The following is the `perf top` output of blue's CPU2 (which has been made to handle both tb0 and eno1) when idle (no iperfs running through it). PerfTop: 55 irqs/sec kernel:94.5% exact: 100.0% lost: 0/0 drop: 0/0 [4000Hz cycles:P], (all, CPU: 2) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.66% [kernel] [k] menu_select 2.17% [kernel] [k] cpuidle_enter_state 1.72% [kernel] [k] _raw_spin_lock 1.39% [kernel] [k] ktime_get 1.34% [kernel] [k] read_tsc 1.29% [kernel] [k] native_write_msr 1.27% [kernel] [k] __hrtimer_next_event_base 1.27% [kernel] [k] sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt 1.21% libc.so.6 [.] malloc 1.21% [kernel] [k] kmem_cache_free 1.07% [kernel] [k] psi_group_change 1.06% [kernel] [k] select_task_rq_fair 1.01% [kernel] [k] native_sched_clock 0.99% [kernel] [k] account_idle_ticks 0.98% [kernel] [k] do_idle 0.97% [kernel] [k] __hrtimer_run_queues 0.97% [kernel] [k] schedule_idle 0.96% [kernel] [k] rb_next 0.90% [kernel] [k] tick_program_event 0.89% [kernel] [k] note_interrupt 0.85% [kernel] [k] update_sd_lb_stats.constprop.0 0.84% [kernel] [k] tick_nohz_next_event 0.83% [kernel] [k] intel_iommu_map_pages 0.83% [kernel] [k] cpupri_set 0.82% [kernel] [k] __irq_wake_thread 0.81% [kernel] [k] tcp_rcv_established 0.78% [kernel] [k] __netif_receive_skb_core.constprop.0 0.78% [kernel] [k] tcp_do_parse_auth_options 0.73% [kernel] [k] iwl_pcie_rx_handle.cold 0.73% [kernel] [k] alloc_iova_fast 0.70% [kernel] [k] __schedule 0.69% [kernel] [k] dequeue_task_rt 0.69% [kernel] [k] _raw_spin_unlock 0.69% [kernel] [k] update_rq_clock 0.68% [kernel] [k] tick_nohz_idle_got_tick 0.68% [kernel] [k] ieee80211_data_to_8023_exthdr 0.67% [kernel] [k] sched_balance_update_blocked_averages 0.63% [kernel] [k] __wrgsbase_inactive 0.62% [kernel] [k] cpuidle_not_available 0.61% [kernel] [k] clflush_cache_range 0.60% [kernel] [k] __switch_to_asm 0.59% [kernel] [k] ip_rcv_finish_core 0.59% [kernel] [k] ieee80211_rx_handlers 0.59% [kernel] [k] __update_load_avg_cfs_rq 0.59% [kernel] [k] update_load_avg 0.59% [kernel] [k] napi_complete_done 0.59% [kernel] [k] dma_pte_clear_level