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Hi,

I've used Aida64 for the Sensor Panel for many years. But after upgrading my PC*, I've noticed that Aida64 uses a relatively high amount of CPU (often hovering around 5%, sometimes hitting 10+%. Perhaps it always used so much but I've only noticed now.

 

Anyway, the CPU usage seems unrelated to what's actually on the sensor panel: it behaves the same whether it has 0 items on it or 100.  Though it does improve if I set transparency to 0%. And it does dip below 1% if the sensor panel is turned off completely by unchecking "show sensor panel" (as opposed to just hidden by setting all items to "hide"). It also seems to be pretty much unaffected by whether the polling rate is 100ms or 2000ms. 

 

So I have 2 questions:

 

1. Are there certain settings I can change in Aida64 that would reduce CPU usage? I only use the sensor panel and logitech g510s lcd panel (I don't even use the main aida64 window). So I'd be happy to disable anything that doesn't relate to those. Could I disable something in the stability section perhaps? 

2. Is the 5-10% cpu usage actually a problem if I don't max out my CPU to 100%?  I'm a photoshop power-user, which frequently works my CPU and RAM hard, but it usually only maxes out one or two cores (my CPU has 8 physical cores). My understanding is that, in theory at least, if Photoshop maxes out, say, cores 1 and 2, then the CPU will just shift Aida64's workload to core 3, and Photoshop's performance would remain unharmed. Is this how it works in reality?

 

Thanks

 

*  Asus Prime z390-a; core i7-9700k; 64gb ram; two gtx980ti in SLI; two m.2 drives; six sata drives

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13 hours ago, stillwater said:

Hi,

I've used Aida64 for the Sensor Panel for many years. But after upgrading my PC*, I've noticed that Aida64 uses a relatively high amount of CPU (often hovering around 5%, sometimes hitting 10+%. Perhaps it always used so much but I've only noticed now.

 

Anyway, the CPU usage seems unrelated to what's actually on the sensor panel: it behaves the same whether it has 0 items on it or 100.  Though it does improve if I set transparency to 0%. And it does dip below 1% if the sensor panel is turned off completely by unchecking "show sensor panel" (as opposed to just hidden by setting all items to "hide"). It also seems to be pretty much unaffected by whether the polling rate is 100ms or 2000ms. 

 

So I have 2 questions:

 

1. Are there certain settings I can change in Aida64 that would reduce CPU usage? I only use the sensor panel and logitech g510s lcd panel (I don't even use the main aida64 window). So I'd be happy to disable anything that doesn't relate to those. Could I disable something in the stability section perhaps? 

2. Is the 5-10% cpu usage actually a problem if I don't max out my CPU to 100%?  I'm a photoshop power-user, which frequently works my CPU and RAM hard, but it usually only maxes out one or two cores (my CPU has 8 physical cores). My understanding is that, in theory at least, if Photoshop maxes out, say, cores 1 and 2, then the CPU will just shift Aida64's workload to core 3, and Photoshop's performance would remain unharmed. Is this how it works in reality?

 

Thanks

 

*  Asus Prime z390-a; core i7-9700k; 64gb ram; two gtx980ti in SLI; two m.2 drives; six sata drives

1) It would be best to first check what might cause the high CPU usage.  Try to right-click on the bottom status bar of AIDA64 main window --> Sensor Debug --> Sensor Profiling Dump. Copy-paste the full results into this topic, or attach the results as a TXT file to your post. You may need to enable status bar in AIDA64 / main menu / View first.

Also right-click on the bottom status bar of AIDA64 main window --> Sensor Debug --> Embedded Controller Dump. Copy-paste the full results into this topic, or attach the results as a TXT file to your post.

Generally speaking, certain Asus motherboards could operate with a very high EC (Embedded Controller) latency that would cause AIDA64 sensor module to load the CPU for several milliseconds.  You can check if your motherboard is affected by that anomaly by disabling EC support in AIDA64 / main menu / File / Preferences / Stability.  Make sure to restart AIDA64 after altering that option.  Also note that by disabling EC support you will lose a few sensor readings like CPU OPT fan RPM.

2) It's not really a huge issue, especially if you almost never max out the CPU usage across all cores.  If you only load the first 2 or 3 CPU cores using Photoshop, Windows will automatically switch AIDA64 to use one of the other cores to update the sensor readings and the SensorPanel.

