Valorant · Rough session · 291 FPS · 106 stutters (174 slow frames including 63 freezes) · @Badlands

Shared session

By @Badlands

Valorant

Oct 18, 2026, 02:28 PM · 1h 24min · 78 min gameplay

Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-14900KF · Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4090 · 63 GB RAM · 3840x2160 · driver 617.42Exclusive fullscreen

Detected by: system event · End: the game closed

Key takeaways

Rough session

Stutters cost a noticeable share of the playtime.

106 stutters (174 slow frames including 63 freezes) · 17.2 s lost

Main cause: Game computation. The worst stretch cost 4.5 s of lost frames.

Pace set by the processor

The processor set the pace on 100% of the frames: it decides how many frames per second you get, not the graphics card.

Performance

FPS, lows and stutter breakdown

Frame timing

78 min active / 84 min total

Average FPS

291

Session average

1% low

160

Average of the worst 1% of frames

0.1% low

Average of the worst 0.1% of frames

Frame p99

4.9 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 (174)

17.2 s lost

Game computation50(4.1 s)

Breakdown of the first 50 stutters.

System state

CPU, GPU, VRAM averages and temperatures

Game CPU

11%

GPU

22%

CPU temp max

64°

52° on average

GPU temp max

43°

40° 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 46 °CCPU fan max 1,063 RPMGPU fan max 1,002 RPMCPU power avg. 70 WGPU power avg. 102 WHottest core #5 · 64 °C

Measurement conditions

V-Sync: off
Loading hitches excluded: 19
Measurement cost: 0.3% of the processor

Pace set by the processor

The processor set the pace on 100% of the frames: it decides how many frames per second you get, not the graphics card.

VRAM peak

5.7 GB

Input lag p99

5.6 ms

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