I've noticed that my CPU (Ryzen 5 3500x) has been performing pretty weird the last couple of months (never bothered looking into it until now). It hits 100% in situations when it really shouldn't (40-100 FPS in Fortnite with constant freezes and drops, GPU, 3070 Ti, barely breaks 30%). Had it for a couple years now so maybe the die is starting to degrade, though other than PBO I haven't overclocked it and I have an AIO that I've been using essentially since I got it.
https://preview.redd.it/ogmlwh8890zd1.png?width=525&format=png&auto=webp&s=2be229d63db03ed8db78ff3390afa5e5527c5ffc
I read that HWINFO64 can give some insight into what's happening, I assumed it might be thermal throttling but that absolute hottest it got was 77°C and no thermal throttle was reported (This is from when I was playing Helldivers 2, which always maxes out the CPU the entire time I'm playing). You can see that the Power Reporting Deviation is pretty wack and was wondering if this could be related? Any help/info is appreciated.
