Jun 11, 2018 - Without the CPU, your entire system is as good as scrap that lays waste in. Using Windows Management Instrumentation to detect High CPU. Start with opening the Task Manager, and searching for a process called WMiPrvSE.exe. One can press the Windows key+ X or right click on the Start button.
This system has a 3770K CPU. The system is running at 25% CPU usage which is ridiculous but I don't know why it is using this much CPU resources. I have a 4770K system that is configured identically in terms of software including the fact that they are both running Windows 7 Ultimate it uses maybe 2 or 3 % at idle. The processor usage is related to 2 windows processes svchost.exe which is using around 13% (constantly) and the other is WmiPrvSE.exe which is using 10-12% CPU resources (nonstop) WmiPrvSE.exe is also doing A LOT or i/o reading on this system it starts reading on system boot up and doesn't stop. For some reason. I have no idea what it's doing but my other system doesn't do that and like I said they are essentially mirror images in terms of software setup. They also have access to exactly the same Hard Drive resources. I have no idea what WmiprvSE.exe is reading I would like to know what the heck is WmiPrvSE.exe reading it's at about 100GB right now (i/o Read Bytes), my system's been running for an hour and it's been reading something the whole time since boot up? and also why are these 2 processes using so many cpu cycles for such an extended period of time. I've run Malwarebytes and it didn't find anything and I have Norton 360 running on the system which should be keeping me pretty safe in terms of any malware being the culpret of this weird issue. Does anyone know how I can actually find out what WmiPrvSE.exe is actually reading. It seems to me that there should be a tool that lets me see what all the activity is. I tried Process Explorer but couldn't find the actual files being read by the system. Thanks to all.