PC Randomly Started Dropping Frames In Games

[AysheHot]

I have an HP Pavilion 15 Laptop. I've had this laptop for about 2 years now. Ever since I've had it, I've been able to run games smoothly and at a stable fps. About a month ago, it randomly started dropping frames in every game I play. I mostly play Smite, which doesn't require a high end pc to run well. I've always played the game at around 120-140 fps at maximum settings. And now the game barely reaches 110 fps (even at very low settings) and every few seconds it drops very low sometimes all the way down to 10 fps. I've tried defragging my ssd, checking my memory for any problems with a tool I got online, I have updated, uninstalled, and reinstalled the gpu drives, also opened up the laptop to clean it out and check for any damaged components. I've unlocked all my cores, changed my nvidia settings, I keep it plugged to the wall, and also checking the temperatures. I've even gone out to get a complete fresh install of windows 10. I have not been able to find anything about what could be causing this problem. I would appreciate any suggestions or tips.

 

[Bruce]

here is my standard reply regarding FPS issues...

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
• pause any online cloud storage synchronising (OneDrive, DropBox)

CCleaner or Glary Disk Cleaner or the inbuilt cleanmgr command can do most of those points.
ShutUp10 by O&O Software can stop a lot of telemetry items.
other things to try;

• create another user account and login under that profile
• check for firmware updates for modem/router and PC BIOS

do a web speed check - go to www.speedtest.net and post the results.
has there been any changes in the time frame that the FPS rates have dropped?
like new software or hardware, or extra users on the network?

 

[Bruce]

@AysheHot - any progress?

 

[Rustys]

Due to lack of response for the original poster closed