CPU usage
Chip activity level
CPU usage is the percentage of a computer's processing capacity currently being consumed by running programs and system tasks.
High CPU usage can slow performance or cause overheating; low usage indicates idle capacity.
My CPU usage spiked to 100% when I opened that video editing software.
Task managers and system monitors display CPU usage in real time.
- processorComponent that executes instructions
- loadCarried weight or burden
- memoryMind's retention capacity
- throttlingRestricting flow or speed
- coresCentral essential parts
task manager · percentage · spike · idle · power management · overheating · fan noise · lag · slowdown · multitasking · threads · benchmark · monitoring · resource · performance · bottleneck · utilization · clock speed
- metricsKPI, metric, KPIs, metrics, statistics
- performance metricsmetrics, metric, KPIs, benchmark, benchmarks
- processorsprocessor, Intel Core, microprocessor, Pentium, microchip
- CPU Schedulingscheduler, round robin, round-robin, FIFO, time slice
- Task Managerprocesses, memory, applications, services, performance
- optimizationoptimization, caching, optimum, indexing, prefetching