I had been using DPP because of this problem. I am not a Lightroom user. I sort thru and pick images using DPP and then transfer to photoshop or if its a bunch of family event snap shots I will batch convert to small jpegs. I am very selective on keeping bird images so I process them individually in Photoshop.

Recently I used the free trial of DXO PureRAW. It is amazing. They have profiles for just about every camera and lens combo. The converted images are very clean with great color and contrast. The built in noise reduction is fabulous. I used Adobe Bridge to sort and decide which images to convert with DXO and then transfer to Photoshop.

I will purchase DXO PureRAW.