Major Audio Dropouts Cubase Pro 10.5

Hello,

I’m having some major issues with Cubase Pro 10.5. I have a session open that has 4 tracks right now. It is dropping audio on playback, and even while sitting still the Performance Meter is spiking.

I ran LatencyMon and this is what I got:

CONCLUSION


Your system appears to be having trouble handling real-time audio and other tasks. You are likely to experience buffer underruns appearing as drop outs, clicks or pops. One or more DPC routines that belong to a driver running in your system appear to be executing for too long. At least one detected problem appears to be network related. In case you are using a WLAN adapter, try disabling it to get better results. One problem may be related to power management, disable CPU throttling settings in Control Panel and BIOS setup. Check for BIOS updates.
LatencyMon has been analyzing your system for 0:41:19 (h:mm:ss) on all processors.

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SYSTEM INFORMATION


Computer name: DESKTOP-9TN02HG
OS version: Windows 10 , 10.0, version 1903, build: 18362 (x64)
Hardware: Alienware Area-51 R2, Alienware, 0FRTKJ
CPU: GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core™ i7-6950X CPU @ 3.00GHz
Logical processors: 20
Processor groups: 1
RAM: 65429 MB total

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CPU SPEED


Reported CPU speed: 2993 MHz

Note: reported execution times may be calculated based on a fixed reported CPU speed. Disable variable speed settings like Intel Speed Step and AMD Cool N Quiet in the BIOS setup for more accurate results.

WARNING: the CPU speed that was measured is only a fraction of the CPU speed reported. Your CPUs may be throttled back due to variable speed settings and thermal issues. It is suggested that you run a utility which reports your actual CPU frequency and temperature.


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MEASURED INTERRUPT TO USER PROCESS LATENCIES


The interrupt to process latency reflects the measured interval that a usermode process needed to respond to a hardware request from the moment the interrupt service routine started execution. This includes the scheduling and execution of a DPC routine, the signaling of an event and the waking up of a usermode thread from an idle wait state in response to that event.

Highest measured interrupt to process latency (µs): 2316.0
Average measured interrupt to process latency (µs): 7.723231

Highest measured interrupt to DPC latency (µs): 2293.60
Average measured interrupt to DPC latency (µs): 2.086675

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REPORTED ISRs


Interrupt service routines are routines installed by the OS and device drivers that execute in response to a hardware interrupt signal.

Highest ISR routine execution time (µs): 284.026061
Driver with highest ISR routine execution time: dxgkrnl.sys - DirectX Graphics Kernel, Microsoft Corporation

Highest reported total ISR routine time (%): 0.020847
Driver with highest ISR total time: dxgkrnl.sys - DirectX Graphics Kernel, Microsoft Corporation

Total time spent in ISRs (%) 0.02140

ISR count (execution time <250 µs): 398696
ISR count (execution time 250-500 µs): 0
ISR count (execution time 500-999 µs): 9
ISR count (execution time 1000-1999 µs): 0
ISR count (execution time 2000-3999 µs): 0
ISR count (execution time >=4000 µs): 0

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REPORTED DPCs


DPC routines are part of the interrupt servicing dispatch mechanism and disable the possibility for a process to utilize the CPU while it is interrupted until the DPC has finished execution.

Highest DPC routine execution time (µs): 24413.518209
Driver with highest DPC routine execution time: ndis.sys - Network Driver Interface Specification (NDIS), Microsoft Corporation

Highest reported total DPC routine time (%): 0.052589
Driver with highest DPC total execution time: Wdf01000.sys - Kernel Mode Driver Framework Runtime, Microsoft Corporation

Total time spent in DPCs (%) 0.081321

DPC count (execution time <250 µs): 3532953
DPC count (execution time 250-500 µs): 0
DPC count (execution time 500-999 µs): 41447
DPC count (execution time 1000-1999 µs): 1071
DPC count (execution time 2000-3999 µs): 4
DPC count (execution time >=4000 µs): 0

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REPORTED HARD PAGEFAULTS


Hard pagefaults are events that get triggered by making use of virtual memory that is not resident in RAM but backed by a memory mapped file on disk. The process of resolving the hard pagefault requires reading in the memory from disk while the process is interrupted and blocked from execution.

