[SOLVED] System or game lag

[GrenPa]

Hey Guys & Gals,

I have a small issue with my Windows 8.1 64bit system.
I have an Fx-9590 Amd processor, 32gb ram and 1- 512ssd, 4 HDD's and over an AMd 270x video card.

Over the last month or two all my games seem to have problems.
When i play the games and game about every 10-20 seconds the game freezes for a few seconds and then unfreezes.
It happens in every game and i don't know why.

All my games used to be able to run on high quality and now even on lowest setting they always freeze and unfreeze as i noted above.
I have added exceptions for the games i want to play to Kaspersky Total Security 2017 and to malwarebytes 3.

Not sure what changed but I am sure it is not malware or Virus as I scan often.
Can anyone please give me some suggestions on how to find the problem?

I have attached my dxdiag file View attachment DxDiag 19 Feb 2017.txt

Thanks in advance
Gren

 

[GrenPa]

Hey Guys,

Well I found at least one issue.
The WMI Provider Host had high CPU usage.
I opened event viewer and found some of the issues.
I had EaseUS Backup program and it filled the Event logs with errors, lots of errors.
I have since uninstalled it and computer is a bit faster while in one game not sure about the rest yet.

I will keep searching and watching cpu usage but I hope that one fix was the issue.
SFC /scannow came back clean when run from safe mode.

Anyways just wanted to update my post.
Thanks for your time.
Gren

 

[Digerati]

While Kaspersky is excellent at protecting systems, some users have reported it hogs resources. I might suggest you temporarily uninstall it, make sure Windows Defender is enabled (it should automatically) then run with that and see what happens.

Did the problem start before or after you upgraded from MBAM 2.x to Malwarebytes 3.x?

Is your graphics driver current?

 

[GrenPa]

While Kaspersky is excellent at protecting systems, some users have reported it hogs resources. I might suggest you temporarily uninstall it, make sure Windows Defender is enabled (it should automatically) then run with that and see what happens.

Did the problem start before or after you upgraded from MBAM 2.x to Malwarebytes 3.x?

Is your graphics driver current?

Hello,

Sorry for the late reply not sure what happened but my first reply never made it.

So I found and fixed the issues and it was a combination of thing.

1st the WMI Provider host was using 20%+ of cpu usage and I found in windows 8.1 events logs dozens of errors every second.
I uninstalled 1 program as it did not help to update it.
Once the program was gone my WMI is now between 1% -3.7% cpu usage.
So the games run find now (or most) some there is server lag. Which I have reported to the companies who run the servers.

But as of now almost all games are back to 100%.
I can play again with no lag or freezing.

Thanks for the tip on Kaspersky I will keep that in mind if issue comes back.

Thanks again for the help.
Gren

 

[Digerati]

Thanks for the tip on Kaspersky I will keep that in mind if issue comes back.

It is not Kaspersky alone that some times has these problems. Most if not all the commercial "suites" try to do more than they need to make them standout from the crowd. Many also have extra features most users don't need too. You can probably search on "_________ security program hogs resources" filling in the blank with AVG, Avira, BitDefender, or any other and you will find hits. The thing about Windows Defender is it is a basic anti-malware solution that is already built into Windows 8.1 and 10. And most people don't need more than a basic solution. At least not those who otherwise keep Windows and their apps current, don't partake in risky behavior like illegal filesharing via torrents or P2P sites, and are not "click happy" (haphazardly click on downloads, pop-ups, attachments, and links).

That said, regardless your primary security of choice, everyone should have a secondary scanner on hand just to make sure nothing sneaked by the primary, or the user - ALWAYS the weakest link in security. I like Malwarebytes for that, and you already have that so you indeed, good to go.

Thanks for the followup! :)