Dark Souls II · Clean session · 59 FPS · 4 stutters (6 slow frames including 3 freezes) · @Stimi

Shared session

By @Stimi

Dark Souls II

Sep 23, 2026, 07:09 PM · 4 min · 1 min gameplay

Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10700K CPU @ 3.80GHz · NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 · 31 GB RAM · 1920x1080 · driver 616.64Windowed

Detected by: system event · End: the game closed

Key takeaways

What stands out in this session

Smooth session

The time lost to stutters stays below the threshold.

4 stutters (6 slow frames including 3 freezes) · 1.4 s lost

Main cause: Game computation (6 occurrences). The worst stretch cost 560 ms of lost frames.

CPU limited

The processor did most of the work on 100% of the frames: it is the limit, not the graphics card.

Performance

FPS, lows and stutter breakdown

Frame timing

1 min active / 4 min total

Average FPS

Session average

1% low

Average of the worst 1% of frames

0.1% low

Extreme micro-stutters

Frame p99

18.6 ms

Time per frame, in the slowest 1%

Time of each frame (ms) over the session — higher = longer frame. Red dots = frames that clearly break away from the pace of this session.

Slow frames (6)

1.4 s lost

Game computation6(1.4 s)

System state

CPU, GPU, VRAM averages and temperatures

Game CPU

GPU

CPU temp max

62°

48° on average

GPU temp max

54°

52° 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 52 °CCPU fan max 803 RPMGPU fan max 1,003 RPMCPU power avg. 54 WGPU power avg. 100 WHottest core #4 · 62 °C

CPU limited

The processor did most of the work on 100% of the frames: it is the limit, not the graphics card.

VRAM peak

3.0 GB

VRAM evictions

Input lag p99

37.5 ms