Asrock Z77 extreme6 Low Performance issue

Hello
friends I have bought today Asrock Z77 extreme6 Motherboard and Intel I5 3570K CPU
i am using 4 Gb Of ram with 32bit Windows 7
1)The ram its shownig is only 2.89 GB usable
2)The windows rating index is very disappointing...

Previously i had Quadcore CPU@2.33Ghz with 4Gb of ram
and my ratings are
CPU 7.1
RAM 7.1

And Now With I5

CPU 7.5
RAM 5.5:eek:

And this is my first high end gaming board what settings would you recommend to increase my gaming performance

Have i made a mistake to Choose Asrock Z77 extreme6 Over ASUSP8Z77 v-lx
 

slomo4sho

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This is partially the problem. Windows 7 32-bit only supports a maximum of 4GB of ram including the ram on your video card and system bioses.

What are your complete system specs and have you gone into the bios to set the correct timing/frequency for your ram? Are you using 1 or 2 stick of ram?
 


I am using Single Stick 4GB@1333Mhz
If i upgrade my Ram To 8GB@1600Mhz Corsair Vengence will it improve my speed
And for bios setting its all confusion.......Dont know what to enable or what not

And Will Xfast ram will improve my performance??
 

slomo4sho

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As Blackbird stated, you will need a 64 bit OS to take advantage of the extra ram. However, having a 2nd stick would improve performance as you will running the ram in dual channel.