getting CPU percentage with PowerShell

Question

I am trying to get the CPU usage by percent. I saw 2 option around but non of them work for my, both of them gave me a num that according to the task manager is not correct.

this is the two command that I tried:

1. Get-WmiObject Win32_Processor | Select LoadPercentage | Format-List

2.  Get-Counter -ComputerName localhost '\Process(*)\% Processor Time' ` | Select-Object -ExpandProperty countersamples ` | Select-Object -Property instancename, cookedvalue ` | Sort-Object -Property cookedvalue -Descending | Select-Object -First 20 ` | ft InstanceName,@{L='CPU';E={($_.Cookedvalue/100).toString('P')}} -AutoSize

thanks for your help!

Answer 1

Try to take the average of it. Here is a link .

Get-CimInstance -ClassName win32_processor | Measure-Object -Property LoadPercentage -Average