Is "Asus Optimal Mode" Making my CPU Throttle?

[jewishdolphins]

So I have my gaming pc for the sole purpose of playing Counter Strike. Recently, I've had a huge problem with frames going from consistent 300fps to 30-50 fps. Usually it goes to 30-50 fps when something cpu intensive occurs in the game (i.e. multiple character models appearing, a lot of fire Molotovs or smokes blooming). I've tried EVERYTHING in order to make this "fps suttering" stop occurring. I've changed launch options, disabled everything I have running in the background, updated drivers, changed gaming config, you name it. 

 

However, the only thing I did notice is that I enabled "Asus Optimal Mode" in the bios a few months ago. I kept it on since it boosted my overall fps, however, lately I have just been experiencing these sudden fps drops while playing. Could it be this? I'm not too sure what the optimal mode does to be honest. It almost seems like it overclocks my pc. Is this the source of my problem? or could it be something else? someone please help. Here are my specs:

 

Computer Specifications

Power Supply:
Corsair 500W PSU

OS:
Windows 10
Motherboard:
Asus Z97-A

CPU:
Intel i5-4690k

Memory:
Corsair Vengeance (16 gigs)

Hard Drive:
1TB HDD & Intel 240 Gig SSD

Video Card:
GeForce GTX 1070

Headphones:
Corsair Void RGB

Monitor:
BenQ XL2411Z 144HZ Monitor

Mouse:
Zowie EC2-A

Mousepad:
Steelseries QCK-Heavy

Keyboard:
Corsair K65 RGB Keyboard

[Mira Yurizaki]

If that's the only thing you changed (that you recall), turn it off and see what happens. If you get your consistent performance back, then we can blame that.