% Processor Time counter > 100%?

AgentZap

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On Windows Server 2003 I ran a process counter for % Processor Time for the w3wp.exe process for IIS. The counter was reporting values way over 100 such as 434.4, 398.74, etc.

How is it possible to have > 100% on a % CPU counter like that? Is it because the box has multiple processors?
 

Dimmu

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Originally posted by: AgentZap
Is it because the box has multiple processors?

I am unfamiliar with WS 2003, etc., but that is most likely the cause.