Network overhead will pound your meter, meter isn't dependent on your cpu or video card alone, not that much actually.
One thing you can do under Win10 that can help a lot is to disable Cortana in the registry, not just switching her off, but disabling her. Even when not doing anything, Cortana when still alive has a constant network connection.
Marks raw input registry fix still I think has an effect under Win10 as well.
Anything that utilizes an open internet connection can give you that meter lag, that 'slide by the ding' effect mostly.