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Notebook, Intel Celeron N3050 @1.6GHz processor always at 100%

Dynesys Posted messages 82 Status Membre -  
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Good evening,
My computer is new, but it's running very slowly...
I have 4GB of RAM and a 120GB SSD (processor mentioned in the title).
According to the task manager, I'm often at 95% or even 100%!!!
I don't really understand, for a new computer, it seems inconsistent considering I only have 1-2 tabs open on Firefox and possibly Skype or a streaming site.

When I load a tab, I see that the Firefox process can jump from 10% to 50%!!! Isn't that a bit exaggerated?
Not to mention the antivirus that fluctuates between 20 and 50%

I've also noticed a process named "System and compressed memory", what is that?

Thank you in advance

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Anonymous user
 
Good evening.

1.6GHz is very low compared to the current level of processors. Software is becoming increasingly demanding...

A notebook is meant for taking notes. And that's it... well, you can do the rest, but slowly.
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Dynesys Posted messages 82 Status Membre 2
 
Thank you for your response.
I understand well, and I didn't start out with the idea of being able to do 3D virtualization...
But here we're talking about internet browsing, Skype, etc. Things that I can do without any problem on my smartphone, for example, so it worries me a bit.
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Anonymous user
 
Some smartphones are more powerful in terms of processor than this computer. Internet browsing, video playback, etc., consume processor time.

Notably, the streaming you mentioned, it eats up... downloading + video playback

You should open your task manager and see what's "eating" up time, and when.
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Dynesys Posted messages 82 Status Membre 2
 
Memory is always at about 40%, disk and network at less than 5%
I am on 64 bits
Processor at 95%:
System and compressed memory at about 15%
AVIRA HOST (32bits) between 1% and 50% but on average 10%
Antivirus Host framework service 0 to 10%
If I look at a streaming site (like for TV), Firefox goes up to 50% and Firefox plugin container constantly 10%

But it varies a lot, generally Avira is always above, then Firefox, then compressed memory

Is there anything I can do to improve this?
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Dynesys Posted messages 82 Status Membre 2
 
I am incredibly disappointed. It was recommended to me in another topic, I thought I could, in addition to office tasks, play small games, but no... yet even with my old computers (ranging from 3 to 10 years old!) I can easily play... it's surprising that such machines are currently on the market.
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Anonymous user
 
Well ... you might also consider switching to an antivirus that is less demanding on processor time, but I don't know what to recommend.
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titou337 Posted messages 228 Registration date   Status Contributeur Last intervention   1 919
 
Hello,

Given the model of your processor (extremely low-end and very underperforming), it's normal for everything to go haywire at the slightest action! For comparison, the processor is less powerful than those found in office laptops from 6 or 7 years ago..! So unfortunately, nothing surprising with this kind of small PCs.

Best regards,

titou

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Hardware Specialist (components,
computer hardware and PC assembly).
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tsuyo21 Posted messages 6766 Status Membre 476
 
Indeed, Avira is resource-hungry. In the free version, you might want to check out Panda Antivirus Free to see if it's better. If you're willing to pay, Nod32 is quite lightweight.

Also, have you optimized your PC?
=> uninstall unnecessary programs, prevent unnecessary programs from launching at startup?

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