Wrong CPU cores display in Task Manager

Question

Hi All,

Hope you guys are doing good. there is a strange problem with my windows 10, that i can not see correct core information and i assume therefore my Windows is running slow. 

My Device manager shows total 16 cores in CPU section, however in Task manager i only see 4 vCPUs. 

I tried almost every solution but still no luck.

• I Tried msconfig and increase the CPU Cores but it didn't help even after restart. 
• I updated Windows , still no luck. 

Any help will be highly appreciated.

 

Thanks,

Answer 1

Hi Sirtcp_2020

Are you running a virtual machine on your PC, because Common KVM Processor is not your actual processor . . .

What is the Make and exact Model No. of your PC - that will be printed on a sticker on the bottom casing of your PC . . .

Answer 2

Thank you for the responce. 

Yes i am using KVM/Proxmox virtual environment,

Hardware Details are: 

Model : hp dl360 g9

CPU detail (2xCPU)  : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2690 v3 @ 2.60GHz

128GB RAM : 

Thanks,

Answer 3

Nice system . . .

On that processor, you have 12 cores and 24 threads, that is just being reported incorrectly by Windows because of the VM, that reporting is not causing any possible performance hit, because at a base level your processor is being recognized correctly . . .

Answer 4

Thanks for update, 

So by that you mean i am all good to continue using the same machine, knowing that its is a reporting issue and all other at the backend CPU utilization would be working fine ?

Thanks,

Answer 5

Hi Sirtcp_2020

Sorry, I was offline, yes you are good to continue, that is just a reporting issue, Windows 10 will be using all cores and threads on your processor at a base level . . .