Can bad memory cause low CPU benchmarks

Mar 17, 2018
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I have a computer with 6 gigs of memory that boots and loads windows 10 after about 2 minutes. The bios and windows both indicate 6 gigs, but I benchmark very low in CPU (16%) and memory at 20%. The modules are in 2 gig and 4 gig configurations. I am running Windows 10 64 bit so the 2 gig alone will not fully load Windows as it is shared with video GPU. The 4 gig module doesn’t work in one slot but will load in the other slot but is very slow! Any thought?
 
Mar 17, 2018
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Question from dannyh1968 : "Can bad memory cause low CPU benchmarks"

I have a computer with 6 gigs of memory that boots and loads windows 10 after about 2 minutes. The bios and windows both indicate 6 gigs, but I benchmark very low in CPU (16%) and memory at 20%. The modules are in 2 gig and 4 gig configurations. I am running Windows 10 64 bit so the 2 gig alone will not fully load Windows as it is shared with video GPU. The 4 gig module doesn’t work in one slot but will load in the other slot but is very slow! Any thought?