I am running a mac pro 2019 with 198gb of ram and 2.7 GHz 24-Core Intel Xeon W. I work primnarily in Adobe Premiere and have been having significant issues. My CPU usage goes all the way up to 2,000 at times. What is happening?
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When looking at the CPU % figures, it helps to understand that this is a value across all of your Mac Pro's processor cores. As an example, 100% would indicate that one core is fully utilized, or more likely, some lesser % is being used by each core. As you know the Mac Pros can be equipped with 8, 12, 16, 24, or 28-core CPUs.
I am also assuming the the CPU Temperature is in ºF ... correct? That would work out to be around 85.5 ºC which is a bit warm, but not excessively hot.
Is there some particular issues that your Mac is experiencing or is your concern just the "high" CPU % that Adobe is running at?
all three of your kernel panics is for watchdog timer firing because WindowServer did not check in in a timely fashion.
The extensions at the "scene of the crime" do not help, because they are only watchdog timer extensions.
The third-party extensions added are the Promise drivers. All you can do about that is make sure they are up-to-date.
loaded kexts:
com.promise.driver.stex 6.2.13
This is where I would start troubleshooting.
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Thank you for this information. So you are saying with a 24 core system, having it read over 100% isn't actually taking all the CPU? For example, I have attached another image which shows over 1000% for premiere.
Yes the temp is in Fahrenheit.
I was having an issue in Big Sur where my system would restart in the middle of the night for a kernel panic. It was happening every night. I updated yesterday to Monterey and am hoping that was the issue. The analysis of the kernel panic is attached. I have included 3 different reports from 3 different days.
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High CPU usage. Need help.
