Hitching/Stuttering Unless Mouse Is Moving

When trying to scroll in a browser (Tried both firefox and brave) I get a lot of stuttering and hitching, unless I constantly move my mouse. In which case it becomes a perfectly smooth experience. Same goes for when I try to play a video using VLC, choppy and freezes until I start moving my mouse.
Tried a couple different kernel versions and it’s still the same.

System:
  Kernel: 5.13.0-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0 
  parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.13-x86_64 
  root=UUID=92fb4bf5-b585-422e-bb7e-cce62c8e09b2 rw quiet apparmor=1 
  security=apparmor resume=UUID=1bdcc5e9-8d4e-42ba-9cf1-153d51671825 
  udev.log_priority=3 
  Desktop: Xfce 4.16.0 tk: Gtk 3.24.29 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm4 vt: 7 
  dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux 
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: Micro-Star model: MPG X570 GAMING EDGE WIFI (MS-7C37) 
  v: 1.0 serial: <filter> UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: 1.E0 
  date: 05/14/2021 
Battery:
  Message: No system battery data found. Is one present? 
Memory:
  RAM: total: 15.55 GiB used: 2.42 GiB (15.5%) 
  RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required. 
CPU:
  Info: 8-Core model: AMD Ryzen 7 3800X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 2 
  family: 17 (23) model-id: 71 (113) stepping: 0 microcode: 8701021 cache: 
  L2: 4 MiB bogomips: 140066 
  Speed: 4375 MHz min/max: N/A Core speeds (MHz): 1: 4375 2: 4375 3: 4375 
  4: 4375 5: 4375 6: 4371 7: 4375 8: 4375 9: 4375 10: 4375 11: 4375 12: 4375 
  13: 4375 14: 4375 15: 4375 16: 4375 
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm adx aes aperfmperf apic arat avic avx avx2 bmi1 
  bmi2 bpext cat_l3 cdp_l3 clflush clflushopt clwb clzero cmov cmp_legacy 
  constant_tsc cpb cpuid cqm cqm_llc cqm_mbm_local cqm_mbm_total cqm_occup_llc 
  cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de decodeassists extapic extd_apicid f16c flushbyasid 
  fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr fxsr_opt ht hw_pstate ibpb ibs irperf lahf_lm lbrv lm 
  mba mca mce misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor movbe msr mtrr mwaitx nonstop_tsc 
  nopl npt nrip_save nx osvw overflow_recov pae pat pausefilter pclmulqdq 
  pdpe1gb perfctr_core perfctr_llc perfctr_nb pfthreshold pge pni popcnt pse 
  pse36 rdpid rdpru rdrand rdseed rdt_a rdtscp rep_good sep sev sev_es sha_ni 
  skinit smap smca sme smep ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 stibp 
  succor svm svm_lock syscall tce topoext tsc tsc_scale umip v_spec_ctrl 
  v_vmsave_vmload vgif vmcb_clean vme vmmcall wbnoinvd wdt xgetbv1 xsave 
  xsavec xsaveerptr xsaveopt xsaves 
  Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected 
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected 
  Type: mds status: Not affected 
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected 
  Type: spec_store_bypass 
  mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp 
  Type: spectre_v1 
  mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full AMD retpoline, IBPB: conditional, STIBP: 
  conditional, RSB filling 
  Type: srbds status: Not affected 
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GP104 [GeForce GTX 1080] vendor: eVga.com. driver: nvidia 
  v: 390.143 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm bus-ID: 2d:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1b80 
  class-ID: 0300 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: loaded: nvidia display-ID: :0.0 
  screens: 1 
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3440x1440 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 910x381mm (35.8x15.0") 
  s-diag: 987mm (38.8") 
  Monitor-1: DP-2 res: 3440x1440 dpi: 109 size: 798x335mm (31.4x13.2") 
  diag: 865mm (34.1") 
  OpenGL: renderer: GeForce GTX 1080/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 390.143 
  direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GP104 High Definition Audio vendor: eVga.com. 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 2d:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10f0 
  class-ID: 0403 
  Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 2f:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 
  class-ID: 0403 
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.13.0-1-MANJARO running: yes 
  Sound Server-2: JACK v: 0.125.0 running: no 
  Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes 
  Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.30 running: no 
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet 
  vendor: Micro-Star MSI X570-A PRO driver: r8169 v: kernel port: d000 
  bus-ID: 27:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200 
  IF: enp39s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global 
  broadcast: <filter> 
  IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global 
  IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global 
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link 
  Device-2: Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 3168NGW [Stone Peak] driver: iwlwifi 
  v: kernel port: d000 bus-ID: 29:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:24fb class-ID: 0280 
  IF: wlp41s0 state: down mac: <filter> 
  WAN IP: <filter> 
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 3168 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 
