| This graph shows how CPU time is spent. | |||||
| Field | Internal name | Type | Warn | Crit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| system | system | derive | 120 | 200 | CPU time spent by the kernel in system activities |
| user | user | derive | 320 | None | CPU time spent by normal programs and daemons |
| nice | nice | derive | None | None | CPU time spent by nice(1)d programs |
| idle | idle | derive | None | None | Idle CPU time |
| iowait | iowait | derive | None | None | CPU time spent waiting for I/O operations to finish |
| irq | irq | derive | None | None | CPU time spent handling interrupts |
| softirq | softirq | derive | None | None | CPU time spent handling "batched" interrupts |