My computer is a beast and my encoding is crappy slow

Hi
yes i know that is question has been asked many times but didn't find any clear answer yet :
So here's my configuration :
Computer :
- Dell Alienware Aurora R4 @4Ghz 6cores
- 32GB of RAM
- 256GB of SSD + 1To of RAID0 both working at 200MB/sec read and write
- Nvidia GTX690 (yes i know it's not officialy supported so i added it in the supported_gpu_cards.txt file, but my previous GTX470 & 680 gave the same results but they are fully supported)
Software :
- Windows Seven 64
- Premiere Pro CS6 with last updates from Creative Cloud.
So here it is :
- All my materials are 5D Mark II H264 files on a
- Effects applied are : RGB Curve and Quick color corrector (cuda accelerated) on each clip to correct color balance
- on the final sequence which is 1h30 long, a Red Giant Magic Bullet Looks is applied
Export using preset in AME : h264 AppleTV/Ipad/iPhone4 720p25
Total time rendering : 32hours !!!
That wouldn't shock me if the Task Manager was showing 100% of cpu usage... I will guess it's a hard work.
But during 35hours of rendering, not once the CPU won't show more than 25% usage... Why on earth is the AME sleeping with the other 75% CPU headroom ?!
I don't think there's any CUDA acceleration as it's just for smooth editing, not rendering, but i may be wrong...
It has always been like that, even with my previous computer (HP Workstation Quad Core @2.3Ghz with 16GB of RAM + GTX470)
AME please, you know you have 6 cores and using just 1/4 of the power horses so please go on ! let's work !
When i use some "stressing programs", all the fans are raising up and the computer's like a copter ! Task Manager shows 100% on all 6 cores...
I have downloaded the demo of Rovi/Mainconcept TotalCode which use CUDA h264 encoding to see if it's better but i don't see any readon why AME won't do it out of the box.

Hi Harm,
thank you for pointing me to the settings. I loaded them in the Export settings dialog then, killed most process and ran a new export.
killed most process to get 47 instead of 87. Pretty the half.
Here is the new CPU monitor from start to end. There was 2 little jumps to 90% then dropped again to 35-40%

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