Quote - SBT.. no.. i'm working on one right now.. hasn't went into the oven yet.  Ran LuxMark tho.  old cpu rating was 500+.  This 8150 is only 2500 and change.  I saw some LuxMark cpu-only ratings that were up in the 8000's.  Not sure why mine is so low.  Fired up an old render that was only getting like 15k s/s and it was getting like 50-60k/sec.  Not sure if this is as it should be; but, it's a far cry from the 200k+ s/s that I'm seeing you guys get with equivalent systems.

That seems quite strange that the CPU isn't performing well. Are all the cores unlocked I wonder? If you have an Asus M-series mobo (I think you said you did), there's a teeny tiny switch around the memory area that does so. 

I'd also check to see what your clock speed is. Sounds like either it's running in a 'safe mode'-like restriction, or the cores aren't all synced to the factory speed. CPUID (CPU-Z) is a free way to do this if you haven't checked the BIOS yet or don't want to restart ;-) 

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