diff --git a/collector/cpu.go b/collector/cpu.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..130b851d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/collector/cpu.go
@@ -0,0 +1,211 @@
+// returns data points from Win32_PerfRawData_PerfOS_Processor
+// https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa394317(v=vs.90).aspx - Win32_PerfRawData_PerfOS_Processor class
+package collector
+
+import (
+	"log"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/StackExchange/wmi"
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	Factories["cpu"] = NewCPUCollector
+}
+
+// A CPUCollector is a Prometheus collector for WMI Win32_PerfRawData_PerfOS_Processor metrics
+type CPUCollector struct {
+	CStateSecondsTotal *prometheus.Desc
+	TimeTotal          *prometheus.Desc
+	InterruptsTotal    *prometheus.Desc
+	DPCsTotal          *prometheus.Desc
+}
+
+func NewCPUCollector() (Collector, error) {
+	const subsystem = "cpu"
+	return &CPUCollector{
+		CStateSecondsTotal: prometheus.NewDesc(
+			prometheus.BuildFQName(Namespace, subsystem, "cstate_seconds_total"),
+			"Time spent in low-power idle state",
+			[]string{"core", "state"},
+			nil,
+		),
+		TimeTotal: prometheus.NewDesc(
+			prometheus.BuildFQName(Namespace, subsystem, "time_total"),
+			"Time that processor spent in different modes (idle, user, system, ...)",
+			[]string{"core", "mode"},
+			nil,
+		),
+
+		InterruptsTotal: prometheus.NewDesc(
+			prometheus.BuildFQName(Namespace, subsystem, "interrupts_total"),
+			"Total number of received and serviced hardware interrupts",
+			[]string{"core"},
+			nil,
+		),
+		DPCsTotal: prometheus.NewDesc(
+			prometheus.BuildFQName(Namespace, subsystem, "dpcs_total"),
+			"Total number of received and serviced deferred procedure calls (DPCs)",
+			[]string{"core"},
+			nil,
+		),
+	}, nil
+}
+
+// Collect sends the metric values for each metric
+// to the provided prometheus Metric channel.
+func (c *CPUCollector) Collect(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) error {
+	if desc, err := c.collect(ch); err != nil {
+		log.Println("[ERROR] failed collecting os metrics:", desc, err)
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+type Win32_PerfRawData_PerfOS_Processor struct {
+	Name                  string
+	C1TransitionsPersec   uint64
+	C2TransitionsPersec   uint64
+	C3TransitionsPersec   uint64
+	DPCRate               uint32
+	DPCsQueuedPersec      uint32
+	InterruptsPersec      uint32
+	PercentC1Time         uint64
+	PercentC2Time         uint64
+	PercentC3Time         uint64
+	PercentDPCTime        uint64
+	PercentIdleTime       uint64
+	PercentInterruptTime  uint64
+	PercentPrivilegedTime uint64
+	PercentProcessorTime  uint64
+	PercentUserTime       uint64
+}
+
+/* NOTE: This is an alternative class, but it is not as widely available. Decide which to use
+type Win32_PerfRawData_Counters_ProcessorInformation struct {
+	Name                        string
+	AverageIdleTime             uint64
+	C1TransitionsPersec         uint64
+	C2TransitionsPersec         uint64
+	C3TransitionsPersec         uint64
+	ClockInterruptsPersec       uint64
+	DPCRate                     uint64
+	DPCsQueuedPersec            uint64
+	IdleBreakEventsPersec       uint64
+	InterruptsPersec            uint64
+	ParkingStatus               uint64
+	PercentC1Time               uint64
+	PercentC2Time               uint64
+	PercentC3Time               uint64
+	PercentDPCTime              uint64
+	PercentIdleTime             uint64
+	PercentInterruptTime        uint64
+	PercentofMaximumFrequency   uint64
+	PercentPerformanceLimit     uint64
+	PercentPriorityTime         uint64
+	PercentPrivilegedTime       uint64
+	PercentPrivilegedUtility    uint64
+	PercentProcessorPerformance uint64
+	PercentProcessorTime        uint64
+	PercentProcessorUtility     uint64
+	PercentUserTime             uint64
+	PerformanceLimitFlags       uint64
+	ProcessorFrequency          uint64
+	ProcessorStateFlags         uint64
+}*/
+
+func (c *CPUCollector) collect(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) (*prometheus.Desc, error) {
