Posted May 24, 2020
I am virtualizing Windows 10 Pro on a MacBook Pro.
When running the game, CPU usage shoots up to 100% (or more) as verified by the Windows Task Manager and the macOS Activity Monitor. CPU usage drops to next-to-nothing the second I quit the game.
The MacBook gets noticeably hot to the touch, yet I don't recall seeing its' thermal state drop below 'fair' when monitored via the macOS Instruments app.
Performance is not an issue; I can play the game, connect my iPad as a secondary display using Sidecar, and stream video and perform various other tasks smoothly.
I am curious as to why CPU usage would skyrocket like that. Is this a false reading or is this genuinely going to damage my CPU in the long run? What can I do to mitigate this?
Thanks!
I am running Parallels Desktop for Mac 1.5.0 (20116) on macOS Catalina 10.15.4 on a 2017 MacBook Pro (3.1Ghz Dual-Core Intel Core i5) with 8GB of RAM. I am virtualizing Windows 10 Pro (x64)(v1909).
I have configured the Windows machine down to be very slim. No network connection, no bloatware, works very well (1 assigned core, 2GB of RAM under typical use. I have tried various other configurations consisting of more or less RAM or more or fewer CPU cores but to no avail. Performance is good no matter what - it's just the CPU that reaches or exceeds 100% usage).
When running the game, CPU usage shoots up to 100% (or more) as verified by the Windows Task Manager and the macOS Activity Monitor. CPU usage drops to next-to-nothing the second I quit the game.
The MacBook gets noticeably hot to the touch, yet I don't recall seeing its' thermal state drop below 'fair' when monitored via the macOS Instruments app.
Performance is not an issue; I can play the game, connect my iPad as a secondary display using Sidecar, and stream video and perform various other tasks smoothly.
I am curious as to why CPU usage would skyrocket like that. Is this a false reading or is this genuinely going to damage my CPU in the long run? What can I do to mitigate this?
Thanks!
I am running Parallels Desktop for Mac 1.5.0 (20116) on macOS Catalina 10.15.4 on a 2017 MacBook Pro (3.1Ghz Dual-Core Intel Core i5) with 8GB of RAM. I am virtualizing Windows 10 Pro (x64)(v1909).
I have configured the Windows machine down to be very slim. No network connection, no bloatware, works very well (1 assigned core, 2GB of RAM under typical use. I have tried various other configurations consisting of more or less RAM or more or fewer CPU cores but to no avail. Performance is good no matter what - it's just the CPU that reaches or exceeds 100% usage).
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