# Elasticsearch CPU utilization metrics are normalized by default

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-cpu-utilization-metrics-are-normalized-by-default/210660
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Tags:** elastic-stack-monitoring
**Created:** [December 5, 2019, 9:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-cpu-utilization-metrics-are-normalized-by-default/210660 "2019-12-05T09:26:19Z")
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### Author: ![marko\_vranjkovic](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marko_vranjkovic/32/52881_2.png) [@marko\_vranjkovic](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/marko_vranjkovic)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2019, 9:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-cpu-utilization-metrics-are-normalized-by-default/210660/1 "2019-12-05T09:26:19Z")

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Can someone confirm that by using all default settings Elasticsearch CPU utilization metrics in Kibana stack monitoring are normalized, e.g. for 4 CPUs the CPU utilization goes from 0% to 100%.

This question is just a first part from the original question: [Kibana stack monitoring: Normalized vs not-normalized CPU utilization](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-stack-monitoring-normalized-vs-not-normalized-cpu-utilization/210133)

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### Author: ![chrisronline](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/chrisronline/32/28230_2.png) [@chrisronline](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/chrisronline)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2019, 9:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-cpu-utilization-metrics-are-normalized-by-default/210660/2 "2019-12-09T21:21:42Z")

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Yes, that's correct.

If you want normalized cpu percentages from Metricbeat, you must configure it, like

```auto
metricbeat.modules:
- module: system
  metricsets: [cpu]
  cpu.metrics: [percentages, normalized_percentages]

```

See: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/current/metricbeat-metricset-system-cpu.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/current/metricbeat-metricset-system-cpu.html)

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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: [January 6, 2020, 9:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-cpu-utilization-metrics-are-normalized-by-default/210660/3 "2020-01-06T21:21:51Z")

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