Yes, faulty parts on the motherboard can influence frame rate.
Yes, faulty parts on the motherboard can influence frame rate.
I recently reset and reconnected my SATA cable to reinstall Windows, which caused a 30MB/s drop in read/write speed. After running synthetic FPS tests, I saw a consistent decrease of 5-10 FPS across all games. I’m concerned that simply swapping SATA ports might have affected my motherboard. For your MSI B450 Carbon Pro AC, you can check the status of your SATA ports using the BIOS or by running diagnostic tools to confirm if any are faulty.
Have you explored various SATA connections? Including images can help clarify your options.
It might be possible and could also be due to the FPS dropping from loading multiple scenes simultaneously.