On 01/09/2015 02:24 PM, scott wrote:
> Yes, typically % is defined as % of some (obvious) maximum. Defining CPU
> load as a % of only 1 core being fully loaded seems a bit
> counter-intuitive. But so long as everyone is aware of this, and they
> know exactly how many cores are in the CPU then it shouldn't be a huge
> problem. If we didn't know there were 8 cores, 800% could mean anything.

The fun part is when you have 4 cores with hyperthreading, and a task 
manages to consume more than 800% CPU...

In other news, the Windows "Process Explorer" tool considers my computer 
to have 8 physical cores, when in fact it has 4 cores with 2x 
hyperthreading. Which means that maximum utilisation is reported as 50%...

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