# CPU load giving funny output from machine

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**Created:** [1 October 2019 05:14 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cpu-load-giving-funny-output-from-machine/16124 "2019-10-01T05:14:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![afelix](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/afelix/32/9743_2.png) [@afelix](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/afelix)\
**Post date:** [1 October 2019 05:41 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cpu-load-giving-funny-output-from-machine/16124/2 "2019-10-01T05:41:08Z")

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I had truly hoped that was a quadcore device with a load of 4.87 4.97 4.68. So that means 4.87 average over the last minute, 4.97 average over the last 5 minutes, 4.68 average over the last 15 minutes. Where the a load of 1.0 is the equivalent of a single core at 100%  
What 4.87 means on a single core like the pi is that 3.87 processes were waiting 100% for a minute, for that 4th process to finish and the rest to continue. So the system is 387% overloaded compared to what it can handle.

So the 11% displayed in the gauge looks a bit funny but chances are it’s so overloaded that it can’t properly update. Same for the temperature, 55 seems a bit low for 4.68 over 15 minutes.

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