Significant increase in CPU usage after upgrading to 7.x
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Hello,
One thing I have noticed since upgrading to 7.x from 6.x is the CPU usage has significantly risen. NetWorx now consumes about 3% CPU consistently, whereas 6.x was using <0.2%. This is a very significant change. I am OCD about CPU utilisation as every fraction counts on this workstation; is there any particular reason why utilisation has risen so much and/or how to reduce it?
Are you able to provide a download link for the last official 6.x version? I might have to revert.
Thanks very much!
It is strange indeed. In our tests NetWorx seems to consume nearly zero CPU time:
That said, version 7 is essentially a new (completely rewritten) product, and we will be improving it over time.
Thanks. Using a fairly consistent 3% here.
And according to Task Manager it's using about 7%.
Thanks, we will have a look into this shortly. In the meantime, could you please post here a screen shot of your NetWorx graph?
Thank you for the screen shot. It turns out the Lock window position button causes excessive CPU usage when enabled. You will see that CPU usage drops to nearly zero when the window is not locked.
We'll get this fixed shortly and provide an update.
Ah, indeed! It's using <0.01% when unlocked :-)
Thanks!
We have just fixed the excessive CPU consumption when the window is locked. Please download the latest build here and let us know how it works for you.
Thanks again Andrew,
That has fixed the problem, NetWorx is now using <0.01% CPU when locked.
The support is appreciated!