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In Windows Task Manager, under the Performance tab, Page File Usage History is shown in a continuous pane, while the CPU Usage History is split up into 8 narrow panes, which make it look like the graph is just "overlaid" with the pane separators.

Why is this? Why not show the graph in a continuous pane?

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You can also change it back, with View => CPU History => One Graph, All CPUs. – Hello71 Jul 20 '10 at 15:16
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Each for one processor core.

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Ah! So simple! I was sitting on remote desktop to our production server, but the thought that the server actually has 8 cores didn't occur to me - I'm so used to working on laptops that dual core is enough, and quad is cool :P – Tomas Lycken Jul 20 '10 at 13:30
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You are presumably using a quad-core processor with hyperthreading, which makes it look like an 8-core processor in Task Manager. Task Manager by default shows each core as a separate graph. If you would prefer a single graph, select the View -> CPU History -> One Graph, All CPUs menu option.

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Most desktop CPUs from the P4 era onwards will show at least 2 charts, whether the cores are physical (multi-core CPU like Core2 Duo), logical (hyper-threaded like in P4) or both (Core i7).

As coneslayer says, you most likely have a quad-core CPU with hyper-threading, like a Core i7.

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