Utilization of memory and CPU

[Jaip]

Hi guys,

 

Just new on the forum (which is awesome btw).

The question I have is, how do you know if a software uses all the available memory and/or CPU you got?
(its hardware, software related so I putted in general. If this is the wrong section, my apologies)

example: I have a program to simulate electronic designs (Agilent’s Advanced Design System) and when I simulate something,
it takes a certain amount of time to do so (depends on the gravity of the simulation.
I wonder how can I know if it uses all the available memory and CPU?
 

I have 8Gb of RAM and an i7-860 CPU. When simulating (and running Windows, firefox, etc) RAM usage is about 36% in total, and CPU 40% in total (most of it used by the program).

Is there a way to let the program use more CPU and/or RAM so the simulation gets done quicker?

Thanks in advance!

 

Jaip

[LogicalDrm]

You can set priority on each software from somewhere in windows system options. Other than that, software itself needs to be 64bit to fully utilize CPU/RAM (correct me if I'm wrong about this).

[Opcode]

That's not how it works, software will utilize what it needs to complete it's task. In short the software you use isn't written to utilize all of your resources.