AMD Fx-6300 Voltage issues/Underperforming

[Brent1161]

My AMD 6300 has been performing below expectations in benchmarks and in-game when paired with my GTX 970. The main issue I have noticed is that my voltage is way lower than other peoples voltages when I look at their CPU-Z screenshots. While bench marking, the core VID was locked at 0.835v and the core speed varies a little, but stays around 1399.92 MHz. The other CPU-Z results have shown 1.368v and core speed of 3511.70 MHz. On User Benchmark my CPU scored a horrid 19.9%. Is there any BIOS settings i can change to fix this, and I am hesitant to change the voltage since I don't want to hurt the CPU in anyway. I am relatively new to the BIOS settings, so the answer might be obvious but I just want to be certain I will not hurt the computer. The processor is current clocked at 4.2 MHz with 21x ratio.



Specs:
970 MOBO
8gb RAM
MSI gtc 970
AMD fx-6300
1 tb hardrive
750w PSU
DVD drive

Any suggestions will help since I am new to this! Thank you!

 

[CTurbo]

Exactly which 970 mobo are you using? It sounds like cpu throttling to me which is common with the FX cpus although usually the 125w models.