how to read cpu utilization

[mahesh18]

Hi

can someone explain me how to read the CPU utilization from graph below

sh process cpu his

flrtu01-rt1 04:10:19 AM Tuesday Apr 22 2008 UTC

222111111111111111111111111111111222222222211111111111111111

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0....5....1....1....2....2....3....3....4....4....5....5....6

0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0

CPU% per second (last 60 seconds)

222323234542232222412223323233241322423224242232874324862232

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10 * #* #*

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0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0

CPU% per minute (last 60 minutes)

* = maximum CPU% # = average CPU%

141111111111 2 2 14 1 31 2

895590448666578849736878344596354534465877867986798988889901999099410898

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40 * *

30 * * * * *

20 * ******** * * * * *

10 ******###########******* *** * * ***************************** *****

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0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0

CPU% per hour (last 72 hours)

* = maximum CPU% # = average CPU%

[bvsnarayana03]

x-axis: 0....5....1....1....2....2....3....3....4....4....5....5....6....6....7..

indicates time in sec/min or hrs of respective graph. It start from 0 & is increments of 5.

for eg. in seconds, it is:

5sec, 10sec,15sec,20sec,25sec....so on.

Y-axis is %util of cpu.

[mahesh18]

thanks so what are numbers at top row

141111111111 2 2 14 1 31 2

895590448666578849736878344596354534465877867986798988889901999099410898

what does this indicate?????????

[Joseph W. Doherty]

Maximum, peak or high water measurement of the CPU usage percentage during that particular time slice of the graph.