Hello there!
Recently updated my MSI Pro Z790-A's BIOS to 0x129, and followed Janitorus' impressively comprehensive undervolting guide to rein my i9-13900K down to earth before it burned itself to a crisp. Everything went smoothly, and my CPU is no longer frying itself unnecessarily, thank goodness.
However, my numbers in Cinebench 24 took a pretty major hit as a result, especially compared to expected benchmarks as seen on CPU-Monkey, and that decrease has certainly been noticeable in the games I've played since then. Almost feels like I'm back on my 4970K again in some respects, especially in titles relying more on single-core performance (which I know isn't the 13900K's strong suit, but still).
I've balanced my VIDs/Vcore to reside within +/- 0.003v of one another under load, and disabled Undervolt Protection and IA CEP as advised in the previously-linked guide, but things are still concerningly sluggish for some reason. Figured I'd ask the experts on the matter, rather than start tampering with things someone of my inexperience really shouldn't touch.
Here's a rundown of my BIOS settings as reference: Link
Would greatly appreciate some sagely advice on the matter, and sorry if this is painfully remedial stuff to be asking. Very much a total newcomer in regards to tinkering with things under-the-hood like this. Thanks in advance!
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Could you run your cinebench r23 scores?