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Thanks for your attention, Fiery. Here's the Sensor ProfilingDump. Looks like GPU and LM78 are the main culprits?

 

 

------[ Versions ]------

Program Version : AIDA64 Extreme v5.99.4900
BenchDLL Version: 4.3.793-x64
Windows Version : Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 10.0.17763.253 (64-bit)

------[ Motherboard Info ]------

Motherboard ID      : <DMI>
Motherboard Model   : Asus Prime Z390-A
Motherboard Chipset : Intel Cannon Point Z390, Intel Coffee Lake-S

DMI MB Manufacturer : ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
DMI MB Product      : PRIME Z390-A
DMI MB Version      : Rev 1.xx
DMI MB Serial       : 181037805502187
DMI SYS Manufacturer: System manufacturer
DMI SYS Product     : System Product Name
DMI SYS Version     : System Version
DMI SYS Serial      : System Serial Number
DMI BIOS Version    : 0702

------[ Video Adapters ]------

MSI GTX 980 Ti (MS-V323) [10DE-17C8 / 1462-3232]
MSI GTX 980 Ti (MS-V323) [10DE-17C8 / 1462-3232]

------[ Video Driver ]------

nvapi.dll: 25.21.14.1735 - nVIDIA ForceWare 417.35

C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispi.inf_amd64_e7b3660b4830c245\nvldumdx.dll|||C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispi.inf_amd64_e7b3660b4830c245\nvldumdx.dll|||C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispi.inf_amd64_e7b3660b4830c245\nvldumdx.dll|||C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispi.inf_amd64_e7b3660b4830c245\nvldumdx.dll|||C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispi.inf_amd64_e7b3660b4830c245\nvldumd.dll|||C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispi.inf_amd64_e7b3660b4830c245\nvldumd.dll|||C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispi.inf_amd64_e7b3660b4830c245\nvldumd.dll|||C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispi.inf_amd64_e7b3660b4830c245\nvldumd.dll
C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispi.inf_amd64_e7b3660b4830c245\nvldumdx.dll|||C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispi.inf_amd64_e7b3660b4830c245\nvldumdx.dll|||C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispi.inf_amd64_e7b3660b4830c245\nvldumdx.dll|||C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispi.inf_amd64_e7b3660b4830c245\nvldumdx.dll|||C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispi.inf_amd64_e7b3660b4830c245\nvldumd.dll|||C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispi.inf_amd64_e7b3660b4830c245\nvldumd.dll|||C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispi.inf_amd64_e7b3660b4830c245\nvldumd.dll|||C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispi.inf_amd64_e7b3660b4830c245\nvldumd.dll
C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispi.inf_amd64_e7b3660b4830c245\nvldumdx.dll|||C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispi.inf_amd64_e7b3660b4830c245\nvldumdx.dll|||C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispi.inf_amd64_e7b3660b4830c245\nvldumdx.dll|||C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispi.inf_amd64_e7b3660b4830c245\nvldumdx.dll|||C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispi.inf_amd64_e7b3660b4830c245\nvldumd.dll|||C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispi.inf_amd64_e7b3660b4830c245\nvldumd.dll|||C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispi.inf_amd64_e7b3660b4830c245\nvldumd.dll|||C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispi.inf_amd64_e7b3660b4830c245\nvldumd.dll
C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispi.inf_amd64_e7b3660b4830c245\nvldumdx.dll|||C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispi.inf_amd64_e7b3660b4830c245\nvldumdx.dll|||C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispi.inf_amd64_e7b3660b4830c245\nvldumdx.dll|||C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispi.inf_amd64_e7b3660b4830c245\nvldumdx.dll|||C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispi.inf_amd64_e7b3660b4830c245\nvldumd.dll|||C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispi.inf_amd64_e7b3660b4830c245\nvldumd.dll|||C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispi.inf_amd64_e7b3660b4830c245\nvldumd.dll|||C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispi.inf_amd64_e7b3660b4830c245\nvldumd.dll

