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by detaro 2252 days ago
If only one core is used, percentage of a core used is a misleading measure, because the CPU will boost the speed of that core, and have it use a way larger part of the power budget for the CPU (because the other cores do not need the power, and modern CPUs, especially in laptops, are almost always limited to some overall power usage limit by how much their cooling system can do)