Better explanation about "% privileged utility"

Rodrigo Ribeiro 27 Reputation points
2021-02-27T16:38:34.58+00:00

Hi, I noted in perfmon a counter called "% privileged utility".
Looking at task manager "Show kernel times", boths counters seems more related than "% privileged time".

I don't found some official resources about this metric. Someone knows it?
The first time I see was on this thread: https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/57552851-5268-4c9c-8688-432c9fad1d8d/privileged-time-and-privileged-utility-processor-time-and-processor-utility-user-time?forum=winserver8gen

My need to understand this is what the user on forum says: Task manager "show kernel times" is showing privileged utility or % privileged time?
IN my tests, I noted that perfmon % privileged have a big difference from taskmgr.
But, privileged utility seems more close to it.

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  1. Jenny Feng 14,246 Reputation points
    2021-03-01T07:25:03.8+00:00

    @Anonymous
    Hi,
    According to my research, there is very little relevant information.
    Privileged Utility is the amount of work a processor is completing while executing in privileged mode, as a percentage of the amount of work the processor could complete if it were running at its nominal performance and never idle. On some processors, Privileged Utility may exceed 100%.
    For your reference:
    https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/ITSICP/current/Config/ExchangeKPI
    Please note: Information posted in the given link is hosted by a third party. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy and effectiveness of information.
    Hope above information can help you.

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