>> Look at the first two columns. What column have higher numbers? If r,
>> you're CPU-bound. If b, you're I/O bound.
>
> procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- --system--
> -----cpu------
> r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa st
> 8 1 3092 131460 100692 833668 0 0 40 21 1 0 4 1 92 2 0
> 9 1 3092 130708 100700 835016 0 0 578 206 577 1420 32 50 3 15 0
> 7 1 3092 128324 100716 836148 0 0 546 2866 594 1465 31 44 7 18 0
> 4 1 3092 126860 100724 837268 0 0 540 256 596 1505 28 43 6 23 0
> 7 2 3092 125600 100740 838564 0 0 620 234 661 1442 30 41 2 26 0
> 5 1 3092 124028 100756 839752 0 0 570 2692 635 1430 24 45 6 25 0
> 6 0 3092 122040 100784 840964 0 0 584 1464 682 1434 27 44 2 28 0
> 6 1 3092 120588 100792 842232 0 0 602 278 624 1562 32 46 2 20 0
> 2 3 3092 120556 100840 843064 0 0 440 2908 603 1299 22 35 6 37 0
> 3 1 3092 119832 100876 844088 0 0 430 1104 605 1348 23 36 1 40 0
>
> According to this, am I correct to conclude that I'm CPU bound and the
> system is busy doing some unknown processing?
Yes, these figures indicate that you are fairly close to being cpu bound.
What kind of filtering are you doing? If you have any connection
tracking/state related rules set, you will need to be using a fair
amount of cpu.
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