CPU running at 800MHz instead of 3100

Hmm, After delving into it some more, I'm wondering if it is not a 'problem', but rather just the stepper and software doing it's thing by throttling the CPU speed down when not needed? If so, how do I find out the Max speed the cpu will run in Ubuntu? How would I check the Max CPU speed?

bob@bob-A880GZ:~$ lscpu
Architecture: i686
CPU op-mode(s): 32-bit, 64-bit
Byte Order: Little Endian
CPU(s): 4
On-line CPU(s) list: 0-3
Thread(s) per core: 1
Core(s) per socket: 4
Socket(s): 1
Vendor ID: AuthenticAMD
CPU family: 16
Model: 5
Stepping: 3
CPU MHz: 800.000
BogoMIPS: 6184.54
Virtualization: AMD-V
L1d cache: 64K
L1i cache: 64K
L2 cache: 512K

Stepping at 3, but it always shows the same no matter what the load on the computer.

Does the system feel like it is running at the right speed?

actionparsnip,
 Hard to say, it is a brand new computer with a quad core and 8 gig ram, on top of faster HD and MB. Prior to getting it I had been using an older box with a slower dual core, 4 gig ram, running at a slower clock speed with a slower HD and sata connections, running Ubuntu 11.10.

 This new box doesn't seem any faster then the old. If i had been running 11.10 or another OS on the new box, prior to installing 12.4 I would have something to compare it to. The new one takes longer,(about 1/3 longer) to boot under 12.04, for whatever that may be worth. With the exception of the OS, both machines are configured the same way with the same software.

I'm pretty sure this reflects only the current state of the CPU. Try getting your CPU under load first and then running the command. See if you get a different result.