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From: jamm on 20 Mar 2010 23:44
Paul J Gans wrote:

> jamm <nospam(a)nomail.net> wrote:
>>DenverD wrote:
>
>>> jamm wrote:
>>>> hmm I wonder, how does a cpu usage measuing utility like top factor in
>>>> the current CPU frequency? Or does it?
>>>
>>> if it does, it seems that neither google nor the easy to find
>>> documentation (man and info) for top speaks of it..
>>>
>>> as far as i can find, that is..
>>>
>>> but, i'm sure you looked there before you asked here, so i have to
>>> assume you *must* have found something that caused you to continue to
>>> wonder..
>>>
>>> what was it?
>>>
>
>>It just occured to me as I dropped a cpu freq plasmoid onto my desktop..
>>yes I did try to scroggle it but found nothing.
>
>>I have a 3 Ghz processor. When its throttled to 1 Ghz, 100% cpu usage
>>would really be 33% cpu usage at 3Ghz... so it should show 33% right? I
>>doubt it works that way though. They probably kept it simple with no
>>taking account of changing freq.
>
>>just curiosity :)
>
> I thought that cpu usage reported, approximately, the percent of
> current capacity in use.
>
> Speed has to do with how long a given process will run. Cpu capacity,
> in my opinion, doesn't measure that, nor should it.
>

Yeah I guess it depends on how you look at it. From a certain point of view,
its doing the right thing or doesn't really matter.
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