Stutter while moving windows around or minimizing/restoring them.

[Crypticsz]

Hello. I have an issue with what I believe is called the Window manager? Not sure. The problem is that there is some sort of stutter while moving windows around which is also quite noticeable on the minimize/restore animations. Even when I turn window effects off from the settings, the stutter is still there while moving windows around. I find it weird since I have no such issues in Windows 7 which I dual boot with. Also I have no such problem with the Cinnamon's life version, the one I installed from so I guess this could rule out weak hardware as the cause. I haven't been installing any GPU drivers or drivers in general. Has anyone here ever stumbled upon such issue or maybe any ideas as to what could be causing this and how to fix it? Thank you for your time!

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System:    Host: sterix-GA-MA74GM-S2H Kernel: 4.4.0-59-generic x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 5.4.0)
           Desktop: Cinnamon 3.0.7 (Gtk 3.18.9-1ubuntu3.1) Distro: Linux Mint 18 Sarah
Machine:   Mobo: Gigabyte model: GA-MA74GM-S2H v: x.x Bios: Award v: FB date: 03/03/2009
CPU:       Dual core AMD Athlon X2 250 (-MCP-) cache: 2048 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4a svm) bmips: 12055 
           clock speeds: max: 3000 MHz 1: 1800 MHz 2: 1800 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Bonaire XT [Radeon HD 7790/8770 / R7 360 / R9 260/360 OEM]
           bus-ID: 01:00.0
           Display Server: X.Org 1.18.3 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1920x1080@60.00hz
           GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on AMD BONAIRE (DRM 2.43.0, LLVM 3.8.0)
           GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 11.2.0 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio:     Card-1 Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Device 0002 driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 01:00.1
           Card-2 Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:14.2
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.4.0-59-generic
Network:   Card-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
           driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: de00 bus-ID: 02:00.0
           IF: enp2s0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
           driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: ce00 bus-ID: 03:00.0
           IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 1370.3GB (41.4% used) ID-1: /dev/sda model: KINGSTON_SH103S3 size: 120.0GB
           ID-2: /dev/sdb model: WDC_WD10EARS size: 1000.2GB ID-3: /dev/sdc model: ST3250624A size: 250.1GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 15G used: 11G (76%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda5
RAID:      No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 36.0C mobo: N/A gpu: 34.0
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 194 Uptime: 1:29 Memory: 1938.6/3950.8MB Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 5.4.0
           Client: Shell (bash 4.3.421) inxi: 2.2.35 

[Crypticsz]

So after a while I thought I'll check if this issue exists in the live version of Cinnamon, the one I installed from and it doesn't.. at all. I thought it would have to do with my learning experience and how inevitably one rainbows something up either by installing useless software or software he only realizes shouldn't have messed around with after it's done. Either way I was thinking about a clean install for a while so I did it and since I was going to go through the effort, I thought I'll just install 18.1. In 18.1's live version this issue was also none present at all. Right after the clean install it was also not present.. for a while. So it had to be something I've installed.. I narrowed it down to 2 applets, CPU Temperature Indicator and Multi-Core System Monitor. On both of these there are comments of people complaining of issues thought not quite the same as mine + both seem to be abandoned sadly. Yet, turning them off did improve the situation even if not quite completely. So at this point, the only other major software that I have installed is PlayOnLinux but I'm not really willing to get rid of this one. Also, in 18.1, this same stutter would not only affect windows moved around but also video playback, no matter whether I would play it with VLC or the inbuilt player.