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    What causes high cpu usage

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      ozlecz last edited by

      hello.,,

      the cpu usage is almost at 100%…how will i know what is causing this...thanks

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        muswellhillbilly last edited by

        Have you tried running a 'top' session from the command-line?

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          Kryzen last edited by

          Most of the time, computers only use a small fraction of their CPU power. In fact, many computers use less than 5% of their CPU the majority of the time. When you open an application, play a video game, or encode media file, the CPU usage will rise or spike temporarily. Once the CPU intensive process completes, the CPU usage should once again drop down to lower level.

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            Harvy66 last edited by

            "System Activity" under Diagnostics will show you the Top N programs consuming CPU. Sine you're asking, it's probably Snort, Suricata, or Squid.

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              ozlecz last edited by

              rectified….was AV

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