If you ever develop an embedded system in a corporate environment, someone will probably tell you that you can only use 80% of the CPU or some other made-up number. The theory is that you will need ...

How do I go about troubleshooting and resolving really high CPU utilization on my RAID5 array?<BR><BR>It's an older LSI controller, LSI MegaRaid 150-6, that's driving a 4 disk array. The CPU ...

Yep, we're talking about CPU bottlenecks again. The B word is one of the scariest things for the average gamer, so much so that people waste too much time on bottleneck calculators without ...

A senior Netflix software engineer says one of the most fundamental performance measurement tools we all use when evaluating a system may be completely incorrect. Share on Facebook (opens in a new ...

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Ok heres the deal, I got a new hard drive and it seems to be using alot of CPU power.<P> My older drive is a 3 gig fujitsu.<P> Its speeds on HDtach are.<P> about 12 megs fast, 7 megs slow and 10 megs ...

The highly anticipated expansion to Cyberpunk 2077 is just around the corner, and with the release of Phantom Liberty, many gamers might need to start thinking of upgrading their PCs. Now, CD Projekt ...

If your PC doesn’t deliver the desired performance in a particular game, it’s usually—but not always—due to two limiting factors. Either your processor (CPU) or your graphics card (GPU) is ...

When you’ve got a piece of interesting old aviation hardware on your desk, what do you do with it? If you’re not willing to relegate it to paperweight status, your only real choice is to tear it down ...

If Zoom causes high CPU usage, the element utilizing the most resources is the camera. You can switch OFF the camera to save on this and the CPU utilization will drop immediately. The procedure to ...