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Okay so not sure where to start.  After installing Windows 10  Sonar has become almost unusable.  And for the life of me I can't see what is wrong.  My computer is a i7-4770k and I have 16gb of RAM.  This setup worked fine with Windows 7 (though I still think there was something off with that setup as well).  This is what LatencyMon says "Your system seems to be having difficulty handling real-time audio and other tasks. You may experience drop outs, clicks or pops due to buffer underruns. One or more DPC routines that belong to a driver running in your system appear to be executing for too long. One problem may be related to power management, disable CPU throttling settings in Control Panel and BIOS setup. Check for BIOS updates. "  

Please help

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Here is the LatencyMon report if that helps

 

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CONCLUSION
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Your system seems to be having difficulty handling real-time audio and other tasks. You may experience drop outs, clicks or pops due to buffer underruns. One or more DPC routines that belong to a driver running in your system appear to be executing for too long. 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  0:10:08  (h:mm:ss) on all processors.


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SYSTEM INFORMATION
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Computer name:                                        DESKTOP-6OQ43VT
OS version:                                           Windows 10 , 10.0, build: 18363 (x64)
Hardware:                                             All Series, ASUS, ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC., Z87-PRO
CPU:                                                  GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770K CPU @ 3.50GHz
Logical processors:                                   8
Processor groups:                                     1
RAM:                                                  16322 MB total


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CPU SPEED
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Reported CPU speed:                                   3506 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
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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):   1451.70
Average measured interrupt to process latency (µs):   5.041415

Highest measured interrupt to DPC latency (µs):       1419.40
Average measured interrupt to DPC latency (µs):       2.085342


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 REPORTED ISRs
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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):              222.179122
Driver with highest ISR routine execution time:       dxgkrnl.sys - DirectX Graphics Kernel, Microsoft Corporation

Highest reported total ISR routine time (%):          0.052076
Driver with highest ISR total time:                   dxgkrnl.sys - DirectX Graphics Kernel, Microsoft Corporation

Total time spent in ISRs (%)                          0.108668

ISR count (execution time <250 µs):                   356515
ISR count (execution time 250-500 µs):                0
ISR count (execution time 500-999 µs):                0
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
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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):              1468.067313
Driver with highest DPC routine execution time:       Wdf01000.sys - Kernel Mode Driver Framework Runtime, Microsoft Corporation

Highest reported total DPC routine time (%):          0.123599
Driver with highest DPC total execution time:         Wdf01000.sys - Kernel Mode Driver Framework Runtime, Microsoft Corporation

Total time spent in DPCs (%)                          0.199522

DPC count (execution time <250 µs):                   1368370
DPC count (execution time 250-500 µs):                0
DPC count (execution time 500-999 µs):                892
DPC count (execution time 1000-1999 µs):              21
DPC count (execution time 2000-3999 µs):              0
DPC count (execution time >=4000 µs):                 0


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 REPORTED HARD PAGEFAULTS
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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:                 cakewalk.exe

Total number of hard pagefaults                       2578
Hard pagefault count of hardest hit process:          446
Number of processes hit:                              41


