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Why is my CPU usage broken in Process Explorer?
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Mar 15, 20264754 viewsConfidence Score0%
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On my system (Windows 7), it seems that Process Explorer is reporting the wrong CPU usage: When Firefox is running, I constantly get 30%+ When I kill Firefox, I still get about the same CPU usage If I sort by CPU time, Process Explorer itself is taking between 18% and 22% Task Manager reports < 10%…
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In recent versions of Process Explorer, the CPU usage percentage is calculated differently. According to Mark Russinovich, the author of Process Explorer: Process Explorer shows actual CPU usage now based on cycle counts. If you have speedstep or ot…
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