15 R2, CPU Clock Speed 0.1Ghz below target, high percentage, tasks not adding up

Hi @doginneed  thank you for a good opening post with image. 

At power-on, wait about 10 minutes for the operating system to settle down. Visit Task Manager's Details tab and click on the CPU column so that System Idle process is at the top and typically 96%. However, your screen image says the System Idle process will be lower, and something will be using the CPU excessively. Please share image of Details tab, thanks. (Tip: use Windows Snip application to capture and save image on the screen.) 

Search internet should reveal if this other process is a legitimate part of the Window's core operating system. 

Please run Check Disk and run Malwarebytes Free to determine that OS(C:) boot drive does not have file errors or malware. 

Disk Error Checking: How to run CHKDSK in Windows 11/10 (thewindowsclub.com)  

Download Malware Removal | Free Antivirus Scan & Virus Protection Tool (malwarebytes.com) 

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Hello thanks, I've done the disk checking and malware checking, both came up as fine. Here are the pictures. The issue only seems to appear when the laptop is under load. 

Additionally, here are both screenshots when the laptop is under load

Pulling up some other monitoring software (fps monitor), it looks like "power limit exceeded" is the cause of the CPU not reaching the 3.2 ghz and instead fluctuating between 3.1 and 3.0 ghz

power limit exceeded is not the issue, but i still cant seem to figure out what is causing my cpu to run 100mhz below what it should when its under load