Win 8.1 programs stop responding.

over the past few week I've ben experiencing a strange occurrence. At random times usually in the evening my system will freeze after it's been idol for some time. If I have IE open and hit a link to go to it the system won't respond. If I try to open task
manager it also won't open. Some times if I let it sit for a time things will start responding. Usually I'll end up having to restart the system. After it reboots it's fine.
I've tried looking in event manager but can't seem to find anything that points to a cause. Could someone suggest a way I may find out what it is. TIA

Hi,
We can also use the WPT tool (Windows Performace Toolkit) to analyze this issue, reproduce this issue and collect the trace file, upload it to OneDrive, then paste the download link here for further analysis
Install the Windows Performance Toolkit (WPT)
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/4847.install-the-windows-performance-toolkit-wpt.aspx
WPT: WPR/Xperf: Capture high cpu, disk i/o, file, registry, networking, Private bytes, Virtual bytes, Paged Pool/Nonpaged pool and/or application slowness.
http://blogs.technet.com/b/yongrhee/archive/2012/11/23/wpr-xperf-capture-high-cpu-disk-i-o-file-registry-networking-private-bytes-virtual-bytes-paged-pool-nonpaged-pool-and-or-application-slowness.aspx
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