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    Question Underperforming 7950x

    [RESOLVED] - @alceryes @sonofjesse @COLGeek It was the thermal paste. I had originally reapplied the Corsair XTM50 with positive results but felt like I could get more out of the AIO and the chip so I bought Kryonaut and reapplied, The chip is now benching around 38000. I changed no other...
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    Question Underperforming 7950x

    Hi all - @alceryes @sonofjesse @COLGeek, I was away on vacation and was just recently able to access my desktop. So, I verified that I did follow the instructions correctly and have the AIO connected to the CPU_FAN slot as mentioned in the manual. I have a stethoscope and can confirm the pump...
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    Question Underperforming 7950x

    No, I'm not confident. This is my first AIO. The AIO is plugged into the CPU_FAN with the 120's plugged into a Corsair Commander XT that is linked to the pump.
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    Question Underperforming 7950x

    Hi all, Thanks for stopping in and lending your help. Hardware and issues are below: Summary of issue: 7950x performing poorly in benchmarking ~22,000 to ~24,000 on Cinebench R23 and ~10th percentile on UserBenchmarks. CPU utilization during benchmarking on Resource Monitor is about 50%...