an above normal pace, the performance will drop to almost 0, stuttering to refresh output every 5 or 6 seconds until I input with the mouse or keyboard. I've asked Reddit and they're completely baffled, thought I'd pass it through here to see if anyone's experienced this before.
-- Hardware --
MOBO: ASUS 970 GAMING/AURA
GFX Card: GTX 970 overclocked with power at 120, temp limit at 85, memory to +450, and core to +100
CPU: AMD FX 8350 @4.3 GHz
HD: Seagate hybrid of some sort, 1 TB in size, I can fetch the model number if it's important for whatever reason
PSU: EVGA 600 +90 Watt (100-W1-0600-K1) - Heard some things about this line, but I'm going to assume it's not the culprit because I didn't have this issue a month ago on the same power supply, could be just be me wanting to save a buck though
RAM: 16 GB
OS: Windows 10 latest distribution
Full diagnostic for more in-depth hardware specifications: https://pastebin.com/fC4uK2Ft
-- Steps already taken --
- Ran TronScript, which automates disc cleanup, defrag, virus and malware torching, among other disc related performance degradation
- Benchmarked CPU and GPU separately using Prime95 and Furmark, as far as I can tell the CPU test yielded no performance drops while the GPU test did
- Undoing the overclock and retesting, same result
- Ran memtest86+ for 12 hours and found 0 errors
- Scanned the drive using HDTune and had all green across the board
- Updated chipset, graphics card, and other outstanding drivers
- Flashed the BIOS with the most recent version
- Benchmarked using a clean boot, same problems
- Ensured I was on high performance power mode, hibernation was off, fast startup was off, and sleep settings were set to never.
- Ran a powercfg /energy report
