New 2950X Threadripper Build - Poor Render Performance

[itsSPECTOR]

Hey everyone,

 

I built my first PC and immediately ran into a problem.

 

I animate for a YouTube channel and the videos can get pretty big (decent amount of VFX), so I decided to upgrade from my previous rig to better support my workload, specs for my new PC below:

 

CPU: Ryzen Threadripper 2950x 16 Core

Motherboard: ASRock x399 Taichi

Ram: 32GB 3200mhz

GPU: GTX 1660 Super

Storage: Two 1TB M.2 SSD's + 1 External HDD

PSU: 850W

 

In attempts to render in After Effects, Media Encoder and Premier, I was getting better render speeds on my old Ryzen 5 3600. The renders estimated completion endlessly shoots up to 50hrs+. I've done equally complex videos on a weaker build and got better performance, kinda tearing my hair out at this point since deadlines are coming up. I've tried overclocking but to no effect, tweaking which codec I export, etc... Feels like I've tried everything. I even used programs like Renderboss and Render Garden and got a small boost from it. 

 

I've tested UserBench and Cinebench and got good scores, but when it comes time to render a video I get nowhere.

 

Anyone have any idea why my PC renders so slow?

 

[Master Disaster]

Open Project Settings > General and have a look which output renderer you have selected.

[itsSPECTOR]

Mercury Software Only

 

Was that set by default? Im positive Mercury Software Only is the lesser option.

[Master Disaster]

Yeah, try changing it to use hardware acceleration and see if that helps.

[itsSPECTOR]

I'll give it a go and check back on results - Let's see if this works.

[itsSPECTOR]

I'm seeing a really small boost from it - but im also using renderboss to get multi-threaded support. Could it be something else?