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1% CPU at idle
My laptop used to have 0% cpu usage when idle, but for the last 2 months it's 1%. Is this normal?
1% CPU at idle
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I do not know how you could ever detect cpu is at 0% as running task manager would take 1% at least.
All my devices idle at around 1% - there are always some background processes going on.
So yeah, quite normal.
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I always disable unnecessary services and tasks in Task Scheduler. Yes, my system was 0% at idle.
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It can't be as asking how much CPU is used will require some use it may be very low but it doesn't run on fresh air
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Well you would literally have to leave your display on and take a camera from outside the computer and see exactly
Pefectly normal unless your trying to achieve a 0% usage stat.
I have a anti-virus + eye-candy stuff + settings. So far I am seeing 20%. However other times I see 5%.
As long as the electrical current draw is not hitting 30W and you are not doing anything at all. Everything should be
around 10% and climbing and falling.
Again depends on what you have running.
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Huh - I would be really annoyed if my pc idled at 5-20%.
I do not know where you get the idea where idling should be around 10%.
If you get that, your pc is poorly optimised.
Mine idles at 1% without doing anything major other than disabling unnecessary start up/ running of background programs.
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It is about the display of numbers, number rounding to 1 digit to give a pleasing look.
If what you are looking at is the Task Manager then click on the 3 dots > Resource Monitor.
In the CPU section you will see CPU usage to 2 decimal places.
e.g. the Task Manager itself maybe 0.02% or something like that.
There is no way CPU usage can be 0%. That would only be the case if you removed/disconnected the battery and BIOS settings battery, and discharged any residual energy in capacitors.
My Laptops have always flickered around 0%-2% at idle.
Anything like 5%-20% would lead to checking what was wrong and/or poor settings somewhere.
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Actually it is the "SearchApp" that is running ( usually when I had perform a search even if I had canceled the search )
Stopping that put me back at %5.
Anything else is probably the fact I have Winstep Nexus and probably unrelated stuff running in the background
( like "services" needed for other programs to actually run. ) I also have a Wacom driver as well, including other
programs idling, looking for temp monitors, or waiting for a command.
%5 is okay I guess. Sometimes it randomly drops. My machine is around 10-20w when nothing is occuring. 15w being
the mid-range. This is the desktop/labtop without the GPU. When the GPU starts that will automatically go above 30W
the least most and of course 300W when in actual use.
Sitting at idle a program like photoshop will claim memory based on the size of the project but the CPU will be 5%
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