# Transcodes not utilizing CPU power?
**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcodes-not-utilizing-cpu-power/150728
**Category:** General Discussions
**Created:** [July 7, 2016, 3:55pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcodes-not-utilizing-cpu-power/150728 "2016-07-07T15:55:32Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@IamSpartacus](https://forums.plex.tv/u/IamSpartacus)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2016, 3:55pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcodes-not-utilizing-cpu-power/150728/1 "2016-07-07T15:55:32Z")
I’m wondering what kind of CPU usage others are getting when Plex is doing background transcodes such as Media Optimizations. When I run _top_ on my 16 core server I never see the CPU usage go over 900% (about 56% CPU usage) and not a single core hits 100%. Is this expected? I’d love to be able get Plex to use all cores full bore during background transcodes (Media Optimizations and Syncs) if possible.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2020, 9:35pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcodes-not-utilizing-cpu-power/150728/2 "2020-01-07T21:35:46Z")