Dark Souls II · Bad session · 21 FPS · 24 stutters (890 slow frames including 605 freezes) · @Stimi

Shared session

By @Stimi

Dark Souls II

Sep 22, 2026, 10:42 PM · 16 min · 5 min gameplay

Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10700K CPU @ 3.80GHz · RTX 3080 FE · 31 GB RAM · 2560x1440 · driver 616.64Windowed

Detected by: system event · End: the game closed

Key takeaways

Bad session

Stutters cost a noticeable share of the playtime.

24 stutters (890 slow frames including 605 freezes) · 186.1 s lost

Main cause: Game computation. The worst stretch cost 39.6 s of lost frames.

Pace set by the processor

The processor set the pace on 79% of the frames: it decides how many frames per second you get, not the graphics card.

Performance

FPS, lows and stutter breakdown

Frame timing

5 min active / 16 min total

Average FPS

Session average

1% low

Average of the worst 1% of frames

0.1% low

Average of the worst 0.1% of frames

Frame p99

552.6 ms

Time per frame, in the slowest 1%

Worst frame of each slice (ms) over the session: on this older session, the line traces each slice’s maximum, not the usual pace. Red dots = frames that clearly break from the session’s pace.

Slow frames (890)

186.1 s lost

Game computation500(117.2 s)

Breakdown of the first 500 stutters.

System state

CPU, GPU, VRAM averages and temperatures

Game CPU

GPU

15%

CPU temp max

59°

46° on average

GPU temp max

59°

56° 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 53 °CCPU fan max 832 RPMGPU fan max 1,004 RPMCPU power avg. 52 WGPU power avg. 112 WHottest core #5 · 60 °C

Pace set by the processor

The processor set the pace on 79% of the frames: it decides how many frames per second you get, not the graphics card.

VRAM peak

2.8 GB

Input lag p99

62.7 ms