I have an I3-540 in my HTPC and I've noticed that in one of my programs (XBMC) it's been running incredibly sluggish. I thought it was my OCZ Agility SSD (which is horrendously unreliable) so I swaped it out for a new crucial M4 SSD. Unfortunately, that wasn't the problem, as it still persists.
I tried running the Windows Experience Index and received a 3.8 under CPU calculations which sounds a bit low. I know the WEI isn't exactly the best benchmarking utility to determine performance, but it's all I have. On my systems page it shows the cpu as an i3-540 3.07 ghz 1.46 ghz. I'm guessing the second number is with the cpu stepped down because it's idling?
I tried running the Windows Experience Index and received a 3.8 under CPU calculations which sounds a bit low. I know the WEI isn't exactly the best benchmarking utility to determine performance, but it's all I have. On my systems page it shows the cpu as an i3-540 3.07 ghz 1.46 ghz. I'm guessing the second number is with the cpu stepped down because it's idling?