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Q: My cpu percentage never exceeds 37 % for the user

It never exceed 37 % even when using heavy app such as FCP X, Sketch up and even when I run a stress test by putting yes in terminal

iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.5), 21 inch 2.9 ghz 8 gb ram

Posted on Mar 9, 2016 7:39 AM

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  • by JimmyCMPIT,

    JimmyCMPIT JimmyCMPIT Mar 9, 2016 8:46 AM in response to zxcvbnm1234567890
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    Mar 9, 2016 8:46 AM in response to zxcvbnm1234567890

    perhaps thats normal for these apps until you get to something specific like rendering with some intensity.

    you have a quad core (no multi thread) i5 running at 2.9GHz.

     

    I just ran a test scene in Blender on my Dual Quad Xeon, this should be 8 cores/16 multithreads on a cycles render where the CPU is pegged, and here's what I see on the activity monitor.

    Where is your CPU load sitting when you are testing?

     

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