------[ Sensor Profiling (Init) ]------

SensorInfo        :   81.204 ms
GPUSensorInfo     :   15.719 ms
GPU01 / NV Diode  :    0.004 ms
GPU01 / NV Fan PWM:    0.655 ms
GPU02 / NV Diode  :    0.004 ms
GPU02 / NV Fan PWM:    0.563 ms
HDD               :    0.135 ms
SPD               :    0.732 ms
AMB               :    0.001 ms
Asus EPU2         :    0.000 ms
Asus EPU1         :    0.000 ms
nVIDIA SPP        :    0.000 ms
nVIDIA MCP        :    0.000 ms
Intel GMCH        :    0.000 ms
Intel PCH         :    0.000 ms
Intel SNB         :    0.026 ms
Zambezi           :    0.000 ms
Kaveri            :    0.000 ms
Zen               :    0.000 ms
AMD SVI2          :    0.000 ms
MTC0303           :    0.000 ms
Smart Battery     :    0.000 ms
HID UPS           :    0.000 ms
TVALZ             :    0.000 ms
T-Balancer        :    0.000 ms
Asetek LC         :    0.000 ms
Kraken X42        :    0.000 ms
Riing+            :    0.000 ms
LM78              :    7.808 ms
TT DPS            :    0.000 ms
Digifanless       :    0.000 ms
Corsair RMi       :    0.000 ms
Corsair AXi       :    0.000 ms
Odin              :    0.000 ms
Aquaero           :    0.000 ms

------[ Sensor Profiling (Last) ]------

SensorInfo        :   81.756 ms
GPUSensorInfo     :   16.498 ms
GPU01 / NV Diode  :    0.004 ms
GPU01 / NV Fan PWM:    0.693 ms
GPU02 / NV Diode  :    0.004 ms
GPU02 / NV Fan PWM:    0.812 ms
HDD               :    0.129 ms
SPD               :    0.716 ms
AMB               :    0.001 ms
Asus EPU2         :    0.000 ms
Asus EPU1         :    0.000 ms
nVIDIA SPP        :    0.000 ms
nVIDIA MCP        :    0.000 ms
Intel GMCH        :    0.000 ms
Intel PCH         :    0.000 ms
Intel SNB         :    0.025 ms
Zambezi           :    0.000 ms
Kaveri            :    0.000 ms
Zen               :    0.001 ms
AMD SVI2          :    0.000 ms
MTC0303           :    0.000 ms
Smart Battery     :    0.000 ms
HID UPS           :    0.000 ms
TVALZ             :    0.000 ms
T-Balancer        :    0.000 ms
Asetek LC         :    0.000 ms
Kraken X42        :    0.000 ms
Riing+            :    0.000 ms
LM78              :    7.987 ms
TT DPS            :    0.000 ms
Digifanless       :    0.000 ms
Corsair RMi       :    0.000 ms
Corsair AXi       :    0.000 ms
Odin              :    0.000 ms
Aquaero           :    0.000 ms
 

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Embedded Controller dump: 

 

 

------[ Versions ]------

Program Version : AIDA64 Extreme v5.99.4900
BenchDLL Version: 4.3.793-x64
Windows Version : Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 10.0.17763.253 (64-bit)

------[ Motherboard Info ]------

Motherboard ID      : <DMI>
Motherboard Model   : Asus Prime Z390-A
Motherboard Chipset : Intel Cannon Point Z390, Intel Coffee Lake-S

DMI MB Manufacturer : ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
DMI MB Product      : PRIME Z390-A
DMI MB Version      : Rev 1.xx
DMI MB Serial       : 181037805502187
DMI SYS Manufacturer: System manufacturer
DMI SYS Product     : System Product Name
DMI SYS Version     : System Version
DMI SYS Serial      : System Serial Number
DMI BIOS Version    : 0702

------[ Embedded Controller at 0066/0062 via Port I/O / Bank #0 ]------

0000  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ................
0010  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ................
0020  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ................
0030  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 46 29  20 D8 28 00  ..........F) .(.
0040  7C 00 00 0C  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  |...............
0050  00 00 00 00  00 0A 0A 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ................
0060  80 80 80 22  20 00 00 00  07 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ..." ...........
0070  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ................
0080  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ................
0090  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ................
00A0  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ................
00B0  02 7F 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ...............
00C0  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ................
00D0  40 00 10 41  00 00 00 00  33 33 44 43  00 00 04 01  @..A....33DC....
00E0  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ................
00F0  00 CC 0C 08  0F 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 DD 08 00  ................

