diff --git a/Core/HLE/sceDisplay.cpp b/Core/HLE/sceDisplay.cpp
index 90c5f07de7cc..ce25a55351a1 100644
--- a/Core/HLE/sceDisplay.cpp
+++ b/Core/HLE/sceDisplay.cpp
@@ -918,7 +918,7 @@ u32 sceDisplaySetFramebuf(u32 topaddr, int linesize, int pixelformat, int sync)
 		u64 now = CoreTiming::GetTicks();
 		s64 cyclesAhead = nextFlipCycles - now;
 		if (cyclesAhead > FLIP_DELAY_CYCLES_MIN) {
-			if (lastFlipsTooFrequent >= FLIP_DELAY_MIN_FLIPS) {
+			if (lastFlipsTooFrequent >= FLIP_DELAY_MIN_FLIPS && gpuStats.numClears > 0) {
 				delayCycles = cyclesAhead;
 			} else {
 				++lastFlipsTooFrequent;
diff --git a/GPU/Common/FramebufferCommon.cpp b/GPU/Common/FramebufferCommon.cpp
index 522c704a5f30..d9e2d029ad90 100644
--- a/GPU/Common/FramebufferCommon.cpp
+++ b/GPU/Common/FramebufferCommon.cpp
@@ -1297,6 +1297,9 @@ bool FramebufferManagerCommon::NotifyFramebufferCopy(u32 src, u32 dst, int size,
 		}
 		return false;
 	} else if (dstBuffer) {
+		if (isMemset) {
+			gpuStats.numClears++;
+		}
 		WARN_LOG_ONCE(btucpy, G3D, "Memcpy fbo upload %08x -> %08x", src, dst);
 		if (g_Config.bBlockTransferGPU) {
 			FlushBeforeCopy();
diff --git a/GPU/Common/SoftwareTransformCommon.cpp b/GPU/Common/SoftwareTransformCommon.cpp
index c92b9b9131fb..a29c987c11de 100644
--- a/GPU/Common/SoftwareTransformCommon.cpp
+++ b/GPU/Common/SoftwareTransformCommon.cpp
@@ -408,6 +408,7 @@ void SoftwareTransform(
 			// Need to rescale from a [0, 1] float.  This is the final transformed value.
 			result->depth = ToScaledDepth((s16)(int)(transformed[1].z * 65535.0f));
 			result->action = SW_CLEAR;
+			gpuStats.numClears++;
 			return;
 		}
 	}
@@ -560,5 +561,9 @@ void SoftwareTransform(
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (gstate.isModeClear()) {
+		gpuStats.numClears++;
+	}
+
 	result->action = SW_DRAW_PRIMITIVES;
 }
diff --git a/GPU/D3D11/GPU_D3D11.cpp b/GPU/D3D11/GPU_D3D11.cpp
index 6fae0890526d..df3a9aa6f1ae 100644
--- a/GPU/D3D11/GPU_D3D11.cpp
+++ b/GPU/D3D11/GPU_D3D11.cpp
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ void GPU_D3D11::GetStats(char *buffer, size_t bufsize) {
 	float vertexAverageCycles = gpuStats.numVertsSubmitted > 0 ? (float)gpuStats.vertexGPUCycles / (float)gpuStats.numVertsSubmitted : 0.0f;
 	snprintf(buffer, bufsize - 1,
 		"DL processing time: %0.2f ms\n"
-		"Draw calls: %i, flushes %i\n"
+		"Draw calls: %i, flushes %i, clears %i\n"
 		"Cached Draw calls: %i\n"
 		"Num Tracked Vertex Arrays: %i\n"
 		"GPU cycles executed: %d (%f per vertex)\n"
@@ -532,6 +532,7 @@ void GPU_D3D11::GetStats(char *buffer, size_t bufsize) {
 		gpuStats.msProcessingDisplayLists * 1000.0f,
 		gpuStats.numDrawCalls,
 		gpuStats.numFlushes,
+		gpuStats.numClears,
 		gpuStats.numCachedDrawCalls,
 		gpuStats.numTrackedVertexArrays,
 		gpuStats.vertexGPUCycles + gpuStats.otherGPUCycles,
diff --git a/GPU/Directx9/GPU_DX9.cpp b/GPU/Directx9/GPU_DX9.cpp
index 4afaa7238a59..fb071c7a50c5 100644
--- a/GPU/Directx9/GPU_DX9.cpp
+++ b/GPU/Directx9/GPU_DX9.cpp
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ void GPU_DX9::GetStats(char *buffer, size_t bufsize) {
 	float vertexAverageCycles = gpuStats.numVertsSubmitted > 0 ? (float)gpuStats.vertexGPUCycles / (float)gpuStats.numVertsSubmitted : 0.0f;
