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Should I update the chipset driver though? It dates back to 2019
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CONCLUSION
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Your system seems to be having difficulty handling real-time audio and other tasks. You may experience drop outs, clicks or pops due to buffer underruns. One or more DPC routines that belong to a driver running in your system appear to be executing for too long. At least one detected problem appears to be network related. In case you are using a WLAN adapter, try disabling it to get better results. 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 0:01:37 (h:mm:ss) on all processors.
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SYSTEM INFORMATION
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Computer name: LAPTOP-5VDOFTMS
OS version: Windows 10 , 10.0, build: 19041 (x64)
Hardware: Nitro AN515-54, Acer, CFL, Octavia_CFS
CPU: GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-9300H CPU @ 2.40GHz
Logical processors: 8
Processor groups: 1
RAM: 8029 MB total
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CPU SPEED
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Reported CPU speed: 240 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.
WARNING: the CPU speed that was measured is only a fraction of the CPU speed reported. Your CPUs may be throttled back due to variable speed settings and thermal issues. It is suggested that you run a utility which reports your actual CPU frequency and temperature.
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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): 1107.60
Average measured interrupt to process latency (µs): 13.520528
Highest measured interrupt to DPC latency (µs): 989.20
Average measured interrupt to DPC latency (µs): 7.958060
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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): 417.42250
Driver with highest ISR routine execution time: HDAudBus.sys - High Definition Audio Bus Driver, Microsoft Corporation
Highest reported total ISR routine time (%): 0.010913
Driver with highest ISR total time: HDAudBus.sys - High Definition Audio Bus Driver, Microsoft Corporation
Total time spent in ISRs (%) 0.015198
ISR count (execution time <250 µs): 12379
ISR count (execution time 250-500 µs): 0
ISR count (execution time 500-999 µs): 1
ISR count (execution time 1000-1999 µs): 0
ISR count (execution time 2000-3999 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): 1921.086667
Driver with highest DPC routine execution time: tcpip.sys - TCP/IP Driver, Microsoft Corporation
Highest reported total DPC routine time (%): 0.404554
Driver with highest DPC total execution time: nvlddmkm.sys - NVIDIA Windows Kernel Mode Driver, Version 451.48 , NVIDIA Corporation
Total time spent in DPCs (%) 0.912642
DPC count (execution time <250 µs): 402314
DPC count (execution time 250-500 µs): 0
DPC count (execution time 500-999 µs): 1069
DPC count (execution time 1000-1999 µs): 2
DPC count (execution time 2000-3999 µs): 0
DPC count (execution time >=4000 µs): 0
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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: epowerbutton_nb.exe
Total number of hard pagefaults 7639
Hard pagefault count of hardest hit process: 6391
Number of processes hit: 16
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PER CPU DATA
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CPU 0 Interrupt cycle time (s): 12.600584
CPU 0 ISR highest execution time (µs): 31.230
CPU 0 ISR total execution time (s): 0.000261
CPU 0 ISR count: 47
CPU 0 DPC highest execution time (µs): 1109.4450
CPU 0 DPC total execution time (s): 5.803779
CPU 0 DPC count: 298353
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CPU 1 Interrupt cycle time (s): 3.509108
CPU 1 ISR highest execution time (µs): 79.3650
CPU 1 ISR total execution time (s): 0.018283
CPU 1 ISR count: 2852
CPU 1 DPC highest execution time (µs): 620.73750
CPU 1 DPC total execution time (s): 0.640675
CPU 1 DPC count: 16127
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CPU 2 Interrupt cycle time (s): 2.140118
CPU 2 ISR highest execution time (µs): 187.154167
CPU 2 ISR total execution time (s): 0.064475
CPU 2 ISR count: 6643
CPU 2 DPC highest execution time (µs): 745.5750
CPU 2 DPC total execution time (s): 0.41890
CPU 2 DPC count: 17332
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CPU 3 Interrupt cycle time (s): 0.862396
CPU 3 ISR highest execution time (µs): 417.42250
CPU 3 ISR total execution time (s): 0.034934
CPU 3 ISR count: 2838
CPU 3 DPC highest execution time (µs): 619.386667
CPU 3 DPC total execution time (s): 0.049198
CPU 3 DPC count: 6215
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CPU 4 Interrupt cycle time (s): 0.443173
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): 217.380
CPU 4 DPC total execution time (s): 0.033295
CPU 4 DPC count: 7653
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CPU 5 Interrupt cycle time (s): 0.383482
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): 147.214167
CPU 5 DPC total execution time (s): 0.011259
CPU 5 DPC count: 4300
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CPU 6 Interrupt cycle time (s): 1.205201
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): 1921.086667
CPU 6 DPC total execution time (s): 0.118532
CPU 6 DPC count: 52756
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CPU 7 Interrupt cycle time (s): 0.352982
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): 261.941667
CPU 7 DPC total execution time (s): 0.007631
CPU 7 DPC count: 649
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