Cpu spikes 12.5

[stanonbass]

No crashes today but a lot of cpu spikes.

Slate vmr, reel tape, pro compressor and slate trigger running. Not a ton of plugs.

[stanonbass]

Window 7.

[TAMBOR]

Originally Posted by stanonbass

Window 7.

What is your CPU, # of cores, speed and amount of ram? SSD or spindles?

[stanonbass]

I73770k 16 gigs ddr3 1600

recording on a fresh seagate sata drive. Internal is an SSD.

I did some more optimizations that i had missed. Hopefully this helps a bit.

SiSoftware Sandra

ID
Host Name : stanonbass-PC
Workgroup : WORKGROUP

Computer
Model : GigaByte
Serial Number : To be fille***********
Chassis : GigaByte Desktop
Mainboard : GigaByte Z77-DS3H
Serial Number : To be fille***********
BIOS : AMI (OEM) F9 09/19/2012
Intel vPro : 8.01.00.1248
Total Memory : 16GB DIMM DDR3

Processors
Processor : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770K CPU @ 3.50GHz (4C 8T 3.5GHz, 3.5GHz IMC, 4x 256kB L2, 8MB L3)
Socket/Slot : FC LGA1155

Chipset
Memory Controller : Gigabyte Core (Ivy Bridge) DRAM Controller 100MHz, 2x 8GB DIMM DDR3 1.6GHz 128-bit

Memory Module(s)
Memory Module : Corsair CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 8GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-12800U DDR3-1600 (10-10-10-27 5-39-12-6)
Memory Module : Corsair CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 8GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-12800U DDR3-1600 (10-10-10-27 5-39-12-6)

Video System
Monitor/Panel : ELEFW408
(1920x1080, 40.2")
Video Adapter : AMD Radeon HD 5450 (2CU 80SP SM5.0 650MHz, 1GB DDR3 1GHz 64-bit, PCIe 2.00 x16)

Graphics Processor
OpenCL GP Processor : AMD Radeon HD 5450 (80SP 2C 650MHz, 1GB DDR3 1GHz 64-bit)
Compute Shader Processor : AMD Radeon HD 5450 (80SP 2C 650MHz, 1GB DDR3 1GHz 64-bit)
OpenGL Processor : AMD Radeon HD 5450 (80SP 2C 650MHz, 1GB DDR3 1GHz 64-bit)

Storage Devices
SanDisk SDSSDH2256G (256GB, SATA) : 238GB
SanDisk SDSSDX120GG25 (120GB, SATA) : 112GB
Crucial_CT240M500SSD1 (240GB, SATA600, 2.5", SSD, SED) : 224GB (C:)
Seagate ST1000DM003-1ER162 (1TB, SATA300/600, 3.5", 7200rpm) : 932GB (Z:)
WDC WD1001FALS-00J7B1 (1TB, SATA300, 3.5", 7200rpm, 32MB Cache) : 932GB (E:)
WDC WD30EZRZ-00Z5HB0 (3TB, USB3/SATA300/600, 3.5", 5400rpm, SED) : 3TB (H:)
TOSHIBA DT01ABA300 (3TB, USB3/SATA300/600, 3.5", 5940rpm, 22MB Cache) : 3TB (L:)
TOSHIBA MQ01UBD100 (1TB, USB2/SATA300, 2.5", 5400rpm, 8MB Cache) : 932GB (G:)
msi DVD-RW DH24AS (SATA, DVD+-RW, CD-RW) : N/A (D:)

Logical Storage Devices
System Reserved : 100MB (NTFS, 4kB) @ Crucial_CT240M500SSD1 (240GB, SATA600, 2.5", SSD, SED)
New Rec Drive (Z:) : 932GB (NTFS, 4kB) @ Seagate ST1000DM003-1ER162 (1TB, SATA300/600, 3.5", 7200rpm)
WRECDRIVE (E:) : 931GB (NTFS, 4kB) @ WDC WD1001FALS-00J7B1 (1TB, SATA300, 3.5", 7200rpm, 32MB Cache)
My Book (H:) : 3TB (NTFS, 4kB) @ WDC WD30EZRZ-00Z5HB0 (3TB, USB3/SATA300/600, 3.5", 5400rpm, SED)
TOSHIBA EXT (L:) : 3TB (NTFS, 4kB) @ TOSHIBA DT01ABA300 (3TB, USB3/SATA300/600, 3.5", 5940rpm, 22MB Cache)
TOSHIBA EXT (G:) : 931GB (NTFS, 4kB) @ TOSHIBA MQ01UBD100 (1TB, USB2/SATA300, 2.5", 5400rpm, 8MB Cache)
Hard Disk (C:) : 223GB (NTFS, 4kB) @ Crucial_CT240M500SSD1 (240GB, SATA600, 2.5", SSD, SED)
Optical Drive (D:) : N/A @ msi DVD-RW DH24AS (SATA, DVD+-RW, CD-RW)

Peripherals
LPC Hub Controller 1 : Gigabyte Panther Point LPC Controller
LPC Legacy Controller 1 : ITE IT8728F
Audio Device : Gigabyte Panther Point High Definition Audio Controller
Audio Device : AVID Tech Avid HDX
Serial Port(s) : 1
Disk Controller : Gigabyte Panther Point 6 port SATA AHCI Controller
Disk Controller : Silicon Image SiI 3132 SATALink Controller
Disk Controller : Marvell 88SE9123 SATA-600 Controller
USB Controller 1 : Gigabyte Panther Point USB xHCI Host Controller
USB Controller 2 : Gigabyte Panther Point USB Enhanced Host Controller #2
USB Controller 3 : Gigabyte Panther Point USB Enhanced Host Controller #1
FireWire/1394 Controller 1 : Procomp Informatics TSB43AB23 1394a-2000 OHCI PHY/link-layer Controller
SMBus/i2c Controller 1 : Intel ICH SMBus

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

Network Services
Network Adapter : Qualcomm Atheros AR8161/8165 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller (NDIS 6.20) (Ethernet, 100Mbps)

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

[JFreak]

Don't see them on OSX so must be W7 issue

[Southsidemusic]

What are those 5400 and 5940 rpm spinners used for?

[JFreak]

Originally Posted by Southsidemusic

What are those 5400 and 5940 rpm spinners used for?

That is a very good question and probably the root cause...