If the system is powered the cpu is always doing something. Idle doesnt mean that your pc is off it just means no “real” load. Modern cpus are so powerfull that browsing the web is no real cpu load. It may be a few % difference than just the os itself but windows backround tasks will propably make more impakt on the cpu load.
Quatlicopatlix@feddit.org 1 month ago
Enlighten me! When is a cpu idleing?
iopq@lemmy.world 1 month ago
When it’s not doing anything
Quatlicopatlix@feddit.org 1 month ago
If the system is powered the cpu is always doing something. Idle doesnt mean that your pc is off it just means no “real” load. Modern cpus are so powerfull that browsing the web is no real cpu load. It may be a few % difference than just the os itself but windows backround tasks will propably make more impakt on the cpu load.
iopq@lemmy.world 1 month ago
My CPU boosts to 4Ghz at 1.5V loading a website
That’s hardly nothing. When it’s not doing anything it goes back to 500Mhz at less than 1V
The CPU is not doing anything when the system is turned on! I don’t run Windows spyware so it only does something when it’s told