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Horrible Lag
- Thread starter Maximus
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probably going to need a bit more info to work with. 
let's get your complete PC specs.
get Speccy from here; https://www.piriform.com/speccy/builds
in Speccy, click File > Publish Snapshot > Copy to Clipboard > Close.
now you can paste (Ctrl+V) that link into a post.
One component Speccy doesn’t cover is the Power Supply Unit, so please also include the make/model of the PSU.
let's get your complete PC specs.
get Speccy from here; https://www.piriform.com/speccy/builds
in Speccy, click File > Publish Snapshot > Copy to Clipboard > Close.
now you can paste (Ctrl+V) that link into a post.
One component Speccy doesn’t cover is the Power Supply Unit, so please also include the make/model of the PSU.
http://speccy.piriform.com/results/bQLknzN5x58p2dCdY3VSF1h Is this it?probably going to need a bit more info to work with.
let's get your complete PC specs.
get Speccy from here; https://www.piriform.com/speccy/builds
in Speccy, click File > Publish Snapshot > Copy to Clipboard > Close.
now you can paste (Ctrl+V) that link into a post.
One component Speccy doesn’t cover is the Power Supply Unit, so please also include the make/model of the PSU.
Speccy shows;
are the games online/networked or stand-alone/local play?
if online, see if the lag also happens when offline?
- a lot of scheduled tasks. go into Task Scheduler and disable them all - they can always be re-enabled later
- remove Avast. simply no need for any extra AV software these days. the built-in MS Defender software has been ranked as good or better than all the other companies software by numerous independent tests
- remove Drive Booster. any driver update program should be avoided at all cost. they are simply crap, and have no benefit over just using Windows Updates
- check the ASUS website for any BIOS updates
- free space on C:\ drive is down to 18%, try and reclaim some space if you can
- any reason why your network DNS IP is set to 1.1.1.1 ?
are the games online/networked or stand-alone/local play?
if online, see if the lag also happens when offline?
Okay so I went into task scheduler and disabled everything, removed Avast, also removed Drive Booster. I'm a little confused on the ASUS website BIOS update (don't know how to get there), I freed up as much space as I can, and there is no specific reason why my DNS IP is set to 1.1.1.1. Logged into another account to see if the lag was still there and it was, and the games that I play are online.
Disable windows 10 spyware with O&O software, this can chew up bandwidth while you game as microsoft is constantly uploading various data from your machine.
Disable windows update, and only enable it once a week to update on your terms not whenever microsoft feels you need an update.
Uninstall Useless to you windows apps with O&O App buster.
Open a notepad and copy the content of the code box below, paste into open notepad and save it to your desktop as clean.bat then right click on clean.bat and run as admin.
Note: Do not copy the word code.
Note: This batch will reboot your machine so close anything you are working on and save it.
Disable windows update, and only enable it once a week to update on your terms not whenever microsoft feels you need an update.
Uninstall Useless to you windows apps with O&O App buster.
Open a notepad and copy the content of the code box below, paste into open notepad and save it to your desktop as clean.bat then right click on clean.bat and run as admin.
Note: Do not copy the word code.
Note: This batch will reboot your machine so close anything you are working on and save it.
