Can an old BIOS be slowing my pc down?

[Tnse]

I bought an older motherboard from a friend its a ASUS M5A97 R2.0. My PC feels a little sluggish for its specs and im not sure whats dragging it down. When I look at the BIOS version it's from 2013 and when I look at the BIOS updates for this specific motherboard on the ASUS website the newest update is from 2015. Should I update the BIOS and how do I go about doing it?

This is my build: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Tnse/saved/#view=FmNNGX

 

[kanewolf]

It is unlikely that the BIOS is your issue. That is an AMD system and the instructions per clock (IPC) for AMD is lower than Intel. You can't compare clock speeds.

 

[clutchc]

It would be nearly impossible for the slightly outdated BIOS to be causing the sluggishness you mention. More likely some software conflict slowing things down. Try a CCleaner run and do the Clean and Registry portions both. https://www.piriform.com/ccleaner

If you are comfortable updating the BIOS, that is still a good idea. Although it looks like the updates since yours is mainly for stability issues and newer processors.