------[ Embedded Controller at 0066/0062 via Port I/O / Bank #1 ]------

0000  0A 15 1B 1E  00 00 00 00  47 D8 20 1D  00 00 00 00  ........G. .....
0010  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ................
0020  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ................
0030  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  02 08 62 78  03 18 1E 1F  ..........bx....
0040  03 20 02 A8  00 06 00 00  00 3F 04 E7  00 70 00 17  . .......?...p..
0050  00 42 00 00  00 00 00 00  01 29 25 ED  01 08 00 00  .B.......)%.....
0060  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ................
0070  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ................
0080  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ................
0090  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ................
00A0  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ................
00B0  00 00 00 00  00 00 01 54  00 78 00 D2  01 54 00 78  .......T.x...T.x
00C0  00 00 01 90  00 C8 00 F0  01 90 00 C8  00 F0 00 00  ................
00D0  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ................
00E0  00 00 00 00  01 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ................
00F0  0F 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  EC 00 00 00  00 00 00 01  ................

------[ Embedded Controller at 0066/0062 via Port I/O / Bank #2 ]------

0000  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ................
0010  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ................
0020  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ................
0030  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ................
0040  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 01 00  00 00 00 00  ................
0050  09 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  01 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ................
0060  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ................
0070  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ................
0080  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ................
0090  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ................
00A0  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ................
00B0  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 02  ................
00C0  00 15 00 43  E8 02 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ...C............
00D0  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ................
00E0  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ................
00F0  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 02  ................

------[ Embedded Controller at 0066/0062 via Port I/O / Bank #3 ]------

0000  03 60 02 CD  02 A7 02 8C  02 84 01 52  01 F8 FF FF  .`.........R....
0010  01 47 03 FD  02 86 02 87  FF FF FF FF  FF FF 02 89  .G..............
0020  02 89 02 8A  02 87 02 86  00 98 00 A8  00 98 00 60  ...............`
0030  00 C0 00 00  00 A8 00 00  00 00 00 00  01 20 01 20  ............. .
0040  01 30 00 D0  01 40 01 FF  01 80 01 FF  01 FF 01 FF  .0...@..........
0050  00 90 00 70  00 30 00 50  00 A0 00 00  00 70 00 00  ...p.0.P.....p..
0060  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ................
0070  00 C0 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ................
0080  00 00 00 00  01 FF 01 FF  01 FF 01 FF  01 FF 01 FF  ................
0090  01 FF 01 FF  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ................
00A0  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ................
00B0  00 70 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  .p..............
00C0  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ................
00D0  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ................
00E0  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ................
00F0  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 03  ................

------[ Embedded Controller at 0066/0062 via Port I/O / Bank #4 ]------

0000  03 2A 02 CC  02 A0 02 8E  02 85 01 52  01 E1 FF FF  .*.........R....
0010  01 47 03 FD  02 BA 02 97  FF FF FF FF  FF FF 02 88  .G..............
0020  02 88 02 88  02 88 02 86  00 98 00 A8  00 98 00 60  ...............`
0030  00 C0 00 00  00 A8 00 00  00 00 00 00  01 20 01 20  ............. .
0040  01 30 00 0C  01 40 01 FF  01 80 01 FF  01 FF 01 FF  .0...@..........
0050  00 90 00 70  00 30 00 50  00 A0 00 00  00 70 00 00  ...p.0.P.....p..
0060  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ................
0070  00 C0 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ................
0080  00 00 00 00  01 FF 01 FF  01 FF 01 FF  01 FF 01 FF  ................
0090  01 FF 01 FF  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ................
00A0  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ................
00B0  00 70 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  .p..............
00C0  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ................
00D0  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ................
00E0  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ................
00F0  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 03  ................

------[ Embedded Controller at 0066/0062 via Port I/O / Bank #5 ]------

0000  03 2B 02 DE  02 A7 02 8D  02 84 01 52  01 F7 FF FF  .+.........R....
0010  01 47 03 FD  02 4A 02 96  FF FF FF FF  FF FF 02 8B  .G...J..........
0020  02 8A 02 88  02 87 02 87  00 98 00 A8  00 98 00 60  ...............`
0030  00 C0 00 00  00 A8 00 00  00 00 00 00  01 20 01 20  ............. .
0040  01 30 00 0C  01 40 01 FF  01 80 01 FF  01 FF 01 FF  .0...@..........
0050  00 90 00 70  00 30 00 50  00 A0 00 00  00 70 00 00  ...p.0.P.....p..
0060  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ................
0070  00 C0 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ................
0080  00 00 00 00  01 FF 01 FF  01 FF 01 FF  01 FF 01 FF  ................
0090  01 FF 01 FF  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ................
00A0  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ................
00B0  00 70 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  .p..............
00C0  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ................
00D0  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ................
00E0  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ................
00F0  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 03  ................