NOTE: some processes were hit by hard pagefaults. If these were programs producing audio, they are likely to interrupt the audio stream resulting in dropouts, clicks and pops. Check the Processes tab to see which programs were hit.

Process with highest pagefault count: cubase10.5.exe

Total number of hard pagefaults 8622
Hard pagefault count of hardest hit process: 8006
Number of processes hit: 29

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PER CPU DATA


CPU 0 Interrupt cycle time (s): 91.355975
CPU 0 ISR highest execution time (µs): 0.0
CPU 0 ISR total execution time (s): 0.0
CPU 0 ISR count: 0
CPU 0 DPC highest execution time (µs): 835.608754
CPU 0 DPC total execution time (s): 5.223992
CPU 0 DPC count: 2883212


CPU 1 Interrupt cycle time (s): 85.478114
CPU 1 ISR highest execution time (µs): 243.715336
CPU 1 ISR total execution time (s): 3.023593
CPU 1 ISR count: 83014
CPU 1 DPC highest execution time (µs): 844.246909
CPU 1 DPC total execution time (s): 2.034128
CPU 1 DPC count: 134244


CPU 2 Interrupt cycle time (s): 62.516102
CPU 2 ISR highest execution time (µs): 0.0
CPU 2 ISR total execution time (s): 0.0
CPU 2 ISR count: 0
CPU 2 DPC highest execution time (µs): 339.264952
CPU 2 DPC total execution time (s): 0.131895
CPU 2 DPC count: 18938


CPU 3 Interrupt cycle time (s): 58.988877
CPU 3 ISR highest execution time (µs): 0.0
CPU 3 ISR total execution time (s): 0.0
CPU 3 ISR count: 0
CPU 3 DPC highest execution time (µs): 141.947878
CPU 3 DPC total execution time (s): 0.012435
CPU 3 DPC count: 2199


CPU 4 Interrupt cycle time (s): 66.323137
CPU 4 ISR highest execution time (µs): 0.0
CPU 4 ISR total execution time (s): 0.0
CPU 4 ISR count: 0
CPU 4 DPC highest execution time (µs): 323.103909
CPU 4 DPC total execution time (s): 0.059947
CPU 4 DPC count: 7010


CPU 5 Interrupt cycle time (s): 100.824452
CPU 5 ISR highest execution time (µs): 284.026061
CPU 5 ISR total execution time (s): 7.312446
CPU 5 ISR count: 141296
CPU 5 DPC highest execution time (µs): 2032.555964
CPU 5 DPC total execution time (s): 5.745932
CPU 5 DPC count: 262479


CPU 6 Interrupt cycle time (s): 59.595503
CPU 6 ISR highest execution time (µs): 0.0
CPU 6 ISR total execution time (s): 0.0
CPU 6 ISR count: 0
CPU 6 DPC highest execution time (µs): 24413.518209
CPU 6 DPC total execution time (s): 0.217704
CPU 6 DPC count: 16392


CPU 7 Interrupt cycle time (s): 58.520306
CPU 7 ISR highest execution time (µs): 0.0
CPU 7 ISR total execution time (s): 0.0
CPU 7 ISR count: 0
CPU 7 DPC highest execution time (µs): 206.538590
CPU 7 DPC total execution time (s): 0.012104
CPU 7 DPC count: 1625


CPU 8 Interrupt cycle time (s): 56.841330
CPU 8 ISR highest execution time (µs): 0.0
CPU 8 ISR total execution time (s): 0.0
CPU 8 ISR count: 0
CPU 8 DPC highest execution time (µs): 1172.338791
CPU 8 DPC total execution time (s): 0.064592
CPU 8 DPC count: 7425


