System does not work for the intended purpose.
Bios and all drivers are up-to-date. With no other apps running, and no USB connections, this happens regardless of power management settings, airplane mode, exited OneDrive, or graphics refresh rate:
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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. One problem may be related to power management, disable CPU throttling settings in Control Panel and BIOS setup. Check for BIOS updates".