New CPU always maxed out?

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kiesan88

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So I built a brand new computer for music production with Ableton Live 8. Got everything assembled and gravy. A few new tracks in and my CPU meter is clocking in at 105% usage. So I decided to run a performance test with Ableton and it read in at 300%. Did the exact same test on my 4 year old HP laptop, and it clocked in at 83%. I am stumped at whats wrong. Updated the BIOS, made sure everything is up to date (I keep this computer off the network, but I ran an update to make sure).

Tower Specs:
Mobo: ASUS M4A79XTD EVO AMD 790X Socket AM3
CPU: AMD Athlon II X2 250 3Ghz 2MB
Ram: 4GB (in 1GB sticks)
Graphics: Nvidia 5800GT 1GB
HDD: WD Caviar 320GB SATA-3G HD 7200/8MB
OS: Windows 7 64-bit

Laptop specs (for comparison)
HP Pavilion DV8233CL
Intel T2300 Core Duo 1.66
1GB ram
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400
Windows XP SP3
 
Just ran CPU-Z to look at my cpu stats.

Tower:
AMD Athlon II X2 250
Core Speed: 800.0 MHz
Multiplier: x4.0
Bus Speed: 200.0 MHz
HT Link: 2000.0 MHz

Laptop:
Intel Core Duo T2300
Core speed: 1662.6MHz
Multiplier: x10.0
Bus Speed: 166.3 MHz
Rated FSB: 665.0 MHz
 
Yeah. But that's what it reads.

Just tried disabling CoolnQuiet and it's still the same. Just right at boot up, my tower reads in CPU-Z at 3000.0 MHz and x10 multiplier for like 30 seconds, then goes to 800.0MHz & x4 multiplier
 
Oh. Found the issue. The ASUS board had software installed with the drivers. Apparently it was set on a power saver mode which crippled the cpu.

EPU-4 Engine was what came with the MOBO. Just set it to high performance instead of power saver
 
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