Windows 10: Mic is extremely quiet even with max boost

as title says
Mic is basically not usable , both front and rear 3.5mm

I tried,

-uninstalling and installing it again

-unplugging them from the motherboard uninstalling the driver and plugging them again
-latest driver from the motherboard and realtek websites
-older driver
-different headphone does the same

-used those headphones on laptop and phone and both works perfectly normal
-enhancements on/off

-allow apps to take exclusive control on/off


i pretty much tried everything and gave up


PC:
Windows 10 x64 v. 18363
Asrock B450 Steel Legend

Ryzen 5 1600 AF

G.skill 8x2 3200 cl16

ADATA SSD 120gb

Gigabyte GTX 1650 Super windforce oc 4gb

Bitfenix nova tg mesh Case
Cooler master 600w PSU

:)

 

Mic too quiet at full boost

I have no idea what to do. I am pretty sure all my drivers are up to date (the ones that matter, anyways), and my mic is still fairly quiet. Is there a way to boost my mic volume past 30 db in command prompt or something?

 

Microphone boost goes up to +10db max?

It is a practical useable limit.
My mic boost slider goes to +36 dB in 12 dB steps but unusable above +12 dB, with the first slider at max.
Even with noise cancellation/suppression, and echo reduction, still unusable above about +12 dB.
It is a Realtek chipset, the drivers are a mix of drivers from 2013 and Windows updates. It works, I don't mess with things that work.

As that is a more modern Laptop it is probably the useable limit, possibly hardware.

I use boost set to +12 dB which means the max in the main first slider is that, so essentially a max limit.
As a practical test I use the Windows 10 Voice Recorder App. Useful to assess the differing qualities of mics.

 

Microphone extremely quiet

So for some odd reason, microphone input is really quiet.

I'm using Asus ROG Strix B350-F Gaming as my board so the microphone is being plugged into that. I've tried putting microphone boost and levels to 100% but the input is still really really quiet, if you're lucky you can hear a whisper if you're shouting down the mic.

I've tested the mic on other devices like my phone and it works fine but for some odd reason my desktop isn't being nice about it.

This is darn annoying and a massive inconvenience.

Things I've tried -
Uninstalled realtek and re-installed the latest driver
Set microphone boost and levels to max
Tested with 'Disable all sound effects' on and off

I'm out of luck at this point and I'm not entirely sure where to go from this. I'd love to get this fixed so some advice/help would be appreciated, thank you.