Code:
@echo off
WMIC /Namespace:\\root\default Path SystemRestore Call CreateRestorePoint "BatchRestorePoint", 100, 10
fsutil resource setautoreset true c:\&fsutil usn deletejournal /d /n c:
netsh advfirewall reset
netsh advfirewall set allprofiles state On
wmic nicconfig where (IPEnabled=TRUE) call SetDNSServerSearchOrder ("76.76.19.19", "1.1.1.1")
%WINDIR%\SYSTEM32\lodctr.exe /R
%WINDIR%\SysWOW64\lodctr.exe /R
C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\lodctr.exe /R
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\lodctr.exe /R
Dism.exe /online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup
pause
DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth
pause
Dism.exe /online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup /ResetBase
pause
del /s /q C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\download\*.*
del /s /q "%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Cache\*.*"
del /s /q "%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Opera Software\Opera Stable\Cache\Cache_Data\*.*"
del /s /q "%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Cache\*.*"
del /s /q "%userprofile%\AppData\Local\temp\*.*"
del /f /s /q %systemdrive%\*.tmp
del /f /s /q %systemdrive%\*.log
del /f /s /q %systemdrive%\*.chk
del /f /s /q %systemdrive%\recycled\*.*
del /f /s /q %windir%\*.bak
del /f /s /q %windir%\prefetch\*.*
ipconfig /flushdns
sc stop sysmain
sc config sysmain start= disabled
sc stop DiagTrack
sc config DiagTrack start= disabled
sc stop dmwappushservice
sc config dmwappushservice start= disabled
sc stop WSearch
sc config WSearch start= disabled
sc stop lfsvc
sc config lfsvc start= disabled
del /s /q %ProgramData%\Microsoft\Diagnosis\ETLLogs\AutoLogger\AutoLogger-Diagtrack-Listener.etl
reg add HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\SQMClient\parameters /v DisabledComponents /t REG_DWORD /d 0xFFFFFFFF
reg add hklm\system\currentcontrolset\services\tcpip6\parameters /v DisabledComponents /t REG_DWORD /d 0xFFFFFFFF
sfc /scannow
pause
shutdown -r
Exit /B
A couple more suggestions for easy tweaks that go along with what Bruce suggested:
1. Try running the following programs, also try to keep at least 20-25% of your disks as free space.
Run Disk Cleanup (check all the boxes) this will delete things such as your recycling bin, so make sure you don't have any files you want to keep.
Run Defragment and Optimize Drives, run this on your drives.
2. Disable any overclocking or changes to power/performance settings
Turn off XMP/any overclocking you may have done (if any)
Settings > System > Power and sleep > Additional power settings
Make sure your power plan is set to balanced, anything else could tamper with the wrong settings and cause issues.
3. Check for Operating System Corruption
Right click on the Windows logo in the bottom left and select Windows Powershell (Admin)
Run these three commands separately:
sfc /scannow
Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth
Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth
These will take a while to run, do not close out of Powershell while they are running, if one fails then move onto the next and then loop back around.
Note: It doesn't hurt to make a system backup before you make all these changes, save any important files of folders. While these changes shouldn't cause any issues, better to be safe than sorry.
4. Unplug unnecessary devices.
If you have a gamepad, extra monitor, external hard drive/flash drive, or anything that is not essential to using the computer plugged in, unplug it. You should be left with your monitor, mouse and keyboard.
Once you have completed all of these tasks, restart it (using the restart option in the power menu) and re-test.
1. Try running the following programs, also try to keep at least 20-25% of your disks as free space.
Run Disk Cleanup (check all the boxes) this will delete things such as your recycling bin, so make sure you don't have any files you want to keep.
Run Defragment and Optimize Drives, run this on your drives.
2. Disable any overclocking or changes to power/performance settings
Turn off XMP/any overclocking you may have done (if any)
Settings > System > Power and sleep > Additional power settings
Make sure your power plan is set to balanced, anything else could tamper with the wrong settings and cause issues.
3. Check for Operating System Corruption
Right click on the Windows logo in the bottom left and select Windows Powershell (Admin)
Run these three commands separately:
sfc /scannow
Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth
Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth
These will take a while to run, do not close out of Powershell while they are running, if one fails then move onto the next and then loop back around.
Note: It doesn't hurt to make a system backup before you make all these changes, save any important files of folders. While these changes shouldn't cause any issues, better to be safe than sorry.
4. Unplug unnecessary devices.
If you have a gamepad, extra monitor, external hard drive/flash drive, or anything that is not essential to using the computer plugged in, unplug it. You should be left with your monitor, mouse and keyboard.
Once you have completed all of these tasks, restart it (using the restart option in the power menu) and re-test.