------[ Embedded Controller at 0066/0062 via Port I/O / Bank #6 ]------

0000  03 5F 02 CC  02 A0 02 8C  02 86 01 52  01 F8 FF FF  ._.........R....
0010  01 47 03 FD  02 B8 02 96  FF FF FF FF  FF FF 02 8F  .G..............
0020  02 8B 02 88  02 88 02 86  00 98 00 A8  00 98 00 60  ...............`
0030  00 C0 00 00  00 A8 00 00  00 00 00 00  01 20 01 20  ............. .
0040  01 30 00 0C  01 40 01 FF  01 80 01 FF  01 FF 01 FF  .0...@..........
0050  00 90 00 70  00 30 00 50  00 A0 00 00  00 70 00 00  ...p.0.P.....p..
0060  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ................
0070  00 C0 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ................
0080  00 00 00 00  01 FF 01 FF  01 FF 01 FF  01 FF 01 FF  ................
0090  01 FF 01 FF  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ................
00A0  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ................
00B0  00 70 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  .p..............
00C0  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ................
00D0  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ................
00E0  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ................
00F0  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 03  ................

------[ Embedded Controller at 0066/0062 via Port I/O / Bank #7 ]------

0000  03 61 02 DF  02 A8 02 8C  02 86 01 52  01 F7 FF FF  .a.........R....
0010  01 47 03 FD  02 86 02 86  FF FF FF FF  FF FF 02 8B  .G..............
0020  02 8B 02 89  02 87 02 86  00 98 00 A8  00 98 00 60  ...............`
0030  00 C0 00 00  00 A8 00 00  00 00 00 00  01 20 01 20  ............. .
0040  01 30 00 0C  01 40 01 FF  01 80 01 FF  01 FF 01 FF  .0...@..........
0050  00 90 00 70  00 30 00 50  00 A0 00 00  00 70 00 00  ...p.0.P.....p..
0060  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ................
0070  00 C0 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ................
0080  00 00 00 00  01 FF 01 FF  01 FF 01 FF  01 FF 01 FF  ................
0090  01 FF 01 FF  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ................
00A0  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ................
00B0  00 70 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  .p..............
00C0  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ................
00D0  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ................
00E0  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ................
00F0  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 03  ................

Time #1 = 5922 msec
Time #3 = 0.281 / 0.276 / 0.285 / 0.252 / 407.217 / 0.256 / 0.248 / 0.278 / 0.249 / 408.921 / 0.255 / 0.268 / 0.293 / 0.263 / 413.320 / 0.267 msec
 

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16 hours ago, Fiery said:

Asus motherboards could operate with a very high EC (Embedded Controller) latency that would cause AIDA64 sensor module to load the CPU for several milliseconds.  You can check if your motherboard is affected by that anomaly by disabling EC support in AIDA64 / main menu / File / Preferences / Stability.  Make sure to restart AIDA64 after altering that option.  Also note that by disabling EC support you will lose a few sensor readings like CPU OPT fan RPM.

Yep, that seems to have done the trick! :) As soon as I disable that option (even before restarting Aida), the CPU usage goes way down. It now hovers at <1% and very occasionally peaks at ~1.5%. 

When I rerun the Sensor Profiling Dump, GPUSensorInfo is still high, but LM78 is now about 50 times lower (0.148 instead of 7.9). 

My sensor panel did have CPU Opt RPM on it, which has now stopped working as you said (it's no big deal). I can't see any other changes in the sensor panel. Can I assume that, apart from CPU Opt RPM, disabling EC support will have negligible impact for me in AIDA64? 

Also, is this high EC latency something that I should be concerned about? Is it likely to impact my general PC performance? Is it a sign of a faulty motherboard?

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16 hours ago, stillwater said:

Yep, that seems to have done the trick! :) As soon as I disable that option (even before restarting Aida), the CPU usage goes way down. It now hovers at <1% and very occasionally peaks at ~1.5%. 

When I rerun the Sensor Profiling Dump, GPUSensorInfo is still high, but LM78 is now about 50 times lower (0.148 instead of 7.9). 

