_________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CONCLUSION _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Your system seems to be having difficulty handling real-time audio and other tasks. You may experience drop outs, clicks or pops due to buffer underruns. 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  0:07:08  (h:mm:ss) on all processors.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________ SYSTEM INFORMATION _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Computer name:                                        STUDIO OS version:                                           Windows 8.1 , 6.2, build: 9200 (x64) Hardware:                                             Z97X-Gaming 7, Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. CPU:                                                  GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4790K CPU @ 4.00GHz Logical processors:                                   8 Processor groups:                                     1 RAM:                                                  16229 MB total
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CPU SPEED _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Reported CPU speed:                                   3991 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.
 
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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):   256.336239 Average measured interrupt to process latency (µs):   2.065016
Highest measured interrupt to DPC latency (µs):       63.121837 Average measured interrupt to DPC latency (µs):       0.595117
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________  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):              215.500877 Driver with highest ISR routine execution time:       Wdf01000.sys - Kernel Mode Driver Framework Runtime, Microsoft Corporation
Highest reported total ISR routine time (%):          0.045891 Driver with highest ISR total time:                   Wdf01000.sys - Kernel Mode Driver Framework Runtime, Microsoft Corporation
Total time spent in ISRs (%)                          0.050894
ISR count (execution time <250 µs):                   618598 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):              1591.207216 Driver with highest DPC routine execution time:       ndis.sys - Network Driver Interface Specification (NDIS), Microsoft Corporation
Highest reported total DPC routine time (%):          0.215637 Driver with highest DPC total execution time:         Wdf01000.sys - Kernel Mode Driver Framework Runtime, Microsoft Corporation
Total time spent in DPCs (%)                          0.224277
DPC count (execution time <250 µs):                   603978 DPC count (execution time 250-500 µs):                0 DPC count (execution time 500-999 µs):                12 DPC count (execution time 1000-1999 µs):              3 DPC count (execution time 2000-3999 µs):              0 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.
Process with highest pagefault count:                 killerservice.exe
Total number of hard pagefaults                       11 Hard pagefault count of hardest hit process:          4 Highest hard pagefault resolution time (µs):          3.836382 Total time spent in hard pagefaults (%):              0.000001 Number of processes hit:                              4
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________  PER CPU DATA _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CPU 0 Interrupt cycle time (s):                       9.315903 CPU 0 ISR highest execution time (µs):                215.500877 CPU 0 ISR total execution time (s):                   1.743114 CPU 0 ISR count:                                      618598 CPU 0 DPC highest execution time (µs):                1591.207216 CPU 0 DPC total execution time (s):                   7.648593 CPU 0 DPC count:                                      586562 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CPU 1 Interrupt cycle time (s):                       0.082860 CPU 1 ISR highest execution time (µs):                0.0 CPU 1 ISR total execution time (s):                   0.0 CPU 1 ISR count:                                      0 CPU 1 DPC highest execution time (µs):                56.737660 CPU 1 DPC total execution time (s):                   0.000441 CPU 1 DPC count:                                      486 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CPU 2 Interrupt cycle time (s):                       0.072930 CPU 2 ISR highest execution time (µs):                0.0 CPU 2 ISR total execution time (s):                   0.0 CPU 2 ISR count:                                      0 CPU 2 DPC highest execution time (µs):                56.388374 CPU 2 DPC total execution time (s):                   0.001348 CPU 2 DPC count:                                      1626 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CPU 3 Interrupt cycle time (s):                       0.079091 CPU 3 ISR highest execution time (µs):                0.0 CPU 3 ISR total execution time (s):                   0.0 CPU 3 ISR count:                                      0 CPU 3 DPC highest execution time (µs):                56.282886 CPU 3 DPC total execution time (s):                   0.000701 CPU 3 DPC count:                                      950 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CPU 4 Interrupt cycle time (s):                       0.069769 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):                56.225758 CPU 4 DPC total execution time (s):                   0.000643 CPU 4 DPC count:                                      865 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CPU 5 Interrupt cycle time (s):                       0.079368 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):                55.993736 CPU 5 DPC total execution time (s):                   0.000867 CPU 5 DPC count:                                      684 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CPU 6 Interrupt cycle time (s):                       0.154272 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):                251.202205 CPU 6 DPC total execution time (s):                   0.02830 CPU 6 DPC count:                                      12436 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CPU 7 Interrupt cycle time (s):                       0.074097 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):                55.591330 CPU 7 DPC total execution time (s):                   0.000577 CPU 7 DPC count:                                      384 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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______________________________________________________________________________________________________ CONCLUSION _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Your system seems to be having difficulty handling real-time audio and other tasks. You may experience drop outs, clicks or pops due to buffer underruns. 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  0:07:08  (h:mm:ss) on all processors.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________ SYSTEM INFORMATION _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Computer name:                                        STUDIO OS version:                                           Windows 8.1 , 6.2, build: 9200 (x64) Hardware:                                             Z97X-Gaming 7, Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. CPU:                                                  GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4790K CPU @ 4.00GHz Logical processors:                                   8 Processor groups:                                     1 RAM:                                                  16229 MB total
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CPU SPEED _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Reported CPU speed:                                   3991 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.
 
