# Average system.cpu.system always near 100%

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/average-system-cpu-system-always-near-100/181775>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [May 20, 2019, 9:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/average-system-cpu-system-always-near-100/181775 "2019-05-20T09:28:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Arnolin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/arnolin/32/46993_2.png) [@Arnolin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Arnolin)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2019, 9:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/average-system-cpu-system-always-near-100/181775/1 "2019-05-20T09:28:49Z")

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Hello, i don't know if it's supposed to work like that but i tried to visualize the cpu usage (system.cpu.system.pct) and the memory usage (system.memory.actual.used.pct) but in both graphs the value make a straight line near 100%.

 ![test](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/9/e/9eb85d814dab37a815290b17e333470dceacf5c0.png)  
For the cpu i tried to split by core.id but if i do that the value does a straight line near 0% and i have only one line.  
FYI i'm trying to do someting like the graphs in the task manager on windows.  
thanks in advance for your reply.

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**Author:** ![tiagocosta](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tiagocosta/32/40045_2.png) [@tiagocosta](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tiagocosta)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2019, 4:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/average-system-cpu-system-always-near-100/181775/2 "2019-05-20T16:42:53Z")

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@Arnolin have you configured metricbeat with the correct cpu metrics? Please try to enable `normalized_percentages` and then query `system.cpu.system.norm.pct`. That will show you a normalized cpu usage always less than 100% even when u have more than one core.

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**Author:** ![Arnolin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/arnolin/32/46993_2.png) [@Arnolin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Arnolin)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2019, 8:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/average-system-cpu-system-always-near-100/181775/3 "2019-05-21T08:22:54Z")

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I tried with the normalized percentages but now i have a flat line a 0.0%

 ![test](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/9/5/954ff05fd65b3d610779c635bb89ceef1bbdfe15.png)

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**Author:** ![BennyInc](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bennyinc/32/21751_2.png) [@BennyInc](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/BennyInc)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2019, 8:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/average-system-cpu-system-always-near-100/181775/4 "2019-05-21T08:41:31Z")

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In order to debug this, try checking the values with the discovery tab, so you see what gets reported.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2019, 8:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/average-system-cpu-system-always-near-100/181775/5 "2019-06-18T08:41:42Z")

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