Hi, I have problems with my Audio on my Desktop. I have a clicking/static stutter/popping on all my audio and it just started randomly the other day and is it extremely annoying. I am not very tech savvy but I have tried my best to fix the problem but nothing seems to be working.
Things I have tried so far is, uninstalling Graphic Card drivers and Audio Drivers with DDU and reinstall the latest from the internet, boost my power performance in Geforce experience and power settings, disable all audio enhancement, changes my sample rate and bit depth, updated from windows 10 to windows 11.
- OS: Windows 11
- x64 (64bit)
- What was original installed OS on system: Windows 10
- Is the OS an OEM version (came pre-installed on system) or full retail version (YOU purchased it from retailer): Pre-installed OEM Version
- Age of system? (hardware): Bought new 2020
- Age of OS installation: Since 2022
- Have you re-installed the OS: No only upgraded it
- System Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology
- Laptop or Desktop: Desktop
- Exact model number (if laptop, check label on bottom): only for Laptops, right?
- MotherBoard - (if NOT a laptop): Aorus B550 Elite AX
- CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X, 6-core, 3.7 Mhz
- RAM (brand, EXACT model, what slots are you using?): Corsair Vengance RGB Pro, 2x8GB, DDR4, 3200Mhz
- Video Card: NVIDIA 3070 ROG STRIX
- Power Supply - brand & wattage: Corsair RM 750x, 750 Watt, 80 Gold
- Is driver verifier enabled or disabled: I believe Enabled
- What security software are you using? (Firewall, antivirus, antimalware, antispyware, and so forth): Windows Firewall
- Are you using proxy, vpn, ipfilters or similar software?: No
- Are you using Disk Image tools? (like daemon tools, alcohol 52% or 120%, virtual CloneDrive, roxio software): No
- Are you currently under/overclocking? Are there overclocking software installed on your system?: No
Trace & Sysnative Zip Files:
PC Audio Help - Google Drive
Speccy link:
http://speccy.piriform.com/results/4G7lGbQaGogixUTKshWXBUu
Thank you for a very good tutorial and I hope you can help me out! As I said I am not very tech savvy but I know some things at least. I am looking forward to your response!
Let me know if any other information would help.
Best Regards
Victor R
PS here is my Latencymon that might be of help
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CONCLUSION
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Your system appears to be having trouble handling real-time audio and other tasks. You are likely to experience buffer underruns appearing as drop outs, clicks or pops. One or more DPC routines that belong to a driver running in your system appear to be executing for too long. One problem may be related to power management, disable CPU throttling settings in Control Panel and BIOS setup. Check for BIOS updates.
LatencyMon has been analyzing your system for 0:58:08 (h:mm:ss) on all processors.
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SYSTEM INFORMATION
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Computer name: VICTOR-DESKTOP
OS version: Windows 11, 10.0, version 2009, build: 22621 (x64)
Hardware: B550 AORUS ELITE AX, Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
BIOS: F15d
CPU: AuthenticAMD AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core Processor
Logical processors: 12
Processor groups: 1
Processor group size: 12
RAM: 16287 MB total
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CPU SPEED
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Reported CPU speed (WMI): 3701 MHz
Reported CPU speed (registry): 3693 MHz
Note: reported execution times may be calculated based on a fixed reported CPU speed. Disable variable speed settings like Intel Speed Step and AMD Cool N Quiet in the BIOS setup for more accurate results.
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MEASURED INTERRUPT TO USER PROCESS LATENCIES
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The interrupt to process latency reflects the measured interval that a usermode process needed to respond to a hardware request from the moment the interrupt service routine started execution. This includes the scheduling and execution of a DPC routine, the signaling of an event and the waking up of a usermode thread from an idle wait state in response to that event.
Highest measured interrupt to process latency (µs): 31298.80
Average measured interrupt to process latency (µs): 28.741253
Highest measured interrupt to DPC latency (µs): 31296.10
Average measured interrupt to DPC latency (µs): 25.662240
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REPORTED ISRs
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Interrupt service routines are routines installed by the OS and device drivers that execute in response to a hardware interrupt signal.
Highest ISR routine execution time (µs): 52.479285
Driver with highest ISR routine execution time: HDAudBus.sys - High Definition Audio Bus Driver, Microsoft Corporation
Highest reported total ISR routine time (%): 0.000179
Driver with highest ISR total time: HDAudBus.sys - High Definition Audio Bus Driver, Microsoft Corporation
Total time spent in ISRs (%) 0.000187
ISR count (execution time <250 µs): 16065
ISR count (execution time 250-500 µs): 0
ISR count (execution time 500-1000 µs): 0
ISR count (execution time 1000-2000 µs): 0
ISR count (execution time 2000-4000 µs): 0
ISR count (execution time >=4000 µs): 0
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REPORTED DPCs
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DPC routines are part of the interrupt servicing dispatch mechanism and disable the possibility for a process to utilize the CPU while it is interrupted until the DPC has finished execution.
