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<blockquote data-quote="Raz0rEdge" data-source="post: 1796881" data-attributes="member: 110816"><p>You don't say what machine you have. Assuming it's an i7 based system, you have 4 physical cores and 4 virtual cores. Processes can be running on 4 physical cores at 100% and some part of the virtual giving you the >400% usage.</p><p></p><p>Other apps can consolidate all those 8 cores into a single percentage (0 - 100%) where each core adds 12.5% to the overall.</p><p></p><p>As far as idle goes, from your screenshot it looks like the machine is at 97% capacity and that's broken down between system level tasks (that you don't control) and user level tasks (apps that you launched).</p><p></p><p>kernel_task is part of the OS and you shouldn't be messing with it. It is expected to take a lot of resources when your machine is busy, but that's normal.</p><p></p><p>So before we can give you useful information, provide the following:</p><p></p><p>- Mac model</p><p>- CPU</p><p>- Total memory</p><p>- Version of OS X/macOS</p><p>- Apps normally being used</p><p></p><p>Behavior being seen and when it happens and what triggers it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Raz0rEdge, post: 1796881, member: 110816"] You don't say what machine you have. Assuming it's an i7 based system, you have 4 physical cores and 4 virtual cores. Processes can be running on 4 physical cores at 100% and some part of the virtual giving you the >400% usage. Other apps can consolidate all those 8 cores into a single percentage (0 - 100%) where each core adds 12.5% to the overall. As far as idle goes, from your screenshot it looks like the machine is at 97% capacity and that's broken down between system level tasks (that you don't control) and user level tasks (apps that you launched). kernel_task is part of the OS and you shouldn't be messing with it. It is expected to take a lot of resources when your machine is busy, but that's normal. So before we can give you useful information, provide the following: - Mac model - CPU - Total memory - Version of OS X/macOS - Apps normally being used Behavior being seen and when it happens and what triggers it. [/QUOTE]
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