My games have had micro stutter and or Random pauses

Hi Dermeister

That's fine.
Always best to be cautious.

That's fine then, if you do use it regularly.
So leave them as they are.

That really isn't a good trade off ....... your computer security for the sake of a game!

As this problem doesn't seem to be malware related, you may be right about the graphics card/HDD.
Are you running a standard HDD or an SSD?

What are you looking at..... 960 or 1080

 

Then checking it is a good place to start.
Seagate have a tool for this: SeaTools for Windows

There's a tutorial on how to use it here if you want it: How to use SeaTools for Windows


or running CHKDSK on the drive will give you a quick check .... although it's not as thorough'

• Open File Explorer.
• Click on This PC.
• Right-click the Hard Disk you wish to run CHKDSK on.(Normally C )
• Click on Properties
• Click on the Tools tab
  Click Check under Error Checking.

I was actually looking at getting a 1TB SSD drive, but the cost here in England put me off as well.

I run the GTX 960 which is fine for my needs, but a friend at work has just bought the GTX 1080 and was amazed at how good it was.... but then he's an avid Gamer (I'm not).

 

We can now say that the issue is not caused by any adware/malware.
So we'll remove the tools used and finish off.
I'll split the last few posts away to a topic of its own in the Gaming forum.
Someone else may have some ideas for you.

FRST can now be removed:

Right click on the FRST icon and select delete.
Right click on any fixlog.txt or fixlist.txt files and select delete.
Navigate to: C:\frst and delete the frst folder

To remove AdwCleaner

Restart AdwCleaner ... click on the Uninstall button from the main screen.
This will remove all the files created and the program.

Safe surfing.