Windows 8 Stuttering problem

[octayn]

I'm having an issue I can't seem to find anyone else having with Windows 8. After I boot my PC and I'm on the desktop, my computer is super stuttery for about 5 minutes. I don't use low end hardware, I run a i7 2700k, 16GB DDR3 memory, 256GB Samsung 830 SSD, and a radeon HD 6850. My mouse doesn't scroll near as smooth (which I can't stand) and my sound is scratchy and slowed down to probably 3 or 4 times the normal length of sounds, and it's also delayed. Anyone have any clue what might be going on here?

 

[redduc900]

Is the system overclocked, and is it Prime, LinX, OCCT, Memtest86+ stable?

 

[octayn]

Nothing is overclocked, and I'm not quite sure what you mean about the second part. Everything is stock with a fresh copy of Windows 8 Pro.

 

[theELVISCERATOR]

with task manager open see what is sucking up your CPU cycles and check your hd light, something is writing to it possibly during this time. Check windows logs, I like to erase them all, then do a fresh bootup, and check the logs. only the current issues should appear.

 

[octayn]

The disks are being read and wrote to like crazy, the Z drive started to spike to 100 for a while after the C drive lowered. I found that this was caused by the "superfetch" service. I disabled it in my local services and the reading and writing all went to 0%. Thanks for the help.

 

[redduc900]

The problem w/ disabling the Superfetch service is that the Prefetcher function is also disabled, which along w/ defrag should stay enabled in Win8. When Win8 detects it's installed on a SSD, it automatically disables Superfetch by changing/removing a registry setting. Is the controller the SSD is connected to set to AHCI or IDE mode?

 

[octayn]

I'm not sure what you mean unless you're talking about if it's connected with ribbon cables instead of sata cables (which I doubt ribbon cables are even made anymore).

 

[redduc900]

Is the controller mode set to AHCI or IDE?

 

[octayn]

How do I check?

 

[redduc900]

Download AS SSD...

http://www.filehippo.com/download_asssdbenchmark/

... and post the info in the leftmost column. Referencing the pic. I posted, it would be all the info in the box labeled INTEL...

 

[octayn]

 

[redduc900]

The controller mode is set to AHCI, which is what it should be set to. What's the model of board?

 

[octayn]

EVGA Z68 FTW

 

[Johan45]

Is that a fresh install of windows or did you Ghost/mirror/copy your old system drive to the SSD?

 

[octayn]

Fresh Install.