# How is process.cpu.percent calculated?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-is-process-cpu-percent-calculated/233573>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 20, 2020, 4:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-is-process-cpu-percent-calculated/233573 "2020-05-20T16:22:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![jeffzhao](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f1d935/32.png) [@jeffzhao](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jeffzhao)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2020, 4:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-is-process-cpu-percent-calculated/233573/1 "2020-05-20T16:22:13Z")

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Hi,

I'm trying to understand the meaning of this metric returned from \_cluster/stats/nodes API. I noticed this number can be greater than 100. So what's the formula for calculating it?

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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 17, 2020, 4:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-is-process-cpu-percent-calculated/233573/2 "2020-06-17T16:22:21Z")

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