Computer Lag?

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marcelcoder
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Computer Lag?

Post by marcelcoder »

Hey, i am wondering, why does my computer lagg so much and is so slow when i have 2 virtual box machines open which install the windows os? That question might sound stupid, but my cpu usage only says 20% and ram usage 6.6 GB from 8 GB

That means it shouldn't lag at all right?, well it still does!

Can anyone explain me why? And maybe how i can prevent that? Thanks.
mpack
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Re: Computer Lag?

Post by mpack »

What about I/O bandwidth? If the CPU is spending all its time waiting for I/O to complete then of course it will show a low CPU percent. In general a low CPU figure doesn't always mean the PC is idle - it may just mean that something other than the CPU is the bottleneck.
marcelcoder
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Re: Computer Lag?

Post by marcelcoder »

mpack wrote:What about I/O bandwidth? If the CPU is spending all its time waiting for I/O to complete then of course it will show a low CPU percent. In general a low CPU figure doesn't always mean the PC is idle - it may just mean that something other than the CPU is the bottleneck.

Where can i see that?

Btw, my hardware specs :
i5 2320
8gb ram
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