MEdia Encoder times wildly Slow. PLease help!

Hello my fellow creators and Digital Yodas..

I am not the most tech Savy but i need major help...

I have been creating long form travel vlog content for 3 years now ith Adobe. PP and Media encoder..

My usual export time with encoder is 20 to 40 minutes..

Even with 60 minute UHD file sizes..

I came home from 4 months at Sea and updated all my systems....

Now, a simple 31 minute UHD Vlog says it takes 10 hours!?!?! 

I tried everything i know and can research, updated settings, cache cleared, quicktime> UHD 60mbs, 60 bitrate, maximum rendering, everything... Nothing is working and i cannot work like this with these times. 

what is wrong? i read about some major bugs in the new update perhaps? 

my system is a DELL XPS 17 2023 16gb ram 1020gb SSD with Nividia Studio updated and all apps clean and up to date.. 

I need help, Please.