Underperformance/Boot Time Issue

Posted by Quick_Novel_539@reddit | buildapc | View on Reddit | 6 comments

About a month ago I decided to switch from my intel i7 14700k because I felt as if it wasn't performing as I wanted it to. I got the ryzen 7 9800x3d, swapped my motherboard to the asus rog strix 870e-e gaming, and the RAM to the 2x32gb 6000mt Corsair Vengeance. The rest of my computer consists of a 4070 super, AIO, and a 750w PSU. The issue lies in the CPU. I did cinebench for multi-core and got a score of around 1300 (pretty sure for the 9800x3d it should be around 2000), and 3dmark, which also scored in one test 16k where it should have been around 22k. EXPO is on, I'm on the correct power plan, all drivers are up to date including chipset. I'm not sure what the actual issue is, and was curious to know if anyone with similar components was having the same issue. Thank you to anyone who responds.

EDIT: I forgot to include the boot time issue. It boots in around 42 seconds, whereas my old components pre-swap were about 13 seconds. Not sure if the two issues are tied to each other.

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cursedpanther@reddit

What are the CPU temperatures when idle and under load?

Quick_Novel_539@reddit (OP)

Thank you for responding. CPU idle is usually around 40ish C and under 100% load it maxes out at about 82 C. There's no throttling, at least according to HWiNFO. Those temps were also when I had it overclocked (Not crazy), but I reverted back because I wasn't seeing any improvements.

The temps do look normal.

Make sure PBO is turned on in BIOS and Game Booster mode or similarly named is off.

PBO is on but I do also have game booster (i think its called turbo booster or something similar) on, but would that really decrease performance like that even though its supposed to improve it?

Yes. The booster turns off the multi-threading feature of the 9800X3D, which of course will significantly impact the CPU benchmark results.

Also the effect of having the multi-threading feature off on gaming is very debatable. Some games may benefit, some become worse, and most probably won't have an observable difference either on or off. So unless you've thoroughly tested that exact one game you constantly play needs multi-threading off, leave the booster off.

Alright, thank you. I appreciate your help.