Games? Dolphin builds used? Don´t expect that 2500K to perform well on actual builds.
(This is for everyone who sees this).
I wrote this once, but I´ll write it down here again (and more detailed, too): DON´T look for YT Dolphin tutorials (nor gameplays), those people all use OLD builds that are NOT LONGER supported. Due to this fact, this is why you see a Phenom CPU running any demanding game at fullspeed (and even using old builds it has lots of drops, but whatever...).
(This is for everyone who sees this).
I wrote this once, but I´ll write it down here again (and more detailed, too): DON´T look for YT Dolphin tutorials (nor gameplays), those people all use OLD builds that are NOT LONGER supported. Due to this fact, this is why you see a Phenom CPU running any demanding game at fullspeed (and even using old builds it has lots of drops, but whatever...).
Rig 1: Windows 10 Home | AMD A6-1450 @ 600/1000/1400 MHz | AMD Radeon HD Graphics 8250 | 4GB RAM | HP Pavilion TouchSmart 11.
Rig 2: Windows 10 Pro | Intel Core i7-2640M @ 780/2800/3500 MHz | Intel HD 3000 Mobile | 8GB RAM | Dell Latitude 6320.