Windows 10: "System" process using CPU after PC is idle for approximately 10 minutes. Always the same...

"System" process after 10 minutes of being idleI don't know if this is a issue or something normal but its really frustrating, after 10 minutes of my PC being idle the "System" process will start using approximately 5-6% of the CPU and it would stay like that forever until i move my mouse or press any key on my keyboard. Using Process Explorer i've found it to be that the following thread is using the CPU: "ntoskrnl.exe!SeAccessCheckWithHint+0x1c790"

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System Idle Process CPU Allocation?

Hi,

I am Sumit, an Independent advisor and a Microsoft MVP here to help.

System Idle Process, as the name suggests is a process that indicates CPU is idle and is not being used, aka is at rest. This is done to totalize CPU usage to 100 between the processes.

So you do not have to worry about anything.

 

System idle process spike

Although you may have a problem that is causing fps drops, "System Idle Process" isn't what's causing it.

When "CPU usage" for System Idle Process is high, that means that your CPU is not doing much useful work.

Idle, noun:

• not working or active; unemployed; doing nothing: idle workers.
  
• not spent or filled with activity: idle hours.
  

When System Idle Process shows as 30%, what's taking up the majority of the rest of the CPU cycles? That's probably the source of the problem.

 

System Idle Process High CPU Usage

The system idle process tells you for how much of the time the CPU is twiddling its thumbs. The higher the figure, the better! A totally idle CPU would show 100% for the system idle process.