Valorant · Rough session · 220 FPS · 29 stutters (64 slow frames including 34 freezes) · @Badlands

Shared session

By @Badlands

Valorant

Oct 27, 2026, 09:24 PM · 1h 57min · 14 min gameplay

Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-14900KF · NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 · 63 GB RAM · driver 621.01Exclusive fullscreen

Detected by: system event · End: the game closed

Key takeaways

Rough session

Stutters cost a noticeable share of the playtime.

29 stutters (64 slow frames including 34 freezes) · 16.0 s lost

Main cause: Game computation. The worst stretch cost 3.0 s of lost frames.

Pace set by the processor

The processor set the pace on 99% of the frames: it decides how many frames per second you get, not the graphics card.

Performance

FPS, lows and stutter breakdown

Frame timing

14 min active / 117 min total

Average FPS

220

Session average

1% low

147

Average of the worst 1% of frames

0.1% low

Average of the worst 0.1% of frames

Frame p99

5.2 ms

Time per frame, in the slowest 1%

Median frame time of each slice (ms) over the session. Red dots = slowest frame of a slice, when it clearly breaks from the session’s pace.

Slow frames (64)

16.0 s lost

Game computation47(13.5 s)

Cause not identified3(0.1 s)

Breakdown of the first 50 stutters.

System state

CPU, GPU, VRAM averages and temperatures

Game CPU

GPU

CPU temp max

71°

55° on average

GPU temp max

41°

37° on average

Processor · Graphics card over the session, peak of each slice. The dashed lines are the thresholds of the thermal summary.

Advanced sensors (PawnIO driver)

VRM max 44 °CCPU fan max 1,243 RPMGPU fan max 1,004 RPMCPU power avg. 94 WGPU power avg. 91 WHottest core #4 · 71 °C

Measurement conditions

V-Sync: off
Loading hitches excluded: 42
Measurement cost: 0.2% of the processor

Pace set by the processor

The processor set the pace on 99% of the frames: it decides how many frames per second you get, not the graphics card.

VRAM peak

4.7 GB

Input lag p99

10.8 ms

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