Possible issue in ProcX

Hi Jason/gkweb,

I was installing a new game (SHIII) and my CPU was pegged during the entire install. Running ProcX I think it was showing incorrect CPU % compared to what Task Manager was displaying; especially looking at the System Idle process. Please see the following image:

http://www.buttuglysoftware.com/procx.jpg

I apologize if I'm incorrect on the above.

Thanks,

Bill

 

Hi WYBaugh!

This is mine, are you sure it doesn't mean 75% is not being used? With mine just sitting - not connected to the internet - it was showing almost 95%+?

OR maybe we are both reading this wrong, any help?

Thanks!

Marja

 

Now, after looking at your Task Manager, I am confused all over again, don't use Task Manager so can't compare, I am sure someone with the answers will be by, takes patience!

Have a great day, I'm checking back later!

Marja

 

Wow! Do you really need all those processes running? You're using about 25% processor usage.

Your 75% display indicates about 25% actual CPU usage - just idling.

My ProcX reading shows 98% - with 22 processes running - including Firewall, AV, AS and AT programs resident.

Some things to consider:
- Restrict your Startup items to only those necessary.
- Restrict running processes to those you need.

A decent discussion of 'necessary' processes is here: http://www.blackviper.com/

No criticism is intended. There's really no 'best' setup - only what's best for you. Just to point out that if your CPU burden is 25% at idle, you'll have some serious performance drag when running heavy-useage apps or games.

EDIT: Just to be sure, I downloaded ProcX. It confirmed same report as both Task Manager and ProcessExplorer.

Hope this helps!

 

I may be confusing the issue here but at normal resting my System Idle is at 98%. From my screenshot above, the CPU utilization was at 100% so the System Idle (as in the task manager) was showing 0% meaning CPU was being utilized by the install program and other processes to make it 100% utilized. ProcX shows System Idle at 75% in the screen shot...just doesn't make sense to me in the direct comparison to the Task Manager.

I had a lot of programs running at the time so that's why the number of processes. I use Black Viper to trim the services.

Bill

 

Hi,

as a quick clue, task manager and ProcX at the same time will not necessarely display the exact same CPU usage due to the polling interval ProcX uses which is not the same as Task Manager.

Then if anyway there is really an issue with CPU usage, check with another process viewer (like process explorer) and if the bug is sure, write here your OS
and CPU.

Also if ProcX is blocked from accessing some processes (because of possible security program you may have) it can surely impact it's CPU usage computation.

Regards,
gkweb.

 

Hey gkweb,

From watching the installation with ProcX and Task Manager, ProcX never matched or went below 75% on System Idle.

I am running Windows XP SP2 with an AMD Athlon XP 3000+. I am running as Admin and have no blocking programs to keep ProcX from accesing processes.

I'll try later to reproduce the same condition and see how things behave with Process Explorer in the mix.

Thanks,

Bill

 

Here's another screenshot showing Process Explorer, ProcX and Task Manager while installing another game that is maxing CPU (take a look at the tray icons)

http://www.buttuglysoftware.com/procx2.jpg

 

Ok.

I add it to my check list, thanks you.