Idle is inverse of all other usage, aka not busy 95% is basically not busy.
Use the graph over time to monitor cpu and disk to find the spikes when you're not looking. On Jan 27, 2018 1:42 PM, "Bino Gopal" <binogo...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Weird... > > Process Explorer (thanks for the rec and link btw guys) says that "System > Idle Process" is grabbing 93-95% CPU... > Task Manager details tab also shows the same thing-"System Idle Process" > PID 0 is grabbing most of the CPU... > But the Resource Monitor Overview and CPU tabs don't show the same > thing...but I can see all 8 cores nicely pegged at 100% on the right there > lol! > > The main reason I care (well other than something unknown grabbing all my > CPU which is concerning) is that the fan kicks in at this CPU load and it > makes the normally deathly silent laptop a little loud... > > And no AV or Malwarebytes Lopaka...and those should let the CPU go once > they're done running anyway, right? > > Definitely strange...I've been pretty sick the last two weeks so mustering > the motivation to do a deep dive into what's going on is beyond me right > now...was hoping for an easy fix...*sigh* > > Any other ideas? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On > Behalf Of Joshua MacCraw > Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2018 11:24 AM > To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com > Subject: Re: [H] PC running at 100% CPU? > > +1 on SysInternals tools FTW > > On Jan 26, 2018 11:11 AM, "Christopher Fisk" < > christopher.f...@thefisks.org> > wrote: > > > Check out process explorer > > https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs > > .microsoft.com%2Fen-us%2Fsysinternals%2Fdownloads%2Fprocess-explorer&d > > ata=02%7C01%7C%7Ca55a9a4b7dd8491362aa08d565bb95b8%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb4 > > 35aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636526778697098352&sdata=l7Uru0UHA%2BDNxAb5Cc > > 0vyukiWq3RYjpbbT4lY6eCJF0%3D&reserved=0 > > to > > try to track down the culprit. > > > > On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 1:54 PM, lopaka polena <lopa...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > You running any AV or malwarebytes on it? I've seen those grab CPU > > > resources but only for a couple minutes after boot then usually > > > tapers > > off. > > > > > > lopaka > > > > > > On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 10:42 AM, Bino Gopal <binogo...@hotmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Hey guys, my fancy new MSI laptop (I fixed the random > > > > freeze/lockup > > issue > > > > btw, once I replaced the cracked USB/audio board back in Nov!!) is > > doing > > > > this weird thing where it goes to 100% CPU shortly after boot and > > > > stays pegged at 100%. > > > > > > > > It does this even when totally disconnected from any network and I > > > > did check Task Manager and Resource Monitor (for more detail) but > > > > I > > couldn't > > > > really find any running process that was grabbing the CPU and I > > > > did try shutting down anything that looked suspicious... > > > > > > > > Anyone seen this before (Win10 Pro v1709 OS 16299.192 64-bit) and > > > > any ideas...? > > > > > > > > > >