+	var dst []Win32_PerfRawData_PerfOS_Processor
+	q := wmi.CreateQuery(&dst, "")
+	if err := wmi.Query(q, &dst); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	for _, data := range dst {
+		if strings.Contains(data.Name, "_Total") {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		core := data.Name
+
+		// These are only available from Win32_PerfRawData_Counters_ProcessorInformation, which is only available from Win2008R2+
+		/*ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(
+			c.ProcessorFrequency,
+			prometheus.GaugeValue,
+			float64(data.ProcessorFrequency),
+			socket, core,
+		)
+		ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(
+			c.MaximumFrequency,
+			prometheus.GaugeValue,
+			float64(data.PercentofMaximumFrequency)/100*float64(data.ProcessorFrequency),
+			socket, core,
+		)*/
+
+		ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(
+			c.CStateSecondsTotal,
+			prometheus.GaugeValue,
+			float64(data.PercentC1Time)*ticksToSecondsScaleFactor,
+			core, "c1",
+		)
+		ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(
+			c.CStateSecondsTotal,
+			prometheus.GaugeValue,
+			float64(data.PercentC2Time)*ticksToSecondsScaleFactor,
+			core, "c2",
+		)
+		ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(
+			c.CStateSecondsTotal,
+			prometheus.GaugeValue,
+			float64(data.PercentC3Time)*ticksToSecondsScaleFactor,
+			core, "c3",
+		)
+
+		ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(
+			c.TimeTotal,
+			prometheus.GaugeValue,
+			float64(data.PercentIdleTime)*ticksToSecondsScaleFactor,
+			core, "idle",
+		)
+		ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(
+			c.TimeTotal,
+			prometheus.GaugeValue,
+			float64(data.PercentInterruptTime)*ticksToSecondsScaleFactor,
+			core, "interrupt",
+		)
+		ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(
+			c.TimeTotal,
+			prometheus.GaugeValue,
+			float64(data.PercentDPCTime)*ticksToSecondsScaleFactor,
+			core, "dpc",
+		)
+		ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(
+			c.TimeTotal,
+			prometheus.GaugeValue,
+			float64(data.PercentPrivilegedTime)*ticksToSecondsScaleFactor,
+			core, "privileged",
+		)
+		ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(
+			c.TimeTotal,
+			prometheus.GaugeValue,
+			float64(data.PercentUserTime)*ticksToSecondsScaleFactor,
+			core, "user",
+		)
+
+		ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(
+			c.InterruptsTotal,
+			prometheus.CounterValue,
+			float64(data.InterruptsPersec),
+			core,
+		)
+		ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(
+			c.DPCsTotal,
+			prometheus.CounterValue,
+			float64(data.DPCsQueuedPersec),
+			core,
+		)
+	}
+
+	return nil, nil
+}
diff --git a/collector/logical_disk.go b/collector/logical_disk.go
index 3ed6df80..1e678bcb 100644
--- a/collector/logical_disk.go
+++ b/collector/logical_disk.go
@@ -18,10 +18,6 @@ func init() {
 	Factories["logical_disk"] = NewLogicalDiskCollector
 }
 
-const (
-	ticksToSecondsScaleFactor = 1 / 1e7
-)
-
 var (
 	volumeWhitelist = flag.String("collector.logical_disk.volume-whitelist", ".+", "Regexp of volumes to whitelist. Volume name must both match whitelist and not match blacklist to be included.")
 	volumeBlacklist = flag.String("collector.logical_disk.volume-blacklist", "", "Regexp of volumes to blacklist. Volume name must both match whitelist and not match blacklist to be included.")
diff --git a/collector/wmi.go b/collector/wmi.go
index 3d4f3e71..40255a7f 100644
--- a/collector/wmi.go
+++ b/collector/wmi.go
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ import "github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 // ...
 const (
 	Namespace = "wmi"
+
+	// Conversion factors
+	ticksToSecondsScaleFactor = 1 / 1e7
 )
 
 // Factories ...
diff --git a/exporter.go b/exporter.go
index 4f35c141..c403f319 100644
--- a/exporter.go
+++ b/exporter.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ type WmiCollector struct {
 }
 
 const (
-	defaultCollectors = "logical_disk,os"
+	defaultCollectors = "cpu,logical_disk,os"
 	serviceName       = "wmi_exporter"
 )