I just built a new system around the AMD FX 9590 on an Asus MB with 32GB of RAM. I excitedly decided to run a benchmark (in this case, Novabench) on the new system once I got all my other programs loaded. Imagine my shock and dismay when my "super system" posted HALF the total score of my 4-year old Phenom! I opened Task Manager, focusing on the CPU, and ran the tests again. It never budged from 1.5GHz. I understand it running at a lower frequency since when not under load, but in this case, it should have jumped up to the full 4.7GHz for the tests. And strangely, my Samsung SSD only recorded 41MB/s, where as the same SSD in my older system registered something like 150MB/s. With the exception of memory, every benchmark, frankly, sucked.
Anyone have an idea where to look for what might be throttling back my system so severely? Thanks for the help.
Anyone have an idea where to look for what might be throttling back my system so severely? Thanks for the help.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Win 8.1
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- CPU
- AMD FX 9590
- Motherboard
- ASUS Crosshair V Formula Z
- Memory
- 32GB G-Skill
- Graphics Card(s)
- Asus nVidia GTX 660
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Two NEC MultiSync PA241W
- Screen Resolution
- 1920x1200
- Hard Drives
- C: Samsung 840 EVO 500GB SSD
D:, E:, F: Seagate 1TB Barracuda
G: Toshiba 128GB SSD (for Photoshop cache)
- PSU
- Corsair 850w
- Cooling
- AMD Liquid Cooling
- Internet Speed
- sucks