SETI using 150-200% CPU???

ebbyebby
Posted:
in Mac Software edited January 2014
Is this a bug in the activity monitor or what? Anyone else encounter this?



It bugs me just a little because I rarely open activity monitor but I am still curious.

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 5
    applenutapplenut Posts: 5,768member
    do you have 2 processors?
  • Reply 2 of 5
    ebbyebby Posts: 3,110member
    Yea.



    Isn't the percentage a combination of both processors? (100% of total CPU power)



    Even so, it often increases past 200%.
  • Reply 3 of 5
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by applenut

    do you have 2 processors?



    Look at the picture. SETI alone is using *more* than 200%. Add in the other totals and he's got a tri-processor machine?



    To go beyond 200% would have to be a bug. 200% is normal for dual machines; 100% for each CPU. Do you get the same numbers if you run "top -du" in the terminal?
  • Reply 4 of 5
    ebbyebby Posts: 3,110member
    I get around 170% in top -du



    I feel better now.



    (And poking around in the terminal was fun. Second time I used it! 8) )
  • Reply 5 of 5
    mount_my_floppymount_my_floppy Posts: 913member
    Quote:

    Look at the picture. SETI alone is using *more* than 200%. Add in the other totals and he's got a tri-processor machine?



    OT: Now brad, You and I both know there is no such thing as a tri-processor machine. He would need a quad.
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