But maybe dont take those numbers at face value. According to its original creator, former Microsoft operating system engineer Dave Plummer, the task manager may be lying about the performance numbers. It has to do with how the application polls data. As Plummer explains, measuring CPU and system resource usage is complicated. Either the CPU is busy, or it not, right? It silicon, not interpretative dance. Except, despite this common line of thinking, that not actually how it works. More context...
