High CPU utilization by Ansible

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Hi Team,
This mail is regarding the CPU utilization of the Ansible

I have a Centos (version 8) Machine where Ansible is installed ( 4CPU and 16GB RAM) Executing 2 to 3 parallel calls takes up to 100% CPU
Help us to know if any optimization can be done here

Setup details
Machine where Ansible is installed
Centos 8
Ansible version
ansible [core 2.11.12]
config file = None
configured module search path = [‘/root/.ansible/plugins/modules’, ‘/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules’]
ansible python module location = /usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/ansible
ansible collection location = /root/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections
executable location = /usr/local/bin/ansible
python version = 3.7.16 (default, May 3 2023, 10:58:47) [GCC 11.2.1 20220219]
jinja version = 3.1.2
libyaml = False
pywinRM version
pywinrm==0.4.3
remote host details
windows 2019 4CPU and 16 GB RAM

Command used to Execute
ansible-playbook -i /tmp/ansible_adapter/inventory/hostinventory ./helloworld.yaml -vvv

Play book is written like this

  • hosts: all
    tasks:
  • name: Execute the executable
    win_command: helloworld.exe
    register: host_output
  • set_fact:
    result: “{{ host_output.stdout }}”
    err_details: “{{ host_output.stderr }}”
    cacheable: yes
  • debug:
    var: host_output.stdout_lines