System Idle Process

[tonyk]

System Idle Process...what is it? It looks like something
that issues a "halt" (?) command.

tonyk

 

[R. McCarty]

It's the computer equivalent of "Drumming your Fingers".
When the CPU has nothing to do - it does this.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

System Idle Process...what is it? It looks like something
that issues a "halt" (?) command.

tonyk

Break out a dictionary and look up the word "idle," sometime. ;-}
The "System Idle Process" metric is the amount/percentage of time that
your CPU has nothing to do. A reading of 98-99% is generally
considered a good thing, and readings above 90% are normal. Think of
it like a car's engine idling in your driveway before you place the
car in gear.


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[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

System Idle Process is exactly what it sounds like.
It is the % of processing power you have waiting for something to do,
doing nothing.

If you are having problems, this is not the cause.
Follow this link:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/slowcom.htm

 

[Unknown]

What does a computer do when it has no program to run? What is a car doing if
the engine is running but the car is not moving.

 

[Alex Nichol]

System Idle Process...what is it? It looks like something
that issues a "halt" (?) command.

Yes, it does. It is the little loop the system goes round when there is
absolutely nothing to do, waiting for an interrupt and just keeping an
eye on IO completion. It has a HLT in it so it provides a cooling
function without having to run one of the utilities that did the same
thing

 

[tonyk]

Yes, it does. It is the little loop the system goes round when there is
absolutely nothing to do, waiting for an interrupt and just keeping an
eye on IO completion. It has a HLT in it so it provides a cooling
function without having to run one of the utilities that did the same
thing

Thanks, that's what I thought it was. Others asked me to research the word
"idle". BTW it doesn't work as well as CPUIdle, my temp has gone up 20c in
10 minutes.

tonyk