I'm on high sierra, would updating to mojave help solve the issue? Because when compared to others their score seems to be around 550cb+ and OpenGL 45 fps+ in Cinebench R15.

When using Intel Power Gadget, Max CPU temps is 81 and Core Frequency Max 1.4 Ghz. The score I got was only 227-247

I upgraded the ram to 16gb and the ssd a 256gb 840 evo last year. And recently I changed the thermal paste too and made sure I did it correctly and dusted out the fans.

Tried to do smc reset, pram reset also cannot , same score.



This post has been edited by Deluxe0911: Mar 30 2020, 04:09 AM

Compared to others? Online scores?

What did you expect from a 2012 laptop?

Yes

Which benchmark are you comparing with?
The only video i found showing the result you mentioned is this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJMgBz2kGpo

And that unit was running on MacOS Yosemite. Running on newer MacOS will only make it worst.

1.4ghz. even new celeron is faster than that

Yes that video and this at minute 6:51 and my R20 number was like 550cb only, geekbench 5 i test I'm only getting multicore score of 1300+

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plTQnrNicu8&t=429s



This post has been edited by Deluxe0911: Apr 3 2020, 08:25 PM

You own the unit first hand or you bought it used?

Used

If used then there are chances of modified, repaired or tempered board. You might want to get it checked if you facing performance issue besides the benchmarks figures.

If I'm not mistaken, you are not installing a battery or the battery died.

I notice that Mac laptops since PowerPC time has got a firmware settings that only allowing the performance to runs at half speed when there's no battery installed. I learned about this in macrumors forum in the PPC section.

It happens to my 2006 Macbook Pro 17", for many years I thought it's not running well until I read this somewhere. It was running around 1+ Ghz until I install a new battery and now it's running at 2.16Ghz.

Hope this helps.

Btw, I have the same laptop and I've upgraded to 16GB rams. Also I have 500GB Samsung Evo 850 SSD 2 units. I have just replaced with a new OEM battery. It performs very well, I even think it's quite a workhorse till today compared to my 16" Macbook Pro with all Maxed out specs. I don't feel like I've missing anything except that I still use this older Macbook pro in High Sierra for Nvidia Web Driver supports.
There are plenty of 32bit software that is losing support in Catalina or not working in Mojave. That's why I'm keeping this older laptop for other production tools.

Try my suggestion above and see if it works for you.