S-s-s-stuttering Problems

​I’m quite sure my problems are correlated with my underwhelming CPU, however I’m not entirely sure.

I cannot play the Witcher on the Lowest settings including windowed mode. I can play BF4 on Medium and MGSV on Medium settings just fine.

The Problem: The game will freeze unpredictably for roughly 5 seconds then continue. Some times the freezing is most frequent. The only constant is it will freeze.

Stats:

Motherboard: MSI Z87 G45

GPU: Nvidia 780 Ti

RAM: 8gb

CPU Intel 3430

OS: Windows 7 (64 bit)

Any thoughts? (Purchasing a new CPU isn’t off the table because I know it’s quite terrible)

S-s-s-stuttering Problems