Generating CPU Usage
CPU utilization and usage is an interesting area since most tools only give you a snapshot of what has happened on a particular interval. Most of the time we are trying to work out what is consuming CPU resources, but here’s a little trick I picked up on a mail list that allows you to quickly gobble CPU resources with a built in utility found on all Windows platforms.
I’ve had several debates on the usefulness of generating CPU usage, however there are a few possible uses that I can think of. For starters, it could be useful for testing performance counters, monitoring systems or initial benchmarking.
- Start the Windows calculator application (calc.exe)
- Switch to scientific mode
- Enter a big number (8+ digits)
- Hit the n! button
Written by webmaster on October 8th, 2006 with
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