[Darryl Ramm]

Looking at CPU utilization is not likely to tell you much , and it's low as expected with no plugins instantiated. The #CPU comment was more a general suggestion for large CPU hungry sessions.

TI FireWire chipset is good and the main question I had. A Sandra report would still be nice. Just download the Sandra installer and move to your DAW PC and you can copy back the Sandra report or copy and paste the text you need into any app.

Recheck *every* optimization is done, no Bluetooth, no WiFi, unplug every USB and FireWire device you can, etc. etc, every last thing done while you troubleshoot. You already likely know the community does not have lots of coverage on these AMD processors and chipsets so you are somewhat on your own. Competition is good and I hope we see lots more folks playing with the new AMD Rizen and Threadripper (but lack of Thunderbolt support is a issue for me).