So I jumped ship from Windows to Kubuntu last night, and It’s mostly been pretty good. However my general performance of the computer has been abysmal. Like it takes upwards of 5 seconds to open anything. All of my hardware seems to be running at max speeds, so I have no idea why it would be so sluggish? It’s as if I’m running on 2gb of ram and a cpu at like 1.5ghz. My specs are:
i7-8700k at 4.7ghz max Amd Rx 6750xt 16gb ram at 3200mhz Linux is on an m.2
Any ideas? This is practically unusable for any normal operations, let alone any gaming.
Update: So it seems like my CPU is being throttled to it’s min of 800mhz because the temp is just below 100c. Not sure why it’s so high because I never got that high even in intensive gaming on Windows
- kill_dash_nine ( @kill_dash_nine@lemm.ee ) English59•1 year ago
I would start by checking for any sort of errors in your system logs, such as
/var/log/syslog
or usingdmesg -w
. In my experience, Linux is almost universally faster than Windows.- rufus ( @rufus@discuss.tchncs.de ) 11•1 year ago
Yeah, there’s probably something wrong. This is good advice. Maybe some tool can also do a performance benchmark to find the culprit. I’ve seen a lot of Linux computers. And except for some strange hardware, it’s supposed to be (at least) as fast as anything else.
- carzian ( @carzian@lemmy.ml ) 36•1 year ago
With temps that high in Linux and Windows, it almost sounds like the AIO water block is falling off the CPU.
- Krtek ( @Krtek@feddit.de ) 9•1 year ago
or the pump has failed
- circuitfarmer ( @circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org ) 17•1 year ago
This sounds like a hardware problem. Keep in mind that thermal paste doesn’t last forever. I’d rebuild it.
- Cornelius ( @Cornelius@lemmy.ml ) 17•1 year ago
Are you using snaps? Snaps are notorious for God awful performance.
- SaltyIceteaMaker ( @SaltyIceteaMaker@lemmy.ml ) 14•1 year ago
What i would figure out first is why tf your hardware runs on max all the time.(Maybe a bugged out program?) You can do so via top/htop/btop etc.
- ste_ ( @ste_@lemmy.ml ) 12•1 year ago
Do you use some weird cooling solutions? Drivers may be an issue. The other possibilities I can think of are hardware related.
- Papamousse ( @Frederic@beehaw.org ) 12•1 year ago
if your CPU is at 100%, running “top” will show you what’s taking CPU time
- walden ( @walden@sub.wetshaving.social ) 12•1 year ago
htop is another good option. And for OP if they aren’t familiar, it’s control-c to exit these little terminal apps.
- redcalcium ( @redcalcium@lemmy.institute ) 13•1 year ago
My current favorite is
btop
. Very nice TUI.- walden ( @walden@sub.wetshaving.social ) 4•1 year ago
Wow, that is nice.
- floofloof ( @floofloof@lemmy.ca ) English2•1 year ago
I think pressing Q works too to exit htop.
- Crozekiel ( @Crozekiel@lemmy.zip ) 9•1 year ago
You didn’t mention what kind of cpu cooler (that I see). Have you checked there is fan spin for cpu fan? Possibly in windows you’ve got software controlling fan speed and that link is missing in Linux so it’s trying to just passively cool it? Even more complicated to diagnose if it’s an aio but could be similar with no pump running.
- Possibly linux ( @possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ) English7•1 year ago
Honestly it sounds like a slight hardware issue that was made worse by Linux not having hardware modules written by the manufacture
- ReakDuck ( @ReakDuck@lemmy.ml ) 7•1 year ago
The thing I experienced on my laptop was: I used on Linux Max Performance while on windows I let it be the default (balanced or smth I think). The result: my Laptop hit way too often 100°C when playing games that my CPU throttled to 800mhz. It was a quick fix by just using balanced instead so it can decide for itself when to cool a tiny bit to not throttle, like windows.
There are multiple tools to set the Intel Power Management Profile to “Balanced” instead of “Performance”
- EarthShipTechIntern ( @EarthShipTechIntern@lemm.ee ) 6•1 year ago
Lubuntu or xubuntu are quicker (especially on lesser machines), but it does sound like you’ve got cooling issues.
I always find Kde heavy-handed with resources to deliver the GUI.
- wim ( @wim@lemmy.sdf.org ) 11•1 year ago
KDE wouldn’t be slow on the kind of hardware he’s using. I’ve used it on far lower end hardware with no noticeable slowdowns.
Yes, KDE requires hardware accelerated graphics and more memory to run smoothly, but anything built in the last 10y should have no issues meeting those requirements.
- mexicancartel ( @mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English5•1 year ago
One more thing to add. Snaps? I heard it takes pretty long to open.
- Benjamin ( @Benjamin@lemmings.world ) English3•1 year ago
Snaps definitely are slower to open. One they get going, they are fine.
But a little slow to load…
- thingsiplay ( @thingsiplay@kbin.social ) 2•1 year ago
But only the first time you open it, right?
- mexicancartel ( @mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English1•1 year ago
Idk i didnt try it
- thingsiplay ( @thingsiplay@kbin.social ) 1•1 year ago
From what I have read it’s only the initial phase when running the Snap for the first time. The package is setting up the environment and does some things only once. And the first iteration of the Snap concept was very slow, which is improved a lot. Didn’t use Ubuntu in years, so cannot test it myself at the moment.
- Montagge ( @Montagge@kbin.social ) 1•1 year ago
Snaps have been opening as fast as anything else for months
- BeigeAgenda ( @BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca ) 5•1 year ago
When you know it’s overheating, you could as well try and remove dust, with some compressed air. It can’t hurt.
Edit: Actually there’s plenty other that thinks this could be a combo of software and hardware, so my point is still valid.
Check your hardware if you start getting overheating problems.
- Fushuan [he/him] ( @fushuan@lemm.ee ) English8•1 year ago
Sure, but it’s not like the dust suddenly appeared when switching to linux, this is a software/driver issue.
- BeigeAgenda ( @BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca ) 1•1 year ago
Sorry I should have started my comment with a disclaimer that I absolutely know it’s a software problem but. It’s always prudent to ensure against crud buildup inside the computer.
- SanitationStation ( @SanitationStation@kbin.social ) 4•1 year ago
Some distros have always seemed to perform better than others for me. Ubuntu was always lagging, mint has always performed very well. I never figured out why. But some hopping might be the easiest solution.
- PrivateNoob ( @PrivateNoob@sopuli.xyz ) 3•1 year ago
That’s really interesting that’s for sure, since I’m experiencing the opposite of it? Did you try Wayland perhaps? It handles displaying stuff in a different way. You can choose it in the login screen on the bottom left side probably.
- neoney ( @neoney@lemmy.neoney.dev ) 2•1 year ago
Is it not default yet?
- Benjamin ( @Benjamin@lemmings.world ) English2•1 year ago
Wayland is default on Gnome.
- PrivateNoob ( @PrivateNoob@sopuli.xyz ) 1•1 year ago
Not on KDE yet, but Idunno if Kubuntu changed this or not.