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constant CPU spikes when gaming/watching video
Recently(last couple of days) I have been getting constant CPU spikes of up to 100%, they last about 5-10 seconds, make everything stutter and almost freeze, no crashes as of yet, also playback on audio and video seems to be messed up even when the spike is over, sometimes it sounds staticy, other times it the playback is extremely slowed(taking 5 seconds to play 1 second of video/audio). Happens Across Programs too, as in chrome and wmp both have the slow playback problem. Seems to happen most commonly when I load a video/game. I have done a little research on what can cause this and I am fairly certain that it isn't a virus(I've done a full scan several times with Malwarebytes and came back clean), it also isn't dust as the computer is new (about 2 months) and the results from Speccy say i'm at about mid 30s for CPU,motherboard and storage, GPU is at about mid 40s. Any help would be greatly appreciated as I am unable to play games which is what I bought the PC for. If you need more information please let me know. Specs Below
CPU: i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Non Overclocked)
MoBo: Msi Z97 Gaming 5
OS: WIndows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit