| This graph shows how CPU time is spent. | |||||
| Field | Internal name | Type | Warn | Crit | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| system | system | derive | 60 | 100 | CPU time spent by the kernel in system activities |
| user | user | derive | 160 | CPU time spent by normal programs and daemons | |
| nice | nice | derive | CPU time spent by nice(1)d programs | ||
| idle | idle | derive | Idle CPU time | ||
| iowait | iowait | derive | CPU time spent waiting for I/O operations to finish | ||
| irq | irq | derive | CPU time spent handling interrupts | ||
| softirq | softirq | derive | CPU time spent handling "batched" interrupts | ||