# cpu collector

The cpu collector exposes metrics about CPU usage

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Metric name prefix  | `cpu`
Classes             | [`Win32_PerfRawData_PerfOS_Processor`](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa394317(v=vs.90).aspx)
Enabled by default? | Yes

## Flags

None

## Metrics

Name | Description | Type | Labels
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`wmi_cpu_cstate_seconds_total` | Time spent in low-power idle states | counter | `core`, `state`
`wmi_cpu_time_total` | Time that processor spent in different modes (idle, user, system, ...) | counter | `core`, `mode`
`wmi_cpu_interrupts_total` | Total number of received and serviced hardware interrupts | counter | `core`
`wmi_cpu_dpcs_total` | Total number of received and serviced deferred procedure calls (DPCs) | counter | `core`

### Example metric
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## Useful queries
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## Alerting examples
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