My sensor panel did have CPU Opt RPM on it, which has now stopped working as you said (it's no big deal). I can't see any other changes in the sensor panel. Can I assume that, apart from CPU Opt RPM, disabling EC support will have negligible impact for me in AIDA64? 

Also, is this high EC latency something that I should be concerned about? Is it likely to impact my general PC performance? Is it a sign of a faulty motherboard?

Apart from losing a few sensor readings, you don't lose any functionality in AIDA64 by disabling EC support.

EC latency is only a problem if you're running a software that polls EC registers.  And those are typically hardware monitoring tools like HWiNFO, HWMonitor, SIV, SpeedFan, etc.  Other kind of software would never go as deep as to talk to the EC, since they have no information to gather from the EC at all. 

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Since I found this topic through a Google search for AIDA high CPU usage, I thought I would tack on additional info for future people with a similar problem.

In my case, AIDA64 was constantly using about 1.5% CPU (hard to do, since this is a 32 core, 64 thread system). This after slowing down the update frequency quite a bit.
Changing the EC support did not change anything at all, but I then started experimenting with the other stability selections.

One by one, quick to do since the running AIDA64 reacts immediately when you click Apply after changing the selections.

In my case, the culprit was the selection for RAID SMART Support.
30+ drives, a good portion of them controlled by an Adaptec RAID card. Apparently asking them all for SMART info every few seconds (which my sensor panel does not use anyway) is not a good idea. :rolleyes:

RAID Member enumeration, and Adaptec Card support turned on/off made no/little difference, but RAID SMART support apparently takes a lot out of it.
After turning off SMART support, AIDA64 consistently runs at only 0.1-0.2%. Now I can raise the update frequency again. Hurray.. :D

Not necessary anyway, since the system runs HDSentinel to keep track of the drives over time. Don't need that support in AIDA64.

So, if EC Support turned off does not help, try the others. What is hogging the CPU might be different for each installation.

In reality there is no need to have sensor support turned on for something you are not planning to want to use anyway.

 

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On 1/18/2019 at 5:43 PM, Fiery said:

Apart from losing a few sensor readings, you don't lose any functionality in AIDA64 by disabling EC support.

EC latency is only a problem if you're running a software that polls EC registers.  And those are typically hardware monitoring tools like HWiNFO, HWMonitor, SIV, SpeedFan, etc.  Other kind of software would never go as deep as to talk to the EC, since they have no information to gather from the EC at all. 

 

Hello, sorry to revive and old thread but i had the same problem, CPU usage was 4%-5%, after disabling EC CPU usage went down between 0.1% and 06%, thats good but i want to ask something as i didnt understood what you meant in the post i quoted. Will my HWiNFO and HWMonitor apps be affected because disabling that option in Aida64? Is that option just for Aida64 or something globally on my PC? Thank you for your information!

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welp, sorry to revive this thread, I've looked around in stability options and tried turning things on and off and see what might've caused it and I got nothing. CPU is bouncing between 2-8% usage, which is pretty significant and affecting my idle temps.

------[ Versions ]------

Program Version : AIDA64 Extreme v7.35.7000
LLKD Version    : 2
BenchDLL Version: 4.6.900.8-x64
Windows Version : Microsoft Windows 11 Pro 10.0.22631.3958 (64-bit)
GetProductInfo  : 0x00000030

------[ Motherboard Info ]------

Motherboard ID      : <DMI>
Motherboard Model   : MSI MAG X670E Tomahawk WiFi (MS-7E12)
Motherboard Chipset : AMD X670E, AMD K19.6 FCH, AMD K19.6 IMC

DMI MB Manufacturer : Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.
DMI MB Product      : MAG X670E TOMAHAWK WIFI (MS-7E12)
DMI MB Version      : 1.0
DMI MB Serial       : 07E1211_N31E484210
DMI SYS Manufacturer: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.
DMI SYS Product     : MS-7E12
DMI SYS Version     : 1.0
DMI SYS Serial      : To be filled by O.E.M.
DMI BIOS Version    : 1.E2

------[ Video Adapters ]------

Asus TUF-RX7900XTX-O24G-Gaming [1002-744C / 1043-0506 / Rev C8]

