Good PC running EXTREMELY slow

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Good PC Running EXTREMELY slow

Hello, a few months back my pc decided it would crap out on me for some reason and no longer wants to play games at anything under 25 ish fps. I've tried nearly everything in my power to diagnose this thing and figure out whats wrong with it but to no avail. At first i thought it was a motherboard issue since the individual components of the pc work as they're supposed to when benchmarked by them selves (furmark, cinebench r15 cpu test, and passmark performance test.)

So, i bought a new motherboard and this actually worked for a couple of days, everything was smooth and I was glad i had a working pc again, but about 2 days ago the same thing started to happen... I can't even play csgo at above 30 fps and sometimes games just straight up crash. I'm having the exact same issues now, gpu and cpu and all that work fine when benchmarked by them selves, but as soon as i fire up a game it doesn't want to cooperate. The same thing happens when I start up the opengl test in cinebench r15 which makes me belive theres poor communication between the gpu and cpu but the motherboard is BRAND NEW so i don't see this being the case.

I've tried bios flashing, cmos resetting, reinstalled windows about 3 times, ran DDU and installed new drivers about 10 times, ran maleware bytes, bought new ram, bought a new motherboard and even swapped out the PSU but none of this has done anything for me. All of this is very confusing and i would appreciate any help you guys can offer, thank you.

Specs:
Cpu - Ryzen 1600x
Gpu- Rx 580 8gb
Ram- Trident z RGB 2x8gb 3200mhz
Motherboard- Asus ROG Strix x370-f Gaming
SSD's- Adata XPG Gammix s10 256gb (m.2) and Some other Adata ssd 120gb (connected via sata)
PSU- Corsair HX850i

 
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I tried both the high performance power plan and the Ryzen balanced power plan, they don't fix the issue and the ram is compatible
 
The only constants we have in this situation are as follows (correct me if I'm wrong): Your installation of drivers via DDU, your CPU, your storage, and your GPU. They ALL work fine independently. This sounds like a driver issue to me. Have you tried installing the drivers manually? It is VERY possible that you could be receiving the wrong drivers through DDU. https://www.reddit.com/r/nvidia/comments/4peph9/why_do_some_of_you_use_ddu_to_clean_install/
 
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Correct, i used ddu to uninstall the drivers and then i head over to amd's website and download the drivers myself. Considering the pc worked for a short while with these drivers i don't think it's a driver issue :/
 
Well, how long is a short while? Have you installed any other programs recently? Any applied OC's? I know this is redundant, but you've restarted after every driver update, correct? Also, what model of the 580 are you using? My rationale behind a driver issue is this: You come in with a new motherboard, which works fine for a few days. Then, windows or some other program updates the driver on a device (possibly the mobo), which in turn doesn't play well with the other components. Needless to say, the motherboard serves as the link between the CPU and GPU, so if it's faulty, both pieces of hardware could work individually, but be flawed when together. Check your motherboard drivers.
 
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About 2 days, i only had basic programs installed like CCleaner, Steam for my games, discord, google, etc since it was a fresh install of windows. the only overclocking i've done was raise the memory clock to 2250mhz from 2000mhz on my XFX GTR Black Edition rx580, and yes i restart after every driver update.