 	snprintf(buffer, bufsize - 1,
 		"DL processing time: %0.2f ms\n"
-		"Draw calls: %i, flushes %i\n"
+		"Draw calls: %i, flushes %i, clears %i\n"
 		"Cached Draw calls: %i\n"
 		"Num Tracked Vertex Arrays: %i\n"
 		"GPU cycles executed: %d (%f per vertex)\n"
@@ -506,6 +506,7 @@ void GPU_DX9::GetStats(char *buffer, size_t bufsize) {
 		gpuStats.msProcessingDisplayLists * 1000.0f,
 		gpuStats.numDrawCalls,
 		gpuStats.numFlushes,
+		gpuStats.numClears,
 		gpuStats.numCachedDrawCalls,
 		gpuStats.numTrackedVertexArrays,
 		gpuStats.vertexGPUCycles + gpuStats.otherGPUCycles,
diff --git a/GPU/GLES/GPU_GLES.cpp b/GPU/GLES/GPU_GLES.cpp
index 8142419e9767..eecabf5bfa6b 100644
--- a/GPU/GLES/GPU_GLES.cpp
+++ b/GPU/GLES/GPU_GLES.cpp
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ void GPU_GLES::GetStats(char *buffer, size_t bufsize) {
 	float vertexAverageCycles = gpuStats.numVertsSubmitted > 0 ? (float)gpuStats.vertexGPUCycles / (float)gpuStats.numVertsSubmitted : 0.0f;
 	snprintf(buffer, bufsize - 1,
 		"DL processing time: %0.2f ms\n"
-		"Draw calls: %i, flushes %i\n"
+		"Draw calls: %i, flushes %i, clears %i\n"
 		"Cached Draw calls: %i\n"
 		"Num Tracked Vertex Arrays: %i\n"
 		"GPU cycles executed: %d (%f per vertex)\n"
@@ -707,6 +707,7 @@ void GPU_GLES::GetStats(char *buffer, size_t bufsize) {
 		gpuStats.msProcessingDisplayLists * 1000.0f,
 		gpuStats.numDrawCalls,
 		gpuStats.numFlushes,
+		gpuStats.numClears,
 		gpuStats.numCachedDrawCalls,
 		gpuStats.numTrackedVertexArrays,
 		gpuStats.vertexGPUCycles + gpuStats.otherGPUCycles,
diff --git a/GPU/GPU.h b/GPU/GPU.h
index b10bf19d9aea..7e10db49aaf9 100644
--- a/GPU/GPU.h
+++ b/GPU/GPU.h
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ struct GPUStatistics {
 		numFlushes = 0;
 		numTexturesDecoded = 0;
 		numReadbacks = 0;
+		numClears = 0;
 		msProcessingDisplayLists = 0;
 		vertexGPUCycles = 0;
 		otherGPUCycles = 0;
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ struct GPUStatistics {
 	int numShaderSwitches;
 	int numTexturesDecoded;
 	int numReadbacks;
+	int numClears;
 	double msProcessingDisplayLists;
 	int vertexGPUCycles;
 	int otherGPUCycles;
diff --git a/GPU/Vulkan/GPU_Vulkan.cpp b/GPU/Vulkan/GPU_Vulkan.cpp
index e2015c32d5b4..76e1b881b906 100644
--- a/GPU/Vulkan/GPU_Vulkan.cpp
+++ b/GPU/Vulkan/GPU_Vulkan.cpp
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ void GPU_Vulkan::GetStats(char *buffer, size_t bufsize) {
 	float vertexAverageCycles = gpuStats.numVertsSubmitted > 0 ? (float)gpuStats.vertexGPUCycles / (float)gpuStats.numVertsSubmitted : 0.0f;
 	snprintf(buffer, bufsize - 1,
 		"DL processing time: %0.2f ms\n"
-		"Draw calls: %i, flushes %i\n"
+		"Draw calls: %i, flushes %i, clears %i\n"
 		"Cached Draw calls: %i\n"
 		"Num Tracked Vertex Arrays: %i\n"
 		"GPU cycles executed: %d (%f per vertex)\n"
@@ -672,6 +672,7 @@ void GPU_Vulkan::GetStats(char *buffer, size_t bufsize) {
 		gpuStats.msProcessingDisplayLists * 1000.0f,
 		gpuStats.numDrawCalls,
 		gpuStats.numFlushes,
+		gpuStats.numClears,
 		gpuStats.numCachedDrawCalls,
 		gpuStats.numTrackedVertexArrays,
 		gpuStats.vertexGPUCycles + gpuStats.otherGPUCycles,