------[ Video Driver ]------

atiadlxx: 32.0.11029.1008 - AMD Adrenalin 24.7.1 WHQL

amdxc64|||amdxc32|||amdxn64|||amdxx64|||amdxn32|||amdxx32|||atiumdva|||atiumd6a

------[ Sensor Profiling (Init) ]------

SensorInfo       :  367.344 ms
GPUSensorInfo    :    0.858 ms
GPU01 / AMD PMLOG:    0.855 ms
HDD              :    0.066 ms
SPD              :    0.002 ms
AMB              :    0.001 ms
DIMMTS           :    1.728 ms
Asus EPU2        :    0.000 ms
Asus EPU1        :    0.000 ms
nVIDIA SPP       :    0.000 ms
nVIDIA MCP       :    0.000 ms
Intel GMCH       :    0.000 ms
Bixby            :    0.000 ms
PROM21           :    0.018 ms
Intel PCH        :    0.000 ms
Intel SNB        :    0.001 ms
Zambezi          :    0.000 ms
Kaveri           :    0.000 ms
Zen              :    0.004 ms
AMD SVI2         :    0.000 ms
MTC0303          :    0.000 ms
Smart Battery    :    0.000 ms
HID UPS          :    0.000 ms
TVALZ            :    0.000 ms
Asetek LC        :    0.000 ms
Kraken X-2       :    0.000 ms
Razer PWM        :    0.000 ms
Riing+           :    0.000 ms
Hydro Pt         :    0.000 ms
LM78             :  353.206 ms
TT DPS           :    0.000 ms
Digifanless      :    0.000 ms
Corsair RMi      :    0.000 ms
Corsair AXi      :    0.000 ms
Odin             :    0.000 ms
Aorus PSU        :    0.000 ms
MSI Ai PSU       :    0.000 ms
Aquaero          :    0.000 ms

------[ Sensor Profiling (Last) ]------

SensorInfo       :  507.481 ms
GPUSensorInfo    :    1.124 ms
GPU01 / AMD PMLOG:    1.110 ms
HDD              :    0.086 ms
SPD              :    0.002 ms
AMB              :    0.001 ms
DIMMTS           :    1.150 ms
Asus EPU2        :    0.000 ms
Asus EPU1        :    0.000 ms
nVIDIA SPP       :    0.000 ms
nVIDIA MCP       :    0.000 ms
Intel GMCH       :    0.000 ms
Bixby            :    0.000 ms
PROM21           :    0.016 ms
Intel PCH        :    0.000 ms
Intel SNB        :    0.001 ms
Zambezi          :    0.000 ms
Kaveri           :    0.000 ms
Zen              :    0.003 ms
AMD SVI2         :    0.000 ms
MTC0303          :    0.000 ms
Smart Battery    :    0.000 ms
HID UPS          :    0.001 ms
TVALZ            :    0.000 ms
Asetek LC        :    0.000 ms
Kraken X-2       :    0.000 ms
Razer PWM        :    0.000 ms
Riing+           :    0.000 ms
Hydro Pt         :    0.000 ms
LM78             :  493.497 ms
TT DPS           :    0.000 ms
Digifanless      :    0.000 ms
Corsair RMi      :    0.000 ms
Corsair AXi      :    0.000 ms
Odin             :    0.000 ms
Aorus PSU        :    0.000 ms
MSI Ai PSU       :    0.000 ms
Aquaero          :    0.000 ms
 

 

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On 8/1/2024 at 2:07 PM, Agrias said:

welp, sorry to revive this thread, I've looked around in stability options and tried turning things on and off and see what might've caused it and I got nothing. CPU is bouncing between 2-8% usage, which is pretty significant and affecting my idle temps.

I suppose the slow sensor polling is caused by slow access to the MSI MCU where some of the sensor readings (VDD Misc, +1.8V and Chipset voltages) are polled from.

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On 8/4/2024 at 9:29 AM, Fiery said:

I suppose the slow sensor polling is caused by slow access to the MSI MCU where some of the sensor readings (VDD Misc, +1.8V and Chipset voltages) are polled from.

I was without my computer for a while and came back to an update. Don't know what you did, but CPU usage seems fixed. Thank you!

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30 minutes ago, Agrias said:

I was without my computer for a while and came back to an update. Don't know what you did, but CPU usage seems fixed. Thank you!

We haven't done anything actually :) So this could have been a Windows related issue.

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