Dark Souls II · Bad session · 46 FPS · 27 stutters (9888 slow frames including 11 freezes) · @Stimi

Shared session

By @Stimi

Dark Souls II

Sep 25, 2026, 04:58 AM · 2h 49min · 148 min gameplay

Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10700K CPU @ 3.80GHz · NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 · 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.

27 stutters (9888 slow frames including 11 freezes) · 575.3 s lost

Main cause: Game computation. The worst stretch cost 284.8 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

148 min active / 169 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

68.2 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 (9888)

575.3 s lost

Game computation497(29.8 s)

Drive loading2(0.1 s)

Cause not identified1(0.1 s)

Breakdown of the first 500 stutters.

System state

CPU, GPU, VRAM averages and temperatures

Game CPU

GPU

65%

CPU temp max

62°

48° on average

GPU temp max

65°

63° 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 55 °CCPU fan max 848 RPMGPU fan max 1,213 RPMCPU power avg. 55 WGPU power avg. 152 WHottest core #6 · 63 °C

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

4.3 GB

Input lag p99

36.3 ms