Cpu Having Issues And Locking Up

I have an older Alienware Area 51 (purchased 08-2010) and have been having issues for some time now. Takes forever to boot up, open web pages, and FPS can go from 100+ down to 2. (during WOW so not intense graphics) I'm not sure how to test or what to test to figure out what's wrong.

Here is the info for this machine using Belarc

Operating System
Windows 7 Ultimate (x64) Service Pack 1 (build 7601)
Install Language: English (United States)
System Locale: English (United States)
Installed: 8/10/2010 9:25:06 PM
Boot Mode: BIOS (Secure Boot not supported)
System Model
Alienware Area 51 00
System Serial Number: 4DJ2NM1
Chassis Serial Number: 4DJ2NM1
Enclosure Type: Desktop
Processor a
3.33 gigahertz Intel Core i7 X 980
384 kilobyte primary memory cache
1536 kilobyte secondary memory cache
12288 kilobyte tertiary memory cache
64-bit ready
Multi-core (6 total)
Hyper-threaded (12 total)
Main Circuit Board b
Board: Alienware 0XDJ4C A01
Serial Number: ..CN6970204F0495.
Bus Clock: 133 megahertz
BIOS: Alienware A10 04/06/2010
Drives
1271.61 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
720.59 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

PLDS DVD+-RW DH-24ABS SCSI CdRom Device [Optical drive]

ARRAY0 [Hard drive] (2199.02 GB) -- drive 0, Not SMART
Memory Modules c,d
6136 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory

Slot 'DIMM0' has 2048 MB (serial number 86203472)
Slot 'DIMM1' has 2048 MB (serial number 86213472)
Slot 'DIMM2' has 2048 MB (serial number 8620346E)
Local Drive Volumes
c: (NTFS on drive 0) 1271.61 GB 720.59 GB free
Network Drives
None detected
Users (mouse over user name for details)
local user accounts last logon
http://forums.majorgeeks.com/file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Belarc/BelarcAdvisor/System/local/images/trans.gif Administrator 1/27/2016 3:03:53 PM (admin)
http://forums.majorgeeks.com/file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Belarc/BelarcAdvisor/System/local/images/trans.gif Rick 6/14/2016 10:23:03 AM (admin)
local system accounts
http://forums.majorgeeks.com/file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Belarc/BelarcAdvisor/System/local/images/no.gif Guest never
http://forums.majorgeeks.com/file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Belarc/BelarcAdvisor/System/local/images/trans.gif HomeGroupUser$ never
http://forums.majorgeeks.com/file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Belarc/BelarcAdvisor/System/local/images/no.gif Marks a disabled account; http://forums.majorgeeks.com/file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Belarc/BelarcAdvisor/System/local/images/lock.gif Marks a locked account
Printers
Microsoft Shared Fax Driver on SHRFAX:
Send To Microsoft OneNote 2010 Driver on nul:
Controllers
None detected
Display
AMD Radeon HD 5900 Series [Display adapter] (4x)
DELL 2407WFP [Monitor] (24.2"vis, s/n XX-0CC302-XXXXX-68F-11DS, August 2006)
Bus Adapters
Intel(R) ICH8R/ICH9R/ICH10R/DO/PCH SATA RAID Controller
JMicron JMB36X Controller
Silicon Image SiI 3132 SATALink Controller
Intel(R) ICH10 Family USB Enhanced Host Controller - 3A3A
Intel(R) ICH10 Family USB Enhanced Host Controller - 3A3C
Intel(R) ICH10 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 3A34
Intel(R) ICH10 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 3A35
Intel(R) ICH10 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 3A36
Intel(R) ICH10 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 3A37
Intel(R) ICH10 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 3A38
Intel(R) ICH10 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 3A39
Multimedia
AMD High Definition Audio Device
Creative SB X-Fi
Virus Protection [Back to Top]
avast! Antivirus
Group Policies
None detected
Communications
↓ Broadcom NetLink (TM) Gigabit Ethernet
Status: Cable unplugged
Dhcp Server: none responded
Physical Address: A4:BAB:FB:0D2
↑ Broadcom NetLink (TM) Gigabit Ethernet #2
primary Auto IP Address: 10.0.0.123 / 24
Gateway: 10.0.0.1
Dhcp Server: 10.0.0.1
Physical Address: A4:BAB:FB:0D1
Connection Speed: 1 Gbps
Microsoft 6to4 Adapter
Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface

Networking Dns Servers: 75.75.75.75
75.75.76.76
Other Devices
Texas Instruments 1394 OHCI Compliant Host Controller
HID-compliant consumer control device (3x)
HID-compliant device (3x)
Master IO Filter Driver
USB Human Interface Device (2x)
USB Input Device (6x)
HID Keyboard Device (4x)
HID-compliant mouse (2x)
Photosmart Premium C309g-m
Logitech GamePanel Devices (Mono)
Logitech GamePanel Devices (QVGA)
Generic USB Hub (3x)
USB Composite Device (2x)
USB Root Hub (8x)
Generic volume shadow copy

 

What CPU temperatures are you getting? It's sounding like a heat problem to me.

 

Kind of sounds like a failing hard drive. The spindle speed dropping off a few hundred RPMs or more would have that type of effect.

 

mdonah, thanks for replying. The temps are good. My system is water cooled and there are two large fans as well as active top venting

the mechanic, thanks for replying. Is there any way to test the HDs? What about other tests to check for issues?

 

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