Dell inspiron n5050 i upgraded my cpu from b960 to i5 2450m but

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Dell inspiron n5050 i upgraded my cpu from b960 to i5 2450m but my cpu utilisation does not exceed 30% can somebody help me please.
BIOS already A05 Latest
 
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Check in your power options on Windows and see what plan you're using, go under that plan and go to advanced settings and check under Processor Power Management to see what your Maximum processor state is. Sometimes windows will lower it, and will never exceed it.

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Check in your power options on Windows and see what plan you're using, go under that plan and go to advanced settings and check under Processor Power Management to see what your Maximum processor state is. Sometimes windows will lower it, and will never exceed it.
 
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