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        CPU utilization in Windows11 machine
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      PCSend message Joined: 28 Nov 21 Posts: 1 Credit: 1,794,705 RAC: 498  | 
        
         
 Windows machine can not give more than 3-4% CPU utilization. CPU settings is 75% of the CPU with 100% CPU time. What can be possibly causing this?  | 
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     Send message Joined: 16 Aug 21 Posts: 51 Credit: 18,831,226 RAC: 11,697  | 
        
         
 Windows machine can not give more than 3-4% CPU utilization. What memory do you have and what are the memory settings in Boinc? What are the suspend settings? What tasks are running?  | 
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     Send message Joined: 11 Oct 20 Posts: 345 Credit: 25,749,080 RAC: 683  | 
        
         
 Maybe separate settings for "Computer in use" state are exist?  | 
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     Send message Joined: 31 Jul 22 Posts: 16 Credit: 30,465 RAC: 0  | 
        
         
 Similar problem.  14 core i7 windows 11 machine.  I had CPUs to be used set to 30% CPU time at 60% and the CPU usage would bounce between a few percent and 100 a couple of times per second.  I have stopped downloads from SiDock and the problem appears to have disappeared even with percent of CPUs at 80%.  I have the machine set to run off of local preferences, and I have CPU and GPU set to run based on preferences.  | 
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     Send message Joined: 30 Jan 21 Posts: 2 Credit: 5,932,106 RAC: 2,551  | 
        
         
 Got an unexpected spread between WU runtime and CPU time with Win 11, like 70% cpu time compared to runtime. Seems not to be limited to cmdock alone. Curiously, Boinc on Linux on the same machine does not have this problem. I am am using a i5-13500 Intel-CPU with Win 11 Pro 22H2 and Ubuntu Linux 23.04, respectively. With Win 11 cmdock is not going above 9% CPU usage per thread, while an Einstein GPU task is using 13% CPU (part-time). Any idea how to fix that? Too much wasted runtime an Windows. Should switch to Linux permanently then.  | 
        
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