[Solved] Is there a way to have htop show "accurate" cpu usage?

Shyden · 2022-08-16 11:26:44

I like htop but I hate the fact that it shows cpu usage as individual threads (As in the reason cpu usage can go over 100%). Is there a way to change this or should I find another process manager? (I did look beforehand, I may just be a bad googler but I didn't find anything, and I also didnt see anything in the setup or help tab)

Thanks :)

Last edited by Shyden (2022-08-16 18:50:50)

Trilby · 2022-08-16 12:22:38

Learn to read man pages before googling:

man htop wrote:

PERCENT_CPU (CPU%)
The percentage of the CPU time that the process is currently using. This is the default way to represent CPU usage in Linux. Each process can consume up to 100% which means the full capacity of the core it is running on. This is some‐times called "Irix mode" e.g. in top(1).
PERCENT_NORM_CPU (NCPU%)
The percentage of the CPU time that the process is currently using normalized by CPU count. This is sometimes called "Solaris mode" e.g. in top(1).

Last edited by Trilby (2022-08-16 12:24:01)

Shyden · 2022-08-16 18:50:34

Thanks for the future tip and for the answer. I was even looking at other man pages earlier, guess I was too sleep deprived to remember. Have a nice day :)

Last edited by Shyden (2022-08-16 18:51:03)

an4rki_ · 2022-08-17 15:50:24

You can add average CPU usage from the htop configuration, open htop and press F2 to open the Setup then go meters and select CPU average from the list.

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[Solved] Is there a way to have htop show "accurate" cpu usage?

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