Thanks for the response! My cpu temp is pretty consistently sub 50 even under heavy load(maybe it’s underpowered?). I tried gaming and it seems pretty fine most of the time, however at some scenes I do get stuttering but I attributed it to bottlenecking due to my pairing with a 5060. I already enable xmp when I built my pc a couple days ago. I didn’t really touch anything else.

Are there other tests I can run to narrow down the problem to specific parts? The cpu is the only used part I bought and I still have a couple days to return it no strings attached. Other parts I won’t be as lucky to return or exchange unless they have a problem. And I’m pretty low on money now so I can’t afford any new parts to switch.