[maxee]

Originally Posted by Maxximou5 A few questions: What distro are you running? Have you changed or used anything to modify your CPU governor? Do you know your average var/sv of the server? Is this server a LAN server? If your server isn't LAN, why are you enforcing a high min rate? Setting them with those with weaker connections will only make the experience entirely worse. Try setting your rates to be more reasonable for lower connections, even the min update rates could be 102. Spoiler fps_max "0" // Sets the servers max fps sv_minrate "96000" // Min bandwidth rate allowed on server, 0 == unlimited sv_maxrate "0" // Max bandwidth rate allowed on server, 0 == unlimited sv_mincmdrate "128" // This sets the minimum value for cl_cmdrate. 0 == unlimited sv_maxupdaterate "128" // Mmaximum updates per second that the server will allow sv_minupdaterate "128" // Minimum updates per second that the server will allow sv_parallel_sendsnapshot "1" // Controls whether the sending of network data is done on the main thread sv_alternateticks "0" // If set, server only simulates entities on even numbered ticks sv_forcepreload "1" // Force server side preloading sv_maxusrcmdprocessticks "0" // Fixes stuttering from rubberbanding

Thanks for the reply, maxximou5.
I'm now running Ubuntu 19.10 (managed to get XanMod to not kill the server, so using that as kernel!).
The CPU governor is set to performance on a Ryzen 5 3600.

The average var is now below 0.005ms during my tests with bots, haven't had the time to test with friends so far. The sv sits on ~3ms if 10 people are playing, iirc.
It's not a LAN server either - got a 1GBit/s bandwidth for both up/down.

I'll try to apply your rates and cvars and see if that helps with anything!