Windows 10 Event Viewer Spam Causing PC Stutter - Events 5379, 4624, 4672 -- Security Audits

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Hi,


Since getting my new PC, I have experienced these instances of noticeable stutter when browsing, gaming, or simply being on the desktop. The best way to describe it is as a very brief but noticeable micro-stutter/micro-freeze, the screen does not flash and audio does not cut out. It lasts for about half a second, but it is very noticeable and annoying, especially when playing games. After spending hours troubleshooting, I have ended up finding the cause. These stutters happen at the exact same logs are generated in the Event Viewer application. These logs are listed under the "Audit Success" column and I currently have about 5000 of these logs just in the last 24 hours. Out of these logs, there are 3 particular Event ID logs that correlate with my stuttering: Event ID: 4624, 4672, and 5379. The 4624 and 4672 occur more frequently than the 5379 and the stutter resulting from them is less severe. The 5379 event however, results in the worst stuttering. This is probably because the 5379 event is logged about 300 times during instances of stutter. Event Viewer shows event 5379 being logged around 300 times at the exact same time interval (For example 300 entries all at 1:00:00PM or 2:37:51PM etc etc).


The events themselves have different descriptions for why they're occuring:


Event 4624:

An account was successfully logged on.

Subject:

Security ID: SYSTEM

Account Name: DESKTOP-N2CELSJ$

Account Domain: WORKGROUP

Logon ID: 0x3E7


Logon Information:

Logon Type: 5

Restricted Admin Mode: -

Virtual Account: No

Elevated Token: Yes


Impersonation Level: Impersonation


New Logon:

Security ID: SYSTEM

Account Name: SYSTEM

Account Domain: NT AUTHORITY

Logon ID: 0x3E7

Linked Logon ID: 0x0

Network Account Name: -

Network Account Domain: -

Logon GUID: {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}


Process Information:

Process ID: 0x358

Process Name: C:\Windows\System32\services.exe


Network Information:

Workstation Name: -

Source Network Address: -

Source Port: -


Detailed Authentication Information:

Logon Process: Advapi

Authentication Package: Negotiate

Transited Services: -

Package Name (NTLM only): -

Key Length: 0


This event is generated when a logon session is created. It is generated on the computer that was accessed.


The subject fields indicate the account on the local system which requested the logon. This is most commonly a service such as the Server service, or a local process such as Winlogon.exe or Services.exe.


The logon type field indicates the kind of logon that occurred. The most common types are 2 (interactive) and 3 (network).


The New Logon fields indicate the account for whom the new logon was created, i.e. the account that was logged on.


The network fields indicate where a remote logon request originated. Workstation name is not always available and may be left blank in some cases.


The impersonation level field indicates the extent to which a process in the logon session can impersonate.


The authentication information fields provide detailed information about this specific logon request.

- Logon GUID is a unique identifier that can be used to correlate this event with a KDC event.

- Transited services indicate which intermediate services have participated in this logon request.

- Package name indicates which sub-protocol was used among the NTLM protocols.

- Key length indicates the length of the generated session key. This will be 0 if no session key was requested.


Event 4672:

Special privileges assigned to new logon.


Subject:

Security ID: SYSTEM

Account Name: SYSTEM

Account Domain: NT AUTHORITY

Logon ID: 0x3E7


Privileges: SeAssignPrimaryTokenPrivilege

SeTcbPrivilege

SeSecurityPrivilege

SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege

SeLoadDriverPrivilege

SeBackupPrivilege

SeRestorePrivilege

SeDebugPrivilege

SeAuditPrivilege

SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege

SeImpersonatePrivilege

SeDelegateSessionUserImpersonatePrivilege


Event 5379:

Credential Manager credentials were read.


Subject:

Security ID: DESKTOP-N2CELSJ\bback

Account Name: bback

Account Domain: DESKTOP-N2CELSJ

Logon ID: 0x85277

Read Operation: Enumerate Credentials

This event occurs when a user performs a read operation on stored credentials in Credential Manager.


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I'm really at a loss of how to fix this. If anyone has any suggestions or has experienced this before please tell me how I should go about solving this. Thank you.

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