"somebody" <x### [at] ycom> wrote in message news:4886e09d@news.povray.org...

> It of course won't happen, but an ideally balanced system should show 100%
> utilization in all active subsystems when performing non-interactive tasks
> like launching an application, for instance. Low CPU usage can be a
symptom
> of poor disk caching.

75% is about the max that you want to see sustained for long periods. More
than that means there's too much contention. That's more applicable to
servers than desktops, and by sustained I mean 10 min or more.

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