Id playing from your DAW, try increasing the buffer settings see where the pops go away. If you have dual graphic cards, you probably have our computer loaded with a lot of apps, so hard to know how much resources are being used just when the computer is idle. Increase your buffer settings for now, when you record decrease them to reduce your latency.
got this with latency mon while playing song on youtube.
Once you have that sorted out, if you require, you can tune your computer to not have to do that or if you don't want to tweak it because you use it for other things, at least know what the trade offs are.
CONCLUSION
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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 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 0:01:35 (h:mm:ss) on all processors.
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SYSTEM INFORMATION
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Computer name: KEVIN-PC
OS version: Windows 7 Service Pack 1, 6.1, build: 7601 (x64)
Hardware: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd., F2A55M-HD2
CPU: AuthenticAMD AMD A8-6600K APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics
Logical processors: 4
Processor groups: 1
RAM: 6085 MB total
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CPU SPEED
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Reported CPU speed: 3893 MHz
Measured CPU speed: 1 MHz (approx.)
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): 19818.152980
Average measured interrupt to process latency (µs): 6.437728
Highest measured interrupt to DPC latency (µs): 431.115321
Average measured interrupt to DPC latency (µs): 1.928649
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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): 34.622142
Driver with highest ISR routine execution time: ataport.SYS - ATAPI Driver Extension, Microsoft Corporation
Highest reported total ISR routine time (%): 0.219772
Driver with highest ISR total time: hal.dll - Hardware Abstraction Layer DLL, Microsoft Corporation
Total time spent in ISRs (%) 0.281737
ISR count (execution time <250 µs): 139933
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): 284.344464
Driver with highest DPC routine execution time: USBPORT.SYS - USB 1.1 & 2.0 Port Driver, Microsoft Corporation
Highest reported total DPC routine time (%): 1.158622
Driver with highest DPC total execution time: USBPORT.SYS - USB 1.1 & 2.0 Port Driver, Microsoft Corporation
Total time spent in DPCs (%) 1.630529
DPC count (execution time <250 µs): 717955
DPC count (execution time 250-500 µs): 0
DPC count (execution time 500-999 µs): 3
DPC count (execution time 1000-1999 µs): 0
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: msmpeng.exe
Total number of hard pagefaults 67
Hard pagefault count of hardest hit process: 58
Highest hard pagefault resolution time (µs): 36655.091960
Total time spent in hard pagefaults (%): 0.116854
Number of processes hit: 2
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PER CPU DATA
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CPU 0 Interrupt cycle time (s): 4.432381
CPU 0 ISR highest execution time (µs): 34.622142
CPU 0 ISR total execution time (s): 0.884032
CPU 0 ISR count: 104158
CPU 0 DPC highest execution time (µs): 240.848446
CPU 0 DPC total execution time (s): 1.783471
CPU 0 DPC count: 559416
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CPU 1 Interrupt cycle time (s): 1.904841
CPU 1 ISR highest execution time (µs): 32.262522
CPU 1 ISR total execution time (s): 0.045077
CPU 1 ISR count: 8903
CPU 1 DPC highest execution time (µs): 247.534806
CPU 1 DPC total execution time (s): 1.036365
CPU 1 DPC count: 34903
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CPU 2 Interrupt cycle time (s): 2.435727
CPU 2 ISR highest execution time (µs): 29.202928
CPU 2 ISR total execution time (s): 0.050330
CPU 2 ISR count: 9707
CPU 2 DPC highest execution time (µs): 253.505266
CPU 2 DPC total execution time (s): 1.318910
CPU 2 DPC count: 57213
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CPU 3 Interrupt cycle time (s): 3.102295
CPU 3 ISR highest execution time (µs): 31.579245
CPU 3 ISR total execution time (s): 0.095082
CPU 3 ISR count: 17165
CPU 3 DPC highest execution time (µs): 284.344464
CPU 3 DPC total execution time (s): 2.079963
CPU 3 DPC count: 66426
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