Adobe utilizes my CPU over RAM, this normal?

So i ill start by saying i have a quad core i7 3.4ghz system with a 2gb Nvidia EVGA Geforce GTX 750ti FTW GPU and 16gb of ram.
when ever i render a project i have begun to notice that my system is utilizing my cpu over my RAM
my CPU will be ranging from 90-99% when rendering while my ram is only at 50% tops
when i have designated 13gb of RAM to adobe and 3gb of ram to everything else.
is this just how its going to be? or should my adobe be utilizing my ram over my cpu first?

Rendering/exporting is mostly a CPU process ... RAM is simply a fast in/out temp storage place for data that's partly "cooked" and waiting it's next step of processing ... in the CPU. If it needed more of the RAM, it would use it ... but as it is running up to and above 90% of the actual processing capability, it's not needing more.
GPU is also not used very much in exporting ... with a few exceptions. So ... exporting is primarily about your CPU, the front-side-bus (fsb) getting data moved from disc to CPU to RAM & back ... and your disc in/out sustained capabilities.
If your CPU is nearly maxed, this is as fast as that machine's going to go.
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I would have to disagree thought that it is hard drive limited at this moment. Take a look at my task manager:
It was running about 5% before I started converting pictures, and then as soon as I started converting the pictures, both cores hit 100% (with little gaps between pictures), and then back to 5% after they were done. You can also see the ram alocation being increased with each picture that is opened.
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