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 PER CPU DATA
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CPU 0 Interrupt cycle time (s):                       29.083881
CPU 0 ISR highest execution time (µs):                170.539646
CPU 0 ISR total execution time (s):                   5.092025
CPU 0 ISR count:                                      337372
CPU 0 DPC highest execution time (µs):                1468.067313
CPU 0 DPC total execution time (s):                   9.289516
CPU 0 DPC count:                                      1325704
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CPU 1 Interrupt cycle time (s):                       9.573997
CPU 1 ISR highest execution time (µs):                222.179122
CPU 1 ISR total execution time (s):                   0.184423
CPU 1 ISR count:                                      13345
CPU 1 DPC highest execution time (µs):                778.859099
CPU 1 DPC total execution time (s):                   0.215019
CPU 1 DPC count:                                      11165
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CPU 2 Interrupt cycle time (s):                       8.764844
CPU 2 ISR highest execution time (µs):                29.422704
CPU 2 ISR total execution time (s):                   0.003134
CPU 2 ISR count:                                      1852
CPU 2 DPC highest execution time (µs):                174.612094
CPU 2 DPC total execution time (s):                   0.060409
CPU 2 DPC count:                                      8440
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CPU 3 Interrupt cycle time (s):                       9.393039
CPU 3 ISR highest execution time (µs):                33.871934
CPU 3 ISR total execution time (s):                   0.002814
CPU 3 ISR count:                                      1957
CPU 3 DPC highest execution time (µs):                203.524244
CPU 3 DPC total execution time (s):                   0.021446
CPU 3 DPC count:                                      3304
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CPU 4 Interrupt cycle time (s):                       8.145927
CPU 4 ISR highest execution time (µs):                23.286937
CPU 4 ISR total execution time (s):                   0.00130
CPU 4 ISR count:                                      655
CPU 4 DPC highest execution time (µs):                155.980605
CPU 4 DPC total execution time (s):                   0.044638
CPU 4 DPC count:                                      6033
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CPU 5 Interrupt cycle time (s):                       8.721055
CPU 5 ISR highest execution time (µs):                9.274102
CPU 5 ISR total execution time (s):                   0.000814
CPU 5 ISR count:                                      624
CPU 5 DPC highest execution time (µs):                207.105819
CPU 5 DPC total execution time (s):                   0.013059
CPU 5 DPC count:                                      1989
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CPU 6 Interrupt cycle time (s):                       7.955077
CPU 6 ISR highest execution time (µs):                15.800913
CPU 6 ISR total execution time (s):                   0.000650
CPU 6 ISR count:                                      385
CPU 6 DPC highest execution time (µs):                712.393041
CPU 6 DPC total execution time (s):                   0.049830
CPU 6 DPC count:                                      10898
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CPU 7 Interrupt cycle time (s):                       8.604371
CPU 7 ISR highest execution time (µs):                23.140901
CPU 7 ISR total execution time (s):                   0.000451
CPU 7 ISR count:                                      325
CPU 7 DPC highest execution time (µs):                125.694524
CPU 7 DPC total execution time (s):                   0.010811
CPU 7 DPC count:                                      1750
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These are big ones -

56 minutes ago, Eric LoVullo said:

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.

Have you done that?  Also win10 has a lot of background tasks running by default. Disable the ones you don't need.

To see which apps have permission to run in the background, open the Start menu or Start screen and select “Settings.” Click or tap the “Privacy” icon in the Settings window.

Scroll down to the bottom of the list and select “Background apps.” You’ll see a list of apps that have permission to run in the background with an “On/Off” toggle. The default setting for each app is “On,” allowing each app to run in the background if it likes. Set any apps you don’t want to run in the background to “Off.”

 

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1 hour ago, Starship Krupa said:

Also, if you actually are running SONAR at this late date, give the latest version of Cakewalk by BandLab a spin. The audio engine has had some nice optimization performed on it in the 2 years since BandLab's been in charge of it.

I concur - you can install Cakewalk by Bandlab right alongside your existing Sonar install, without issue - most of us that have Sonar keep it, because that allows any of the bundled plugins that came with Platinum to also work in Cakewalk by Bandlab.  You just create a Bandlab account, download and install the Bandlab Assistant, launch it, click on Apps, then install Cakewalk from there, and in a 2nd install, add in the Studio Instruments, if they weren't already present by your having Sonar installed.

Bob Bone

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Out of the blue (where did that phrase come from?) my old Win 7 computer was crashing, continuously. 
 

I solved the problem. It was throttling, so I was running a computer at half horsepower. I saved my power settings as a custom setting based on high performance, so I didn’t think that was the problem, but it was. So I changed it to high performance and that fixed it. I was running for years with the custom setting so who knows what happened, but it did when one of the last 2 updates was installed. Anyway, all is good again.

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