Core i5 not performing well

[kevin1410]

hello. I do have a question. I want to know if the core i5 750 is just acting its normal performance when rendering, compressing, extracting archive files and when loading games/applications.

here is my specs anyway

core i5 750
msi h55-gd65
2gb DDR3
80GB Seagate Barracuda 5000 RPM
XFX 5770
thermaltake 500W

also, forgot to mention. while converting, I was monitoring each cores that performs. THEY ARE NOT REACHING 100% all of them and the convertion time takes tooooooooo looooooong.... lets say. a 2.5 GB avi into mpeg1. it should be takes less than a minute or more right? but what I was monitored is takes less than 5 minutes.. yeah hell yeah.. so i was wondering if it is a normal operation or there is some hardwares than controlling the performance of the whole system a.k.a BOTTLENECK

thanks for the replies.

 

[Herr_Koos]

The cores don't reach 100% because they don't need to. Most likely the application cannot work any faster. Also, if the application is not multi-core aware, one core may be maxed out while the others are idling. Nothing you can do about that.

 

[Lmeow]

^+1. Pretty much summed it up. Possibly more RAM and a faster HDD might help with general performance though.

 

[kevin1410]

The cores don't reach 100% because they don't need to. Most likely the application cannot work any faster. Also, if the application is not multi-core aware, one core may be maxed out while the others are idling. Nothing you can do about that.

thanks for the information sir. so my processor is just performing normally.

 

[kevin1410]

^+1. Pretty much summed it up. Possibly more RAM and a faster HDD might help with general performance though.

sir, i thought so it could be also the possibilities. but I will try to upgrade this two as soon as possible.