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Do you have a quad core CPU by chance? 25% is the max that a single-threaded process would use. (Someone please correct me if this is wrong, but at least this i

by notJim 15y ago

Do you have a quad core CPU by chance? 25% is the max that a single-threaded process would use. (Someone please correct me if this is wrong, but at least this is the behavior I've observed.) That being said, this uses only 10-12% CPU on my quad-core machine.

robflynn 15y ago
Ah, I guess I should have specified. It's a Phenom 8750 (triple core.)
inportb 15y ago
It depends on what you use to report CPU usage. Many monitoring tools stick with 100%/core, but some normalize it.
- notJim 15y ago
  Good point. I believe Windows' task manager reports it the way I said, while OS X's Activity Monitor reports each core up to 100%.
  - chc 15y ago
    In general, *nixes report 100% capacity per core, not just OS X.