> CPU utilization - Ideally the CPU would be busy 100% of the time, so as to waste 0 CPU cycles. On a real system CPU usage should range from 40% ( lightly load

> CPU utilization - Ideally the CPU would be busy 100% of the time, so as to waste 0 CPU cycles. On a real system CPU usage should range from 40% ( lightly loaded ) to 90% ( heavily loaded. ) There was an article posted here a while back that challenged the notion that 100% utilization is a desirable goal: https://blog.danslimmon.com/2015/07/09/when-efficiency-hurts-more-than-it-helps/ https://blog.danslimmon.com/2015/07/09/when-efficiency-hurts...