Computer started running excruciatingly slow all the sudden.

My computer all the sudden started working really slowly for even the smallest of tasks.
literally anything I do now is excruciatingly slow. Opening chrome, opening file explorer, typing, even drawing the selection boxes on the desktop. The mouse moves smooth though still.

windows version: 1909 os build 18363.1016


I havent updated anything recently or installed anything recently.

I did some trouble shooting myself but all of it passed:
windows memory test
intels cpu test
msi afterburner on my video card.

I did this from posting over in bsod:
resources.rar

dalchina said:

Hi, have you just had an update of any sort? Check your Update History, including Drivers at the bottom.

Not that I know of. Some stuff installed as part of some troubleshooting I did.

dalchina said:

Please post appropriate screenshots of your task manager illustrating this thus:

I am not sure what exactly you are asking from task manager i apologize.

dalchina said:

How much free space do you have on C: ?

500gb

dalchina said:

If you boot to Safe Mode, is there is a change in responsiveness?

I didnt try give me a bit

dalchina said:

I asked you to
Check your Update History, including Drivers at the bottom.

I am very confused?! At the bottom of what? the task manager?

It seems to me that it is still sluggish in safemode. It takes about 1-2 seconds for me to even open a file explorer window and I get to watch it load each part individually.

first the window border loads, then the search bar and a rectangle in the middle (where the files show) then they all pop up at once, then it flashes white for a just a hair of a moment, then i can finally interact with it.

dalchina said:

Which of your PCs is slow?

Mother board: ASUS STRX z390-e Gaming

CPU: c oc to 5.0 ghz

CPU Heatsinc: H100i rgb platinum water cooling

Ram: 2x 16gb Gskill RGB D4 2400 oc to 4000

PSU: EVGA Supernova 850 Gold2 80g

GPU: EVGA GTX 1080 Ti FTW3 11gig

SSD: 250gb Samsung + 1tb m.2 samsung + 1tb Samsung

HDD: 2x 1tb WD black

dalchina said:

Begins to suggest something related to graphics, but you see the same slowness even in Safe
Mode.

And while plugged into the onboard as well. Because thats one of the things I tried before posting here.








Lastly if it is of interest as part of a troubleshooting for audio popping and tearing, I downloaded LatencyMon. I had bad results back then but now my audio tearing is FAR FAR worse than it was so i decided i would run it again. Now im getting bonkers levels of lag reported from LatencyMon. And from totally different processes than before this issue started.



I will report with the score in just a few.