# CPU Usage, how to

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cpu-usage-how-to/247853>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [December 31, 2007, 3:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cpu-usage-how-to/247853 "2007-12-31T03:46:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![gregmax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac8455/32.png) [@gregmax](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/gregmax)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 3:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cpu-usage-how-to/247853/1 "2007-12-31T03:46:29Z")

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One quick question, and apologizes if this has been mentioned before, but how do you find out how much CPU usage the .swf file is using when its running? I know how to calculate the actual frames per second, but not CPU, which is also very vital.

Any help would be great, thanks