FPS drops are not my thing per say, as I'm not a gamer.
all I can add is if you have your PC as lean and clean as you can make it, that's part of the battle.
sadly, the other parts may be outside your control like; number of users of your network, bandwidth, line attenuation, signal to noise ratio, etc.
but things you can control are;
• reboot modem/router/pc
• delete restore points
• turn off hibernation
• empty web browser cache
• delete system temp files
• scan Windows for system corruption
• scan drive for file corruption
• disable unwanted scheduled tasks
• disable unnecessary startup services
• disable scheduled defragging
• trim any SSD's
• turn off Timeline and Activity History, and all things Microsoft Telemetry based
• empty recycle bin
• delete log files and error reports
• remove old Windows Updates files
• cleanup software installer and distribution caches
• delete unwanted programs
• remove any browser extensions
• pause any online cloud storage synchronising (OneDrive, DropBox)
all I can add is if you have your PC as lean and clean as you can make it, that's part of the battle.
sadly, the other parts may be outside your control like; number of users of your network, bandwidth, line attenuation, signal to noise ratio, etc.
but things you can control are;
• reboot modem/router/pc
• delete restore points
• turn off hibernation
• empty web browser cache
• delete system temp files
• scan Windows for system corruption
• scan drive for file corruption
• disable unwanted scheduled tasks
• disable unnecessary startup services
• disable scheduled defragging
• trim any SSD's
• turn off Timeline and Activity History, and all things Microsoft Telemetry based
• empty recycle bin
• delete log files and error reports
• remove old Windows Updates files
• cleanup software installer and distribution caches
• delete unwanted programs
• remove any browser extensions
• pause any online cloud storage synchronising (OneDrive, DropBox)
can we have the name of the most played game
Did you change power to balanced
Do any of your games need Java
If not remove and test (can be reinstalled if needed)
Are you networked with cable or wifi
If wifi can you plug in a cable for testing
Did you change power to balanced
Do any of your games need Java
If not remove and test (can be reinstalled if needed)
Are you networked with cable or wifi
If wifi can you plug in a cable for testing
you need to include this information. if the PSU is not powerful and or decent manufacture made will cause failures.
See what happens when stop using the VPN. Which is where the 1.1.1.1 possibly came from. Which also is running in the background using some of the RAM all the iTop stuff.
iTop Screen Recorder Startup
iTop Screen Recorder UAC
iTop Screen Recorder Update
iTopVPN_Scheduler_Maximus
iTopVPN_SkipUAC_Maximus
iTopVPN_Update_Maximus
iTop Data Recovery SkipUAC (Maximus)
iTop Data Recovery Update
iTop Screen Recorder SkipUAC (Maximus)
8.00GB Single-Channel DDR4 (16-16-16-39)
suggest that you get another 8 GB for the system for it to run as dual channel you are currently getting half the speed capability of the ram.
Physical Memory
Memory Usage: 70 %
Total Physical: 7.93 GB
Available Physical: 2.36 GB
Slot #1
Type: DDR4
Size: 8192 MBytes
Manufacturer: Team Group Inc.
Max Bandwidth: DDR4-2400 (1200 MHz)
Hard drives WDC WDS240G2G0A-00JH30 (SSD)
Partition 2
Partition ID: Disk #0, Partition #2
Disk Letter: C:
File System: NTFS
Volume Serial Number: F6607021
Size: 222 GB
Used Space: 183 GB (82%)
Free Space: 39.1 GB (18%)
Now a days you have to have 30 percent of the drive available for windows to run properly plus 32 GB available for Windows to update. Then there is also reserved around 7-10 GB.
Your HDD is only a 240 GB, and you should consider a 500 GB.
Run another speccy report and include the MTB file form the Minitoolbox
Download MiniToolBox and save the file to the Desktop. Right click on the file and select Run as Admin
Close the browser and run the tool, check the following options.
Select all
Click on Go.
copy and paste the contents of the file called MTB.txt or attach the file to your next post.
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