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Originally Posted by MightyMosaic

I have been experiencing Allot of issues with this machine and protools since I bought it. This is back when my thought process was " Its expensive and powerful so it will do the job flawlessly" lol.. haha Live and learn i guess.. Now im starting to understand how specific things must be with a protools machine. Long story short here is my sandra report and i would appreciate it if one of you Gurus will give me and idea on what to replace or if i should just build a brand new machine Thanks in advance. ( im slowly going crazzy over this haha)

SiSoftware Sandra

Computer
Model : OEM To Be Filled By O.E.M.
Workgroup : WORKGROUP
Host Name : M-PC
User : M

Processor
Model : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600K CPU @ 3.40GHz
Speed : 3.7GHz
Cores per Processor : 4 Unit(s)
Threads per Core : 2 Unit(s)
Type : Quad-Core
Integrated Data Cache : 4x 32kB, Synchronous, Write-Thru, 8-way, 64 byte line size, 2 threads sharing
L2 Cache : 4x 256kB, ECC, Synchronous, ATC, 8-way, 64 byte line size, 2 threads sharing
L3 Cache : 8MB, ECC, Synchronous, ATC, 16-way, Exclusive, 64 byte line size, 16 threads sharing

Computer
Mainboard : ASRock P67 Extreme4
BIOS : AMI (OEM) P1.60 02/18/2011
Bus(es) : X-Bus PCI PCIe IMB USB FireWire/1394 i2c/SMBus
Multi-Processor (MP) Support : No
Multi-Processor Advanced PIC (APIC) : Yes
Total Memory : 8GB DIMM DDR3

Chipset
Model : ASRock Core (Sandy Bridge) DRAM Controller
Front Side Bus Speed : 100MHz
Total Memory : 8GB DIMM DDR3
Channels : 2
Memory Bus Speed : 2x 667MHz (1.33GHz)

Memory Module(s)
Memory Module : Corsair CML8GX3M2A1600C9 4GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-12800U DDR3-1600 (9-9-9-24 5-34-10-5)
Memory Module : Corsair CML8GX3M2A1600C9 4GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-12800U DDR3-1600 (9-9-9-24 5-34-10-5)

Video System
Video Adapter : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 (480 SM5.0 1.6GHz, 1.3GB, PCIe 2.00 x16)
Video Adapter : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 (480 SM5.0 1.6GHz, 1.3GB, PCIe 2.00 x16)

Graphics Processor
OpenCL Processor : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 (480SP 15C 1.6GHz, 1.3GB)
Compute Shader Processor : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 (480SP 1.6GHz, 1.3GB)
CUDA Processor : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 (480SP 15C 1.6GHz, 1.3GB)

Storage Devices
WDC WD1600HLFS-75G6U1 (160GB, SATA300, 3.5", 10000rpm, 16MB Cache) : 149GB (C:)
WD My Book 1140 2TB (USB) : 2TB (K:)
WD My Book 1140 2TB (USB) : 2TB (L:)
Generic STORAGE DEVICE-6 (USB) : N/A (F:)
Generic STORAGE DEVICE-6 (USB) : N/A (G:)
Generic STORAGE DEVICE-6 (USB) : N/A (H:)
Generic STORAGE DEVICE-6 (USB) : N/A (I:)
TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S223L (SATA150, DVD+-RW, CD-RW, 2MB Cache) : N/A (D:)
TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S223C (SATA150, DVD+-RW, CD-RW, 2MB Cache) : N/A (E:)
DTSOFT BDROM () : 8GB (J:)

Logical Storage Devices
Hard Disk (C:) : 149GB (NTFS) @ WDC WD1600HLFS-75G6U1 (160GB, SATA300, 3.5", 10000rpm, 16MB Cache)
My Book (K:) : 2TB (NTFS) @ WD My Book 1140 2TB (USB)
My Book (L:) : 2TB (NTFS) @ WD My Book 1140 2TB (USB)
Removable Drive (F:) : N/A @ Generic STORAGE DEVICE-6 (USB)
Removable Drive (G:) : N/A @ Generic STORAGE DEVICE-6 (USB)
Removable Drive (H:) : N/A @ Generic STORAGE DEVICE-6 (USB)
Removable Drive (I:) : N/A @ Generic STORAGE DEVICE-6 (USB)
Optical Drive (D:) : N/A @ TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S223L (SATA150, DVD+-RW, CD-RW, 2MB Cache)
Optical Drive (E:) : N/A @ TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S223C (SATA150, DVD+-RW, CD-RW, 2MB Cache)
Reason 5 (J:) : 8GB (UDF) @ DTSOFT BDROM ()

Peripherals
LPC Hub Controller 1 : ASRock Cougar Point LPC Controller
LPC Legacy Controller 1 : T0 C3-33
Audio Device : ASRock Cougar Point High Definition Audio Controller
Audio Codec : Realtek Semi High Definition Audio
Audio Device : EVGA GF110 High Definition Audio Controller
Audio Codec : nVidia Riva 128 Graphics Accelerator [NV3]
Audio Codec : 1 0001h
Audio Codec : 1 0001h
Serial Port(s) : 1
Disk Controller : ASRock Cougar Point 4 port SATA IDE Controller
Disk Controller : ASRock Cougar Point 2 port SATA IDE Controller
Disk Controller : ASRock 88SE91A0 SATA-600 Controller
USB Controller 1 : ASRock Cougar Point USB Enhanced Host Controller #2
USB Controller 2 : ASRock Cougar Point USB Enhanced Host Controller #1
USB Controller 3 : ASRock Etron USB 3.0 Extensible Host Controller
USB Controller 4 : ASRock Etron USB 3.0 Extensible Host Controller
FireWire/1394 Controller 1 : NEC uPD72874 IEEE1394 OHCI 1.1 3-port PHY-Link Ctrlr
FireWire/1394 Controller 2 : ASRock VT6315 Series Firewire Controller
SMBus/i2c Controller 1 : Intel ICH SMBus

Printers and Faxes
Printer : Microsoft XPS Document Writer (600x600, Colour)
Fax : Microsoft Shared Fax Driver (200x200)

Peripherals

Network Services
Network Adapter : Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller (Ethernet, 100Mbps)

Power Management
Mains (AC) Line Status : On-Line

Operating System
Windows System : Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 6.01.7601 (Service Pack 1)
Platform Compliance : x64

Windows Experience Index
Current System : 5.9

Can you be specific on problems??

my take:
your motherboard, while may be fine is not a tested board among us. cant verify it as good or bad.

your hard drive situation concerns me. your C: drive seems to be a WD raptor 10,000 rpm. the problem is that it is a 16 mb cache drive. for our needs, 32-64mb cache drives are better performers, especially when using vi's that stream samples.

are you recording to the usb drive then?? this could be part of the problem

are your vid card drivers updated?? this can be the source of problems.

Ram: you could be causing issues by only using 2 of your 4 ram channels. best performance is by feeding ram separately to each channel. in other words, install your ram in 4 stick sets.

i would look into updating the bios.

these are my initial thoughts.