Extremely high CPU usage

n3rdf1ght3r · Nov 23, 2013

I recently noticed that my laptop is really sluggish. Opening up the resource manager, I would notice that processes such as system, avp (kaspersky), and chrome would shoot up to 137% CPU usage at the same time. I thought it might have been malware or a virus so I ran malwarebytes in safe mode, as well as rkill and Emsisoft emergency tool kit. I also did a full scan with Kaspersky to do a final check. All scans came up with 0 viruses/malware so I then went to check on the drivers. Those were all the latest versions. So now i'm stuck, anyone know anything about this?

System Specs:
Asus N56VZ
Intel core i5 3210M
8GB DDR3 1600MHz
Nvidia GTX 650M 2GB
Windows 7 Pro x64

I couldn't seem to replicate the over 100% cpu usage again

Bugler · Nov 23, 2013

Look at your memory usage, it says 178 megs free. Your CPU's probably busy swapping between the memory and the drive.

natr0n · Nov 23, 2013

uninstall your AV and use firefox.

Chetkigaming · Nov 23, 2013

install http://www.avira.com and in firewall click high level of security . its definitely will help you .

n3rdf1ght3r · Nov 24, 2013

Bugler said:
Look at your memory usage, it says 178 megs free. Your CPU's probably busy swapping between the memory and the drive.

Any idea on how to fix that, I would Google that myself but I have no clue what to search.

Bugler · Nov 24, 2013

Really no idea but about half of your memory is cached so some programs are reserving the memory like crazy.

Aquinus · Nov 24, 2013

It looks like your laptop is sticking in power-save mode. Note how maximum frequency doesn't go above 59%.

Use the performance monitor in Administrative Tools and graph using % Processor Time along with %C1, %C2, and %C3. If your CPU is loaded, the amount of time spent in a low power state should be very low. At idle or low load, it should look something like this.

n3rdf1ght3r · Nov 24, 2013

I don't know why Microsoft decided to use red for Processor time and %C1 time

Aquinus · Nov 24, 2013

n3rdf1ght3r said:
I don't know why Microsoft decided to use red for Processor time and %C1 time
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You can change the colors. They're not set in stone.

Jimmy6 · Dec 3, 2013

It was the PIO problem, you just set you DMA and reinstalling drivers and it will be fix the speed, then you will get pc as before and with the same speed

System Name	That computer
Processor	Intel I7 960 OC @ 4GHz
Motherboard	Gigabyte G.1 Guerilla
Cooling	Corsair H80
Memory	12gb G.Skill DDR3 1333MHz
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte Radeon 6950 2GB
Storage	120GB Samsung 840, 2x 1TB WD Black Raid 0
Display(s)	2X ACER S232HL
Case	Thermaltake Amour A90
Audio Device(s)	Asus Xonar DX
Power Supply	600W OCZ MODXSTREAM PRO
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate x64

System Name	Billybilt
Processor	Intel i5-3570
Motherboard	Gigabyte B75-HD3
Cooling	Xigmatek Gaia
Memory	2x4 Corsair Vengeance 1600
Video Card(s)	Sapphire HD7770 1GB GDDR5
Storage	Seagate Constellation 1 TB
Display(s)	Asus 23" IPS Wide Screen
Case	Xigmatek Gigas cube
Audio Device(s)	Sound Blaster Audigy PCI
Power Supply	Seasonic M12II 520 Bronze
Software	Windows 7 Home Premium

System Name	natr0n-PC
Processor	Ryzen 5950x-5600x \| 9600k
Motherboard	B450 AORUS M \| Z390 UD
Cooling	EK AIO 360 - 6 fan action \| AIO
Memory	Patriot - Viper Steel DDR4 (B-Die)(4x8GB) \| Samsung DDR4 (4x8GB)
Video Card(s)	EVGA 3070ti FTW
Storage	Various
Display(s)	Pixio PX279 Prime
Case	Thermaltake Level 20 VT \| Black bench
Audio Device(s)	LOXJIE D10 + Kinter Amp + 6 Bookshelf Speakers Sony+JVC+Sony
Power Supply	Super Flower Leadex III ARGB 80+ Gold 650W \| EVGA 700 Gold
Software	XP/7/8.1/10
Benchmark Scores	http://valid.x86.fr/79kuh6

Processor	Intel i7-4770k
Motherboard	ASUS MAXIMUS VI HERO
Cooling	Deepcool GAMMAXX S40
Memory	Kingston HyperX Beast Black 8gb @ 1600 cl8
Video Card(s)	MSI GTX 670 POWER EDITION
Storage	Samsung 840 EVO 250GB / WD Caviar Black 500GB
Display(s)	BenQ XL2420T
Audio Device(s)	Asus Xonar U3
Power Supply	FSP 650w

System Name	That computer
Processor	Intel I7 960 OC @ 4GHz
Motherboard	Gigabyte G.1 Guerilla
Cooling	Corsair H80
Memory	12gb G.Skill DDR3 1333MHz
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte Radeon 6950 2GB
Storage	120GB Samsung 840, 2x 1TB WD Black Raid 0
Display(s)	2X ACER S232HL
Case	Thermaltake Amour A90
Audio Device(s)	Asus Xonar DX
Power Supply	600W OCZ MODXSTREAM PRO
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate x64

Extremely high CPU usage

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System Name	Apollo
Processor	Intel Core i9 9880H
Motherboard	Some proprietary Apple thing.
Memory	64GB DDR4-2667
Video Card(s)	AMD Radeon Pro 5600M, 8GB HBM2
Storage	1TB Apple NVMe, 4TB External
Display(s)	Laptop @ 3072x1920 + 2x LG 5k Ultrafine TB3 displays
Case	MacBook Pro (16", 2019)
Audio Device(s)	AirPods Pro, Sennheiser HD 380s w/ FIIO Alpen 2, or Logitech 2.1 Speakers
Power Supply	96w Power Adapter
Mouse	Logitech MX Master 3
Keyboard	Logitech G915, GL Clicky
Software	MacOS 12.1