Where is the bottleneck occuring

Orobas

When i'm running some very heavy apps or multiple ones (including that memory hog chrome with some 10 tabs open) .. i do get some strange lag occuring if i'm playing music..

I think... it might be the cpu but im not sure and would just like a confirmation if it is.

Mobo = Asus Prime B450M-A
Ram - 32GB Ballistix DDR4-3000 udimm (2 x 16 sticks)
HD - crucial m2 1TB
CPU - Ryzen 5 2400G (its their APU with the Vega Graphics built in) *note i have the graphics turned off on this as far is it will go.. 64mb only to the chip.. but i'm using a 1050TI dedicated card

techquest

Are you running latest BIOS 1607 ?

PRIME B450M-A  BIOS & FIRMWARE | Motherboards | ASUS United Kingdom

Are all drivers up to date?

Assuming your running W10, which version are you on. Type Winver in search then open, you can then see the version and build numbers.

EndlessWaves

If you're having audio related issues than knowing your audio setup would be useful. How is the audio device connected?

Does it happen with all audio played back through different software?

Audio isn't very demanding so I'd be inclined to think you're hitting a bug rather than a bottleneck.

Orobas

Audio - Source - THX Studio soundcard (SB Recon3D PCIe) via PC. all music FLAC / 320kbps MP3
Player ... SAM (Spacial Audio Manager) which is a radio broadcaster

Win10 version 1903 - build 18362.239
bios - American megatrebd 0806, 18/01/2019
smbios 3.1
bios mode uefi

techquest

So do these lags only occur when you use SAM or do you get them when playing a cd from the PC, or music from Youtube etc as well?

Orobas

When i'm running a lot of stuff..... My ram usage never goes above 65% even with swap i can confirm thanks to rainmeter.

It's just more noticeable the lag when i broadcast when i try loading more songs from the hard drive to the player as its in use or if i am switching from the player to say a browser tab etc. It's not from word go either.. usually starts kicking in after a good hour or so

forgot to mention... WD 1tb 7200rpm is the storage hd.. the crucial has just the os