Counter-Strike 2 · Rough session · 462 FPS · 26 stutters (60 slow frames including 9 freezes) · @kleiN

Shared session

Counter-Strike 2

Oct 12, 2026, 10:50 AM · 9 min · 8 min gameplay

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

Detected by: system event · End: the game closed

Key takeaways

Rough session

Stutters cost a noticeable share of the playtime.

26 stutters (60 slow frames including 9 freezes) · 5.5 s lost

Main cause: CPU taken over (23 occurrences). The worst stretch cost 1.8 s of lost frames.

Pace set by the graphics card

The graphics card set the pace on 77% of the frames: the usual situation for an uncapped game.

Performance

FPS, lows and stutter breakdown

Frame timing

8 min active / 9 min total

Average FPS

462

Session average

1% low

126

Average of the worst 1% of frames

0.1% low

Average of the worst 0.1% of frames

Frame p99

6.9 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 (60)

5.5 s lost

CPU taken over23(1.1 s)

Drive loading22(1.5 s)

VRAM overloaded8(2.2 s)

Not enough RAM4(0.8 s)

Game computation3(0.3 s)

System state

CPU, GPU, VRAM averages and temperatures

Game CPU

22%

GPU

68%

CPU temp max

75°

68° on average

GPU temp max

64°

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 54 °CCPU fan max 4,166 RPMGPU fan max 1,255 RPMCPU power avg. 104 WGPU power avg. 140 W

Measurement conditions

V-Sync: off
Loading hitches excluded: 14
Measurement cost: 69.4% of the processor

Pace set by the graphics card

The graphics card set the pace on 77% of the frames: the usual situation for an uncapped game.

VRAM peak

15.6 GB

Input lag p99

170.3 ms

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