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100% CPU usage Celeron N4020

hjnbnb
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Hello everyone, I'm new to these forums sorry if I'm not in the right place nor doing it right, I just have a quick question about my Celeron N4020. I recently got a laptop for schoolwork, no gaming or nothing. Just a Kogan Atlas, Intel Celeron N4020, 4 GB DDR4 RAM, Intel UHD 600, Win 11 OS, and I've found that quite often my CPU is at 100% usage, even with nothing running. I tried searching the internet and I understand it's quite a weak CPU, and it's miles worse than my I5-10210U in my old Lenovo Thinkpad, but that doesn't seem normal. Can anyone help me or point me in the right direction? (I tried screenshotting it on task manager but the issue isn't occurring at the moment, with an average of 50 - 90% with just Opera GX open. Again, apologies I'm new to the forums.

 

Usually the CPU is ALWAYS at 100% CPU, although sometimes it spikes every two seconds even when Idle (It's doing it now)

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Processes I commonly saw using up CPU:

Anti-Malware Service Executable

Task manager (??)

fc-system-service_windows-amd64

Windows shell experience host

COM Surrogate.

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n_scott_pearson
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This is perfectly normal; it's a Celeron. What's more important to watch is temperatures. Is the cooling solution handling the thermals generated and keeping the temperature as far below 100c as possible.

Hope this helps,

...S

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