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CPUID Hardware Monitor showing more than 100 percent usage for cores

CIHIRIS
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Lately I have had a weird thing start happening. My processor cores are showing insanely high usage percentages.  I've tried restarting and updating Hardware monitor to latest version with no change. Is this something to be concerned about or am I just getting insanely good unexplained processor performance? The temps seem to be fine under load (never above 52c), even when running Cinebench for a long time. Any input or advice would be much appreciated.

 

Specs:

Motherboard: X99 Machinist E5-D8-MAX

Processors: Duel Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4

GPU: Nvidia Geforce RTX 3060 12GB

Memory: 4x16GB and 2x8GB DDR-4 Corsair Ram

 

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This isn't actually a problem, but in any case, Hardware Monitor is not reliable. Use HWinfo64. 

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When in doubt, confirm numbers from other sources by using other hardware reading programs, such as MSI Afterburner. That also allows you to monitor CPU usage.

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Thank you for the great answers. I'll try those apps as well!

 

Update: Tried both and HWinfo64 is way better and more accurate. Numbers are correct now. Much more readings and MSI Afterburner is great too. Thanks again!

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