Counter-Strike 2 · Bad session · 399 FPS · 7 stutters (30 slow frames including 18 freezes) · @kleiN

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Counter-Strike 2

Sep 22, 2026, 08:57 AM · 8 min · 2 min gameplay

Very erratic framerate (73% drop) — a serious cause to investigate.

AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 8-Core Processor · MSI GeForce RTX 4080 Ventus 3X OC 16GB · 46 GB RAM · 2560x1440 · driver 616.64Windowed

Detected by: system event · End: the game closed

Key takeaways

What stands out in this session

Bad session

Very erratic framerate (73% drop) — a serious cause to investigate.

7 stutters (30 slow frames including 18 freezes) · 9.2 s lost

Main cause: Game computation (20 occurrences). The worst stretch cost 3.5 s of lost frames.

GPU limited

The graphics card set the pace on 89% of the frames: it is the limit, a faster processor would change nothing.

Performance

FPS, lows and stutter breakdown

Frame timing

2 min active / 8 min total

Average FPS

399

Session average

1% low

107

Average of the worst 1% of frames

0.1% low

Extreme micro-stutters

Frame p99

6.3 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 (30)

9.2 s lost

Game computation20(7.3 s)

Drive loading7(1.3 s)

Graphics load3(0.6 s)

System state

CPU, GPU, VRAM averages and temperatures

Game CPU

10%

GPU

34%

CPU temp max

68°

55° on average

GPU temp max

64°

53° 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 51 °CCPU fan max 4,095 RPMGPU fan max 1,206 RPMCPU power avg. 66 WGPU power avg. 75 W

GPU limited

The graphics card set the pace on 89% of the frames: it is the limit, a faster processor would change nothing.

VRAM peak

7.6 GB

VRAM evictions

Input lag p99

127.7 ms

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