# High CPU utilization by Ansible

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/high-cpu-utilization-by-ansible/38188>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Tags:** windows\
**Created:** [July 4, 2023, 11:49am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/high-cpu-utilization-by-ansible/38188 "2023-07-04T11:49:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mohan\_Viswanathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/59ef9b/32.png) [@Mohan\_Viswanathan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Mohan_Viswanathan)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 11:49am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/high-cpu-utilization-by-ansible/38188/1 "2023-07-04T11:49:08Z")

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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**

- 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