Processor's Load on double Xeon quad core system

 
I7 2600K here - 8 threads show up.  No idea why you don't see them. Sorry, best of luck. Lots of strong users to help here.

Forgive me if I don't understand your question.  But what is a xeon "box"  I know xeon is the chip you have and I know you have 2 of them but how can you have them in a "box" that you see on your laptop? The laptop would not have the same processor as your "box"?
 
Anyhow 
 
If my memory serves me the Xeon would be a better chip then the i7 for a Server but not for a PC.  Do note quote me on that one  I don't have any knowledge about chip architecture.  But this could be something that may help.
 
With that said I have the i7 2600k that has only 4 cores but it also has 4 threads that make up a total of 8 cores that would show up under Task Manager>Performance tab.
 
I'm not sure off hand without a reboot and going into "my bios"  but I think I remember that there was an option to shut down cores and threads if I want to.  But that's for My Motherboard and not necessarily for yours.  But maybe this is where the problem is as long as this has always been the case from the start or you had flashed your bios.
 
This is just my two cents to try to help.

Do you have "Use multiple processors" or whatever it is called check marked in preferences?

Lance

What BIOS and Motherboard are you using?  Do you have the cores turned off in the BIOS?
 
You should see all eight represented in Task Manager on the Performance tab if they are on.

karma1959


Hi,
If you're not seeing all 8 CPUs in task manager, then your Operating System isn't seeing all the CPUs - so Sonar certainly won't be able to see them if the Operating System isn't able to. 

Have you checked all BIOS settings & motherboard switches to ensure all CPU cores should be enabled and recognized?

Hope this helps.
Russ

exactly. 
 
and the 16 in the devices represents Hyperthreading "cores"  but windows task manager will only show you the 8 cores and it will only show you that IF you have it set up correctly in the BIOS to use all 8 of them.

You may be referring to the option within Windows' task manager to display one graph per CPU or one graph for all CPUs.

Given the original poster said his task manager shows 2 CPUs, I'm assuming the 'display one graph per CPU' is selected, otherwise he'd see just 1 (not 2).

Hi Bitflipper - If his OS isn't seeing all available cores, isn't that the main issue.  If Sonar is set to display any number of cores - if the OS isn't seeing them, they won't be utilized by any application, no?  Or am I misunderstanding something?
Thanks
Russ

What motherboard (brand and model) are you using?

Is this a fresh install of Windows 7 or did you upgrade the hardware in an existing installation of Windows 7?  The reason I ask is outlined in this article: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-hardware/howto-get-windows-7-to-detect-your-new-multi-core/71519d51-f6cb-47df-b3ff-66c2928d6de4

bitflipper


By default, SONAR only shows combined usage, not individual cores. It doesn't necessarily mean that all your cores aren't being utilized. It's just a way to scale the metering for systems with 8 or more cores without requiring an excessively large display area.

There is a variable in cakewalk.ini called CPUMeterMode (under the WinCake section). Set it to 2 to display each audio thread in the meter. This was the default up until SONAR 8.3, when the default was changed to 0 (meter shows peak thread load + average of all threads).

Dave - are you sure this is correct info for X1?  I opened the cakewalk.ini file and cannot find this variable.  in fact, there is a "section" called WinCake, but there's nothing under it.
 
I also checked in the Aud.ini and there's nothing there by that name either.

In case anyone would like to experiment with turning off "core parking"[I have and I get a more even utilisation,both in X1's cpu meter,and task manager]and it's completely "reversible" in case your'e using an earlier version of Sonar,as apparrently "they" worked better with "it" on : http://chuckbam.com/vistaExtreem64/OSNotes64_5.htm

Sincerely

Bob

If his OS isn't seeing all available cores, isn't that the main issue.

Yes, it would be. I'm assuming the motherboard and CPUs are not defective, and the cores are all enabled in the BIOS (which should be the default). The number of cores enabled at the BIOS level is easily determined via Device Manager.

bitflipper

Dave - are you sure this is correct info for X1?  I opened the cakewalk.ini file and cannot find this variable.  in fact, there is a "section" called WinCake, but there's nothing under it.

No, I am not sure. In truth, I cannot be sure that any variable in any INI file is recognized by any specific version of SONAR. These files are inherited after each SONAR update, so they may propagate obsolete variables. 

A missing variable isn't necessarily cause for concern, or an indication that it's no longer used. Any missing variable just means the default value is to be assumed. 

I just compared cakewalk.ini in X1's application data folder to the one in 8.5's folder. They are nearly identical; the only difference on my machine is the CPUMeterMode variable isn't in the X1 file. That suggests that I added it myself to the 8.5 version.

I see.  thanks.

What version of Windows 7 do you have installed?  For a start, any of the home versions only support one physical, socketed CPU.  So you need to be running Professional, Ultimate, or Enterprise edition of Windows 7 to support two physical CPUs.

That doesn't quite explain why you only see two cores, as any version of Windows 7 should have unlimited core support per CPU - but then again, having two CPUs in an OS that doesn't support them may be causing it to be confused about it's core count.

Just a thought...