# Meaning of metricbeat system.cpu.total.pct

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/meaning-of-metricbeat-system-cpu-total-pct/216455>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** metricbeat\
**Created:** [January 24, 2020, 3:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/meaning-of-metricbeat-system-cpu-total-pct/216455 "2020-01-24T15:34:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![dantonag](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dantonag/32/44130_2.png) [@dantonag](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dantonag)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2020, 3:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/meaning-of-metricbeat-system-cpu-total-pct/216455/1 "2020-01-24T15:34:24Z")

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Hello,  
we have, in our production environment, a machine with 56 cores (system.cpu.cores gives "56").

Exactly, which is the range system.cpu.total.pct will assume? 0-56? 0-100?

Thanks  
Gabriele

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**Author:** ![Kaiyan\_Sheng](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kaiyan_sheng/32/38247_2.png) [@Kaiyan\_Sheng](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kaiyan_Sheng)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2020, 6:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/meaning-of-metricbeat-system-cpu-total-pct/216455/2 "2020-01-24T18:33:39Z")

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Hello, I think cpu.total.pct is percentage of CPU time total among all cores, which means maximum it can be 5600%. If you want to get a normalized cpu percentage value, please configure the metric type to be `cpu.metrics: ["normalized_percentages"]`

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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:** [February 21, 2020, 6:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/meaning-of-metricbeat-system-cpu-total-pct/216455/3 "2020-02-21T18:33:40Z")

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