CPU 9 Interrupt cycle time (s): 55.594634
CPU 9 ISR highest execution time (µs): 0.0
CPU 9 ISR total execution time (s): 0.0
CPU 9 ISR count: 0
CPU 9 DPC highest execution time (µs): 1170.841965
CPU 9 DPC total execution time (s): 0.011546
CPU 9 DPC count: 1266


CPU 10 Interrupt cycle time (s): 62.196066
CPU 10 ISR highest execution time (µs): 0.0
CPU 10 ISR total execution time (s): 0.0
CPU 10 ISR count: 0
CPU 10 DPC highest execution time (µs): 331.670565
CPU 10 DPC total execution time (s): 0.05640
CPU 10 DPC count: 6118


CPU 11 Interrupt cycle time (s): 65.748627
CPU 11 ISR highest execution time (µs): 0.0
CPU 11 ISR total execution time (s): 0.0
CPU 11 ISR count: 0
CPU 11 DPC highest execution time (µs): 331.757434
CPU 11 DPC total execution time (s): 0.013393
CPU 11 DPC count: 1660


CPU 12 Interrupt cycle time (s): 58.433104
CPU 12 ISR highest execution time (µs): 0.0
CPU 12 ISR total execution time (s): 0.0
CPU 12 ISR count: 0
CPU 12 DPC highest execution time (µs): 347.818243
CPU 12 DPC total execution time (s): 0.049975
CPU 12 DPC count: 5462


CPU 13 Interrupt cycle time (s): 59.833157
CPU 13 ISR highest execution time (µs): 114.240561
CPU 13 ISR total execution time (s): 0.002951
CPU 13 ISR count: 82
CPU 13 DPC highest execution time (µs): 182.429001
CPU 13 DPC total execution time (s): 0.015331
CPU 13 DPC count: 2023


CPU 14 Interrupt cycle time (s): 69.645018
CPU 14 ISR highest execution time (µs): 0.0
CPU 14 ISR total execution time (s): 0.0
CPU 14 ISR count: 0
CPU 14 DPC highest execution time (µs): 494.974942
CPU 14 DPC total execution time (s): 0.254790
CPU 14 DPC count: 19086


CPU 15 Interrupt cycle time (s): 62.416827
CPU 15 ISR highest execution time (µs): 0.0
CPU 15 ISR total execution time (s): 0.0
CPU 15 ISR count: 0
CPU 15 DPC highest execution time (µs): 140.023388
CPU 15 DPC total execution time (s): 0.017441
CPU 15 DPC count: 2164


CPU 16 Interrupt cycle time (s): 62.336035
CPU 16 ISR highest execution time (µs): 0.0
CPU 16 ISR total execution time (s): 0.0
CPU 16 ISR count: 0
CPU 16 DPC highest execution time (µs): 1271.881724
CPU 16 DPC total execution time (s): 0.111558
CPU 16 DPC count: 8970


CPU 17 Interrupt cycle time (s): 58.822405
CPU 17 ISR highest execution time (µs): 0.0
CPU 17 ISR total execution time (s): 0.0
CPU 17 ISR count: 0
CPU 17 DPC highest execution time (µs): 198.894086
CPU 17 DPC total execution time (s): 0.013012
CPU 17 DPC count: 1288


CPU 18 Interrupt cycle time (s): 214.807407
CPU 18 ISR highest execution time (µs): 92.238557
CPU 18 ISR total execution time (s): 0.271245
CPU 18 ISR count: 174313
CPU 18 DPC highest execution time (µs): 2250.895423
CPU 18 DPC total execution time (s): 26.262554
CPU 18 DPC count: 192728


CPU 19 Interrupt cycle time (s): 73.575153
CPU 19 ISR highest execution time (µs): 0.0
CPU 19 ISR total execution time (s): 0.0
CPU 19 ISR count: 0
CPU 19 DPC highest execution time (µs): 156.652188
CPU 19 DPC total execution time (s): 0.010198
CPU 19 DPC count: 1188


Any suggestions?