top and System Monitor reporting different values

[jduren]

New build desktop PC:

AMD FX 8-core 4.oGHz 16.0mb Total Cache Processor
24GB 1600Mhx RAM
Ubuntu 13.04 with latest patches

I seem to be getting some weird feedback from the command-line 'top' and Ubuntu System Monitor. The reason I noticed is that the fans started going almost full tilt after a short while.

System Monitor shows the eight cores having an average 2-4% load, but the top is showing all at 0-1% and a single CPU as running at 99.5-100%. I've attached a screenshot of both to show what I mean, one or the other is erroneous but I'm not sure which.

