CPU process over 100% usage

This made me laugh out loud

Hey, I can understand your dilemma about the processor usage but Mac OS counts each thread as 100% CPU. So technically if you have quad core i7 processor with 8 threads so you will have 800% CPU. As FatMac>MacPro commented above that he has 6 core CPU and one of his process went upto 1150% CPU so since he has 6 cores and 12 threads so his processor has total 1200% CPU. I hope you understand the reason for your over 100% CPU usage.

Not unless you tell us what Mac you have

And it would be much more useful if you posted the CPU tab rather than the Network tab.

Yes, the TOR Browser is causing the issue, shut it down and all will be fine. Because the processor has multiple cores it can show greater than 100% usage.

It's not hidden. The problem is the Tor browser. Select it then click on the Quit icon and then on the Force Quit button.

Open Activity Monitor in the Utilities folder. Select All Processes from the Processes dropdown menu. Click twice on the CPU% column header to display in descending order. If you find a process using a large amount of CPU time (>=70,) then select the process and click on the Quit icon in the toolbar. Click on the Force Quit button to kill the process. See if that helps. Be sure to note the name of the runaway process so you can track down the cause of the problem.

Can you see the entire graphic? I only see the lefthand side, no cpu column visible?

I see the entire picture, including the CPU column, but you are correct it is set to Network Activity but sorted by CPU%. The TOR Browser is screaming away at +100%.

I have a graphics glitch I guess.

100% is a good reason to quit it 🙂

Yeah, me, too. I don't have my browser in full screen mode. An image slider never appears unless the posted image includes screen area other than just the Activity Monitor.

Do you get the left or the right. If it's the right we should collaborate 😁

Wish we coulc, but I get the left half, too. Which is good because I don't think I want to be playing halfsies with you. 😝

😀

macfrombrampton wrote:

...Can anyone give a reason for this error?

It's not an error. If you have multiple cores in the CPU, each core can account for up to 100%. If each core is capable of supporting multiple threads, each thread can account for 100%. For example, my single CPU 2010 Mac Pro 3.33 GHz has six cores. Each core can use two threads. So, some image processing software can (and has) accounted for up to 1,150% CPU usage, with other processes using up the rest. That's one reason it can get pretty hot.

macfrombrampton wrote:

This problem which occurred on my MacBook Pro is not a problem with TOR since the Operating system should not allocate anymore than 100% CPU to any process.

The OS can, should and will assign as much processing power as needed, if it requires all cores at full capacity it will assign that (if available) otherwise it will assign all that is available.