for some reason I don't see an auto setting on my bios, I click the CPU boost clock override then it gives me option to +or- in 25Mhz increments.
yep your right im wrong, but now based on this i dont know what you have done to drop you clocks by about 500mhz
Use MSI afterburner to see clock speeds in case the other program is mis reporting
if all you do is game, ECO mode is good. i run ECO and see no drop in performance.
i think i would reset bios,