Cpu scoring lower than before

[Smackaroy]

When I first got my 5950x my scores where great in things like cinebench, but as my pc has gotten a little older my scores have gotten a little lower.

 

Now I'm thinking this has something to deal with me no longer being on a clean windows install with barley any drivers and programs. I just want to check if my theory has merit.

[Daethz]

What do you score? curious. Also a 5950x owner

Also, wouldn't doubt it, more programs = more background processes 

[svmlegacy]

11 minutes ago, Smackaroy said:

Now I'm thinking this has something to deal with me no longer being on a clean windows install with barley any drivers and programs. I just want to check if my theory has merit.

Absolutely this is the cause. CPU's don't inherently slow down over time, unless you horribly abuse them (And that's super specfic to Zen 2 and Zen 3 under PBO. Other CPU's will begin crashing or not booting once "worn out")

[Smackaroy]

8 minutes ago, Daethz said:

What do you score? curious. Also a 5950x owner

Also, wouldn't doubt it, more programs = more background processes 

9800-9900 stock

[Smackaroy]

7 minutes ago, svmlegacy said:

Absolutely this is the cause. CPU's don't inherently slow down over time, unless you horribly abuse them (And that's super specfic to Zen 2 and Zen 3 under PBO. Other CPU's will begin crashing or not booting once "worn out")

Yeah that's what I thought. Also yeah I think it is just having the older windows install that is lowering the score a bit, because I originally had this cpu on my old ssd, and I remembered the scores being about what they are now and when I got a fresh  windows install on my new ssd scores where much better.