I recently replaced my system after accidentally spilling a couple drops of energy drink on the motherboard. The new build has an MSI PRO B850-P WIFI motherboard, Ryzen 7 9800X3D, GTX 5060 Ti, 32GB of DDR5-6000 CL36 memory, a new CPU liquid cooler, and a Corsair 700–750W power supply. I cannot afford to replace the graphics card with a higher-end model, so I'm looking for ways to troubleshoot and optimize the hardware I already own.
Windows was freshly installed, the BIOS was flashed and updated, and I reinstalled the drivers. However, games such as Monster Hunter Wilds and Ghost Recon Wildlands are only reaching roughly 50–60 FPS even with many settings at medium. More seriously, the entire desktop constantly micro-stutters. Typing can take three to five seconds to appear, and the system feels increasingly sluggish.
I've tried numerous BIOS tweaks without improvement. The GPU reaches 100% usage in Wildlands, but the performance still seems much worse than my previous Ryzen 5 5600X and RTX 3060 system. Could a missing chipset driver, storage issue, BIOS memory setting, incorrect installation, or another hardware problem explain both the poor gaming performance and the severe desktop stuttering?
4 Answers
Install the current AMD chipset drivers for the B850 platform rather than relying only on Windows Update. Also check the motherboard support page for the latest versions. After that, enable EXPO so the memory runs at its rated speed, and verify that UCLK is set to match the memory clock when that option is available. These settings will not turn the 5060 Ti into a high-end card, but missing chipset drivers or very slow memory can cause platform-wide performance problems.
If you reused an SSD or NVMe drive from the old computer, test the system with a known-good drive or check the drive’s health and temperatures. A failing or heavily throttled drive can cause long input delays, desktop hitching, and game stutter. Also confirm that Windows is installed on the intended drive and that the system drive has plenty of free space.
I know I have SSDs, but I’m not sure which one is an NVMe drive. I’ll check the drive model and health rather than assuming the storage is fine.
The desktop delay is more concerning than the game frame rate. Before changing more BIOS options, open Task Manager or Resource Monitor while the problem is happening and watch CPU, GPU, memory, disk activity, temperatures, and clock speeds. A drive stuck at 100%, a CPU or GPU thermal throttle, a background Windows process, or a driver problem could explain the system-wide stuttering. A clean boot and a clean graphics-driver reinstall can help rule out software conflicts.
Make sure the graphics card is fully seated in the primary PCIe slot and has every required power connector attached directly from the power supply. Check that the monitor cable is connected to the graphics card, not the motherboard, and verify in GPU-Z or Windows that the installed card is actually the expected 5060 Ti. If the GPU is pegged at 100%, that can simply mean it is the performance limit in that particular game, but it does not explain multi-second typing delays by itself.
I enabled EXPO, but I’m not familiar with UCLK or the matching memory-clock setting, so I’ll check that. The GPU reaches 100% usage in Wildlands even when I’m not using high settings, which still seems abnormal compared with my old 3060.