The speakers randomly give a pop sound (like tuck ) while say when I'm browsing facebook and while scrolling I see a video which auto-plays (Even though without Audio). I also hear it randomly at other times whose pattern I have not been able to identify but sometimes before playing an audio and after stopping it. The audio itself is fine. I can't 'disable enhancements' because I am left with only turning on or off Dolby Audio. I don't see how to update the Dolby Audio within the program itself as it just shows this:
I then tried updating the Realtek SST driver through device manager and it detected a better one however after quite some time of downloading and installing where it felt it was stuck/frozen, I was displayed a message along the lines of a better driver was found but encountered an error while installing. Rolling back did not work so I uninstalled and restarted. Now it says that the best driver is already installed. I assume the latest one has been installed.
Realtek High Definition Audio (SST) 6.0.1.7801 4/19/2016
There's another Intel Smart Sound Technology, Display Audio and NVidia Virtual Audio Device. All up-to-date. The audio occasionally fixes itself so I kept running the Latency test until it detected again. The popping didn't happen so it didn't reach red as frequently as when it did before but the program did say that there could be issues in playing real time audio etc. I ran a DPC Latency and here's the report Note: My laptop is just a month old which was a display piece at Carrefour prior to me buying.
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_________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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 0:16:44 (h:mm:ss) on all processors. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ SYSTEM INFORMATION _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Computer name: LAPTOP-32D96T7C OS version: Windows 8 , 6.2, build: 9200 (x64) Hardware: Aspire VN7-592G, Acer CPU: GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700HQ CPU @ 2.60GHz Logical processors: 8 Processor groups: 1 RAM: 16264 MB total _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CPU SPEED _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Reported CPU speed: 2592 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. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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): 9306.458106 Average measured interrupt to process latency (µs): 14.817806 Highest measured interrupt to DPC latency (µs): 3125.724690 Average measured interrupt to DPC latency (µs): 4.034026 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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): 240.695988 Driver with highest ISR routine execution time: ACPI.sys - ACPI Driver for NT, Microsoft Corporation Highest reported total ISR routine time (%): 0.015358 Driver with highest ISR total time: Wdf01000.sys - Kernel Mode Driver Framework Runtime, Microsoft Corporation Total time spent in ISRs (%) 0.017387 ISR count (execution time <250 µs): 156752 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 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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): 2739.395062 Driver with highest DPC routine execution time: ndis.sys - Network Driver Interface Specification (NDIS), Microsoft Corporation Highest reported total DPC routine time (%): 0.107718 Driver with highest DPC total execution time: storport.sys - Microsoft Storage Port Driver, Microsoft Corporation Total time spent in DPCs (%) 0.408137 DPC count (execution time <250 µs): 4798007 DPC count (execution time 250-500 µs): 0 DPC count (execution time 500-999 µs): 2444 DPC count (execution time 1000-1999 µs): 572 DPC count (execution time 2000-3999 µs): 13 DPC count (execution time >=4000 µs): 0 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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: vsserv.exe Total number of hard pagefaults 1400 Hard pagefault count of hardest hit process: 388 Highest hard pagefault resolution time (µs): 945368.334877 Total time spent in hard pagefaults (%): 0.141595 Number of processes hit: 16 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ PER CPU DATA _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CPU 0 Interrupt cycle time (s): 72.940193 CPU 0 ISR highest execution time (µs): 240.695988 CPU 0 ISR total execution time (s): 1.257791 CPU 0 ISR count: 142024 CPU 0 DPC highest execution time (µs): 2739.395062 CPU 0 DPC total execution time (s): 16.550116 CPU 0 DPC count: 3284879 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CPU 1 Interrupt cycle time (s): 43.952608 CPU 1 ISR highest execution time (µs): 130.378086 CPU 1 ISR total execution time (s): 0.134974 CPU 1 ISR count: 14279 CPU 1 DPC highest execution time (µs): 314.762346 CPU 1 DPC total execution time (s): 1.558941 CPU 1 DPC count: 91953 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CPU 2 Interrupt cycle time (s): 33.028503 CPU 2 ISR highest execution time (µs): 54.853395 CPU 2 ISR total execution time (s): 0.004126 CPU 2 ISR count: 440 CPU 2 DPC highest execution time (µs): 2466.473765 CPU 2 DPC total execution time (s): 3.417786 CPU 2 DPC count: 338559 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CPU 3 Interrupt cycle time (s): 43.372583 CPU 3 ISR highest execution time (µs): 16.433642 CPU 3 ISR total execution time (s): 0.000097 CPU 3 ISR count: 9 CPU 3 DPC highest execution time (µs): 452.058642 CPU 3 DPC total execution time (s): 1.086398 CPU 3 DPC count: 93755 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CPU 4 Interrupt cycle time (s): 37.250762 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): 2283.912037 CPU 4 DPC total execution time (s): 4.421490 CPU 4 DPC count: 518249 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CPU 5 Interrupt cycle time (s): 50.891643 CPU 5 ISR highest execution time (µs): 0.0 CPU 5 ISR total execution time (s): 0.0 CPU 5 ISR count: 0 CPU 5 DPC highest execution time (µs): 577.912037 CPU 5 DPC total execution time (s): 0.799306 CPU 5 DPC count: 67113 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CPU 6 Interrupt cycle time (s): 32.462380 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): 1993.274691 CPU 6 DPC total execution time (s): 4.058816 CPU 6 DPC count: 332060 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CPU 7 Interrupt cycle time (s): 41.778065 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): 664.557099 CPU 7 DPC total execution time (s): 0.899948 CPU 7 DPC count: 74468 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________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 0:16:44 (h:mm:ss) on all processors._