3700x Underperforming

Fortekko · September 2, 2019

So I recently got my hands on a 3700x and swapped out my old 1600x for it. Immediately I noticed that voltages were mostly between 1.4-1.5 V and my CPU fan started going crazy on idle (temps were around 45ish). I threw on Time Spy and strangely enough, voltages went down to 1.2-1.3 V range. I ended up with a score of ~8900, well shy of the other 3700x's that had scores of around 9500. Comparing Cinebench scores led to a similar story. I know that using my old b350 board is gimping my CPU a bit, but is that all to this story or is there something else that could possible be lowering my CPU performance?

I'm also on the latest chipset drivers, BIOS, and Ryzen balanced power plan.

ch3w2oy · September 2, 2019

RAM, temps, PBO, etc.. Can all effect its performance.

Set a custom fan curve.

Voltage is higher when idle, nothing to worry about..

Fortekko · September 2, 2019

32 minutes ago, ch3w2oy said:

RAM, temps, PBO, etc.. Can all effect its performance.

Set a custom fan curve.

Voltage is higher when idle, nothing to worry about..

I was aware that those affected it to a degree, but ~10% difference seems like quite a big hit imo. Temps rarely go above 65 so I don't think thats an issue however.