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Article #5703Re: why does my application (only) use a max of 50% CPU time when viewedwith process explorer?
From: Bruce
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 18:33
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 18:33
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Jeff Overcash (TeamB) wrote: > Are you on a hyperthreaded machine? If so and your app is single threaded then > the most you will see it use is 50% of the cpu. > > Bruce wrote: > >>Hello folks, >> >>I am the developer of a CAD type application used for mapping. This >>program is sometimes used to perform very processor intensive operations >>on very large databases. When I use process explorer (from sysinternals) >>to examine it's CPU usage it always shows 50%? (With the system idle >>process getting the other 50%) Can anyone tell me what is going on >>here?? (in contrast for example, when I use Acrobat Pro to create a >>document it routinely runs right up at 99-100% typically?) >> >>Any help on this will be appreciated... >> >> Bruce Larrabee > > What you say makes a lot of sense considering what I've observed. I believe that it is exactly as you say... Thanks, Bruce
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