________________________________________________________________________________________________________SYSTEM INFORMATION_________________________________________________________________________________________________________Computer name: LAPTOP-32D96T7COS version: Windows 8 , 6.2, build: 9200 (x64)Hardware: Aspire VN7-592G, AcerCPU: GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700HQ CPU @ 2.60GHzLogical processors: 8Processor groups: 1RAM: 16264 MB total_________________________________________________________________________________________________________CPU SPEED_________________________________________________________________________________________________________Reported CPU speed: 2592 MHzNote: 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._________________________________________________________________________________________________________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): 9306.458106Average measured interrupt to process latency (µs): 14.817806Highest measured interrupt to DPC latency (µs): 3125.724690Average measured interrupt to DPC latency (µs): 4.034026_________________________________________________________________________________________________________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): 240.695988Driver with highest ISR routine execution time: ACPI.sys - ACPI Driver for NT, Microsoft CorporationHighest reported total ISR routine time (%): 0.015358Driver with highest ISR total time: Wdf01000.sys - Kernel Mode Driver Framework Runtime, Microsoft CorporationTotal time spent in ISRs (%) 0.017387ISR count (execution time <250 µs): 156752ISR count (execution time 250-500 µs): 0ISR count (execution time 500-999 µs): 0ISR count (execution time 1000-1999 µs): 0ISR count (execution time 2000-3999 µs): 0ISR count (execution time >=4000 µs): 0_________________________________________________________________________________________________________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): 2739.395062Driver with highest DPC routine execution time: ndis.sys - Network Driver Interface Specification (NDIS), Microsoft CorporationHighest reported total DPC routine time (%): 0.107718Driver with highest DPC total execution time: storport.sys - Microsoft Storage Port Driver, Microsoft CorporationTotal time spent in DPCs (%) 0.408137DPC count (execution time <250 µs): 4798007DPC count (execution time 250-500 µs): 0DPC count (execution time 500-999 µs): 2444DPC count (execution time 1000-1999 µs): 572DPC count (execution time 2000-3999 µs): 13DPC count (execution time >=4000 µs): 0_________________________________________________________________________________________________________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: vsserv.exeTotal number of hard pagefaults 1400Hard pagefault count of hardest hit process: 388Highest hard pagefault resolution time (µs): 945368.334877Total time spent in hard pagefaults (%): 0.141595Number of processes hit: 16_________________________________________________________________________________________________________PER CPU DATA_________________________________________________________________________________________________________CPU 0 Interrupt cycle time (s): 72.940193CPU 0 ISR highest execution time (µs): 240.695988CPU 0 ISR total execution time (s): 1.257791CPU 0 ISR count: 142024CPU 0 DPC highest execution time (µs): 2739.395062CPU 0 DPC total execution time (s): 16.550116CPU 0 DPC count: 3284879_________________________________________________________________________________________________________CPU 1 Interrupt cycle time (s): 43.952608CPU 1 ISR highest execution time (µs): 130.378086CPU 1 ISR total execution time (s): 0.134974CPU 1 ISR count: 14279CPU 1 DPC highest execution time (µs): 314.762346CPU 1 DPC total execution time (s): 1.558941CPU 1 DPC count: 91953_________________________________________________________________________________________________________CPU 2 Interrupt cycle time (s): 33.028503CPU 2 ISR highest execution time (µs): 54.853395CPU 2 ISR total execution time (s): 0.004126CPU 2 ISR count: 440CPU 2 DPC highest execution time (µs): 2466.473765CPU 2 DPC total execution time (s): 3.417786CPU 2 DPC count: 338559_________________________________________________________________________________________________________CPU 3 Interrupt cycle time (s): 43.372583CPU 3 ISR highest execution time (µs): 16.433642CPU 3 ISR total execution time (s): 0.000097CPU 3 ISR count: 9CPU 3 DPC highest execution time (µs): 452.058642CPU 3 DPC total execution time (s): 1.086398CPU 3 DPC count: 93755_________________________________________________________________________________________________________CPU 4 Interrupt cycle time (s): 37.250762CPU 4 ISR highest execution time (µs): 0.0CPU 4 ISR total execution time (s): 0.0CPU 4 ISR count: 0CPU 4 DPC highest execution time (µs): 2283.912037CPU 4 DPC total execution time (s): 4.421490CPU 4 DPC count: 518249_________________________________________________________________________________________________________CPU 5 Interrupt cycle time (s): 50.891643CPU 5 ISR highest execution time (µs): 0.0CPU 5 ISR total execution time (s): 0.0CPU 5 ISR count: 0CPU 5 DPC highest execution time (µs): 577.912037CPU 5 DPC total execution time (s): 0.799306CPU 5 DPC count: 67113_________________________________________________________________________________________________________CPU 6 Interrupt cycle time (s): 32.462380CPU 6 ISR highest execution time (µs): 0.0CPU 6 ISR total execution time (s): 0.0CPU 6 ISR count: 0CPU 6 DPC highest execution time (µs): 1993.274691CPU 6 DPC total execution time (s): 4.058816CPU 6 DPC count: 332060_________________________________________________________________________________________________________CPU 7 Interrupt cycle time (s): 41.778065CPU 7 ISR highest execution time (µs): 0.0CPU 7 ISR total execution time (s): 0.0CPU 7 ISR count: 0CPU 7 DPC highest execution time (µs): 664.557099CPU 7 DPC total execution time (s): 0.899948CPU 7 DPC count: 74468_________________________________________________________________________________________________________