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Guys I just figured out my issue and unfortunately it has nothing to do with anything you guys discussed here. CPU heat sink and fan got unseated and needed to be reapplied. As a result the heated up CPU was running at 60% of its core speed which was killing all my performance.
If you think this might be happening to you, download CPU-Z and make sure your CPU is running at the speed you think it should be. Thanks for all of the help and good luck with everyone else looking into this issue.