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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):   256.336239 Average measured interrupt to process latency (µs):   2.065016
Highest measured interrupt to DPC latency (µs):       63.121837 Average measured interrupt to DPC latency (µs):       0.595117
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________  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):              215.500877 Driver with highest ISR routine execution time:       Wdf01000.sys - Kernel Mode Driver Framework Runtime, Microsoft Corporation
Highest reported total ISR routine time (%):          0.045891 Driver with highest ISR total time:                   Wdf01000.sys - Kernel Mode Driver Framework Runtime, Microsoft Corporation
Total time spent in ISRs (%)                          0.050894
ISR count (execution time <250 µs):                   618598 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):              1591.207216 Driver with highest DPC routine execution time:       ndis.sys - Network Driver Interface Specification (NDIS), Microsoft Corporation
Highest reported total DPC routine time (%):          0.215637 Driver with highest DPC total execution time:         Wdf01000.sys - Kernel Mode Driver Framework Runtime, Microsoft Corporation
Total time spent in DPCs (%)                          0.224277
DPC count (execution time <250 µs):                   603978 DPC count (execution time 250-500 µs):                0 DPC count (execution time 500-999 µs):                12 DPC count (execution time 1000-1999 µs):              3 DPC count (execution time 2000-3999 µs):              0 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.
Process with highest pagefault count:                 killerservice.exe
Total number of hard pagefaults                       11 Hard pagefault count of hardest hit process:          4 Highest hard pagefault resolution time (µs):          3.836382 Total time spent in hard pagefaults (%):              0.000001 Number of processes hit:                              4
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________  PER CPU DATA _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CPU 0 Interrupt cycle time (s):                       9.315903 CPU 0 ISR highest execution time (µs):                215.500877 CPU 0 ISR total execution time (s):                   1.743114 CPU 0 ISR count:                                      618598 CPU 0 DPC highest execution time (µs):                1591.207216 CPU 0 DPC total execution time (s):                   7.648593 CPU 0 DPC count:                                      586562 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CPU 1 Interrupt cycle time (s):                       0.082860 CPU 1 ISR highest execution time (µs):                0.0 CPU 1 ISR total execution time (s):                   0.0 CPU 1 ISR count:                                      0 CPU 1 DPC highest execution time (µs):                56.737660 CPU 1 DPC total execution time (s):                   0.000441 CPU 1 DPC count:                                      486 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CPU 2 Interrupt cycle time (s):                       0.072930 CPU 2 ISR highest execution time (µs):                0.0 CPU 2 ISR total execution time (s):                   0.0 CPU 2 ISR count:                                      0 CPU 2 DPC highest execution time (µs):                56.388374 CPU 2 DPC total execution time (s):                   0.001348 CPU 2 DPC count:                                      1626 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CPU 3 Interrupt cycle time (s):                       0.079091 CPU 3 ISR highest execution time (µs):                0.0 CPU 3 ISR total execution time (s):                   0.0 CPU 3 ISR count:                                      0 CPU 3 DPC highest execution time (µs):                56.282886 CPU 3 DPC total execution time (s):                   0.000701 CPU 3 DPC count:                                      950 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CPU 4 Interrupt cycle time (s):                       0.069769 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):                56.225758 CPU 4 DPC total execution time (s):                   0.000643 CPU 4 DPC count:                                      865 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CPU 5 Interrupt cycle time (s):                       0.079368 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):                55.993736 CPU 5 DPC total execution time (s):                   0.000867 CPU 5 DPC count:                                      684 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CPU 6 Interrupt cycle time (s):                       0.154272 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):                251.202205 CPU 6 DPC total execution time (s):                   0.02830 CPU 6 DPC count:                                      12436 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CPU 7 Interrupt cycle time (s):                       0.074097 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):                55.591330 CPU 7 DPC total execution time (s):                   0.000577 CPU 7 DPC count:                                      384 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________

This is after I did all those tweaks.  really discouraged/   should I disable the onboard audio?

If you keep it make sure in windows control panel sounds the onboard is set as default. That way windows goes nowhere near your audio interface. You can also disable your external interface here. You will then need to route the onboard sound into your external interface or whereever via cables.

Disabling network will improve performance. You should be able to keep antivirus if you make sure you exclude the scans from folders that are frequently being accessed (such as Sonar project).

Also try updating your network card drivers.

Btw the reports don't really say much. You need to look at the drivers tab of latencymon to see what's going on... Perhaps post a screenshot (make sure we see all of it, sort it in offending order).

I am consistently getting hardpage faults that are off the charts!  all the way to the red!
 
 

I just opened device manager and found that Intel Management engine interface has a problem.  
PCI bus 0 device 22 function 0
Device Status
This device cannot start. (Code 10)
STATUS_DEVICE_POWER_FAILURE
 
 

I've seen this before.

Backup and remove intel management interface in add/remove programs
You don't need it and it's probably a major cause of your latency issues. Ignore the message.

I restarted and restored bios to optimized defaults. ( I know that isn't the best way to go )  Now that problem didn't show up in device manager. 
I was thinking that it perhaps has/had something to do with the firewire card.  since it does mention pci bus.
How do you disable intel management interface? IN task manager?
There are two Intel services running  Intel dynamic application loader host interface
and Intel local management service