id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,component,version,resolution,keywords,cc,guest,host
9099,4 cores Guest Cpu saturation while host cpu load around 37%,Gianks,,"While the guest operating system reports 4 * 100% CPU usage in task manager, top over my linux host reports VirtualBox using just 150% of my total processor. looking at single cores no one reaches 100%.

I've read about poor multiprocessor guests performances in the manual but i don't understand if this behavior may be included or has to be considered ""normal"".


My Host:  
        OP: Dell e6410 - Debian Testing x32 with kernel 2.6.38-2-686-bigmem [[BR]]
        CPU: Intel i5 M520, 2.4GHz[[BR]]
        MEMORY: 8GB[[BR]]

Guest:
        OP: Windows 7 x32[[BR]]
        ASSIGNED CPU:     4[[BR]]
        ASSIGNED MEMORY:  3072 MB[[BR]]
        HDD: dynamic, 80Gb (now used 11,8GB)[[BR]]

",defect,closed,guest smp,VirtualBox 4.0.8,fixed,"CPU, LIMITED",,Windows,Linux