Highest DPC routine execution time (µs): 31450.801516
Driver with highest DPC routine execution time: storahci.sys - MS AHCI Storport Miniport Driver, Microsoft Corporation
Highest reported total DPC routine time (%): 0.020776
Driver with highest DPC total execution time: storahci.sys - MS AHCI Storport Miniport Driver, Microsoft Corporation
Total time spent in DPCs (%) 0.032016
DPC count (execution time <250 µs): 1343714
DPC count (execution time 250-500 µs): 0
DPC count (execution time 500-10000 µs): 65
DPC count (execution time 1000-2000 µs): 1
DPC count (execution time 2000-4000 µs): 0
DPC count (execution time >=4000 µs): 278
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REPORTED HARD PAGEFAULTS
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Hard pagefaults are events that get triggered by making use of virtual memory that is not resident in RAM but backed by a memory mapped file on disk. The process of resolving the hard pagefault requires reading in the memory from disk while the process is interrupted and blocked from execution.
NOTE: some processes were hit by hard pagefaults. If these were programs producing audio, they are likely to interrupt the audio stream resulting in dropouts, clicks and pops. Check the Processes tab to see which programs were hit.
Process with highest pagefault count: microsoft.photos.exe
Total number of hard pagefaults 65546
Hard pagefault count of hardest hit process: 25978
Number of processes hit: 76
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PER CPU DATA
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CPU 0 Interrupt cycle time (s): 68.210137
CPU 0 ISR highest execution time (µs): 52.479285
CPU 0 ISR total execution time (s): 0.076179
CPU 0 ISR count: 14216
CPU 0 DPC highest execution time (µs): 31450.801516
CPU 0 DPC total execution time (s): 11.168105
CPU 0 DPC count: 573477
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CPU 1 Interrupt cycle time (s): 8.169756
CPU 1 ISR highest execution time (µs): 8.786623
CPU 1 ISR total execution time (s): 0.001270
CPU 1 ISR count: 232
CPU 1 DPC highest execution time (µs): 270.111021
CPU 1 DPC total execution time (s): 0.096124
CPU 1 DPC count: 17133
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CPU 2 Interrupt cycle time (s): 11.313441
CPU 2 ISR highest execution time (µs): 0.0
CPU 2 ISR total execution time (s): 0.0
CPU 2 ISR count: 0
CPU 2 DPC highest execution time (µs): 1016.793664
CPU 2 DPC total execution time (s): 0.912349
CPU 2 DPC count: 286415
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CPU 3 Interrupt cycle time (s): 13.213251
CPU 3 ISR highest execution time (µs): 0.0
CPU 3 ISR total execution time (s): 0.0
CPU 3 ISR count: 0
CPU 3 DPC highest execution time (µs): 362.165177
CPU 3 DPC total execution time (s): 0.234808
CPU 3 DPC count: 76605
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CPU 4 Interrupt cycle time (s): 4.612948
CPU 4 ISR highest execution time (µs): 0.0
CPU 4 ISR total execution time (s): 0.0
CPU 4 ISR count: 0
CPU 4 DPC highest execution time (µs): 76.474682
CPU 4 DPC total execution time (s): 0.279159
CPU 4 DPC count: 139430
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CPU 5 Interrupt cycle time (s): 2.988062
CPU 5 ISR highest execution time (µs): 0.0
CPU 5 ISR total execution time (s): 0.0
CPU 5 ISR count: 0
CPU 5 DPC highest execution time (µs): 57.50880
CPU 5 DPC total execution time (s): 0.108728
CPU 5 DPC count: 59652
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CPU 6 Interrupt cycle time (s): 7.895612
CPU 6 ISR highest execution time (µs): 0.0
CPU 6 ISR total execution time (s): 0.0
CPU 6 ISR count: 0
CPU 6 DPC highest execution time (µs): 365.110750
CPU 6 DPC total execution time (s): 0.219075
CPU 6 DPC count: 69758
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CPU 7 Interrupt cycle time (s): 7.292295
CPU 7 ISR highest execution time (µs): 0.0
CPU 7 ISR total execution time (s): 0.0
CPU 7 ISR count: 0
CPU 7 DPC highest execution time (µs): 420.335229
CPU 7 DPC total execution time (s): 0.179059
CPU 7 DPC count: 54115
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CPU 8 Interrupt cycle time (s): 2.881841
CPU 8 ISR highest execution time (µs): 3.346331
CPU 8 ISR total execution time (s): 0.000353
CPU 8 ISR count: 824
CPU 8 DPC highest execution time (µs): 47.449770
CPU 8 DPC total execution time (s): 0.038485
CPU 8 DPC count: 17867
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CPU 9 Interrupt cycle time (s): 2.726016
CPU 9 ISR highest execution time (µs): 0.801516
CPU 9 ISR total execution time (s): 0.000023
CPU 9 ISR count: 40
CPU 9 DPC highest execution time (µs): 45.445979
CPU 9 DPC total execution time (s): 0.022870
CPU 9 DPC count: 9064
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CPU 10 Interrupt cycle time (s): 6.733970
CPU 10 ISR highest execution time (µs): 1.051990
CPU 10 ISR total execution time (s): 0.000209
CPU 10 ISR count: 441
CPU 10 DPC highest execution time (µs): 190.540482
CPU 10 DPC total execution time (s): 0.077109
CPU 10 DPC count: 24314
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CPU 11 Interrupt cycle time (s): 6.822999
CPU 11 ISR highest execution time (µs): 1.031952
CPU 11 ISR total execution time (s): 0.000154
CPU 11 ISR count: 312
CPU 11 DPC highest execution time (µs): 199.367181
CPU 11 DPC total execution time (s): 0.064827
CPU 11 DPC count: 16228
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