Well Cinebench did conclude one of your concerns, clock for clock it is basically haswell in single thread IPC, but SMT is much higher than expected. I think it is more your hostile interjections that seem to be the only thing getting old and stale.
You probably missed my question to you.
Any chance you can ask that guy who told you about the clocking if they used just the supplied cooler or a 3rd party one such as the AM4 Noctua D15, which would be better tbh.
Also was his conclusions and experience with just for 6C or 8C or both?
Thanks