  bus-ID: 1-4:3 chip-ID: 8087:0aa7 class-ID: e001 
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down bt-service: enabled,running 
  rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: see --recommends 
Logical:
  Permissions: Unable to run lvs. Root privileges required. 
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found. 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 3.51 TiB used: 302.07 GiB (8.4%) 
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends 
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: PNY model: SSD2SC120G1SA754D117-820 
  size: 111.79 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s 
  rotation: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 5B scheme: GPT 
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: PNY model: CS1311 240GB SSD 
  size: 223.57 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s 
  rotation: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 1122 scheme: GPT 
  ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Western Digital model: WD10EZEX-21M2NA0 
  size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s 
  rotation: 7200 rpm serial: <filter> rev: 1A01 scheme: GPT 
  ID-4: /dev/sdd maj-min: 8:48 vendor: Toshiba model: DT01ACA200 
  size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s 
  rotation: 7200 rpm serial: <filter> rev: ABB0 scheme: MBR 
  ID-5: /dev/sde maj-min: 8:64 type: USB model: TO Exter nal USB 3.0 
  size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B 
  serial: <filter> rev: 0104 scheme: MBR 
  Message: No optical or floppy data found. 
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 214.47 GiB size: 210.05 GiB (97.94%) 
  used: 97.58 GiB (46.5%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18 label: N/A 
  uuid: 92fb4bf5-b585-422e-bb7e-cce62c8e09b2 
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%) 
  used: 292 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 label: NO_LABEL 
  uuid: D060-415A 
  ID-3: /run/media/mike/New Volume raw-size: 465.76 GiB 
  size: 465.76 GiB (100.00%) used: 204.49 GiB (43.9%) fs: fuseblk 
  dev: /dev/sde1 maj-min: 8:65 label: New Volume uuid: 3E2C6EB12C6E643D 
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) 
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8.8 GiB used: 1.2 MiB (0.0%) priority: -2 
  dev: /dev/sdb3 maj-min: 8:19 label: N/A 
  uuid: 1bdcc5e9-8d4e-42ba-9cf1-153d51671825 
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 size: 100 MiB fs: <superuser required> 
  label: N/A uuid: C678-F079 
  ID-2: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 size: 16 MiB fs: <superuser required> 
  label: N/A uuid: N/A 
  ID-3: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3 size: 111.19 GiB fs: <superuser required> 
  label: N/A uuid: 26C2809CC280723B 
  ID-4: /dev/sda4 maj-min: 8:4 size: 499 MiB fs: <superuser required> 
  label: N/A uuid: 722627132626D83D 
  ID-5: /dev/sdc1 maj-min: 8:33 size: 931.51 GiB fs: <superuser required> 
  label: N/A uuid: A2248792248767DD 
  ID-6: /dev/sdd1 maj-min: 8:49 size: 1.82 TiB fs: <superuser required> 
  label: N/A uuid: 9E1A901C1A8FF017 
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 
  Device-1: 1-1:2 info: Logitech Gaming Keyboard G610 type: Keyboard,HID 
  driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s 
  power: 500mA chip-ID: 046d:c338 class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter> 
  Device-2: 1-4:3 info: Intel Wireless-AC 3168 Bluetooth type: Bluetooth 
  driver: btusb interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA 
  chip-ID: 8087:0aa7 class-ID: e001 
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s 
  chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900 
  Device-1: 2-2:2 info: Unknown JMS578 based SATA bridge type: Mass Storage 
  driver: uas interfaces: 1 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s power: 8mA 
  chip-ID: 0080:a001 class-ID: 0806 serial: <filter> 
  Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 
  Device-1: 3-5:2 info: Micro Star MYSTIC LIGHT type: HID 
  driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s 
  power: 500mA chip-ID: 1462:7c37 class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter> 
  Hub-4: 3-6:3 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s 
  power: 100mA chip-ID: 05e3:0608 class-ID: 0900 
  Hub-5: 4-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s 
  chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900 
  Hub-6: 5-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 
  Device-1: 5-1:2 info: Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum Optical Mouse 
  type: Mouse,HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 12 Mb/s power: 300mA chip-ID: 046d:c332 class-ID: 0300 
  serial: <filter> 
  Hub-7: 6-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s 
  chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 47.6 C mobo: 0 C gpu: nvidia temp: 55 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 10% 
Info:
  Processes: 316 Uptime: 12m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 248 tool: systemctl 
  Compilers: gcc: N/A Packages: pacman: 1069 lib: 296 flatpak: 0 Shell: Bash 
  v: 5.1.8 running-in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.3.04 

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

try disabling composting.

That solved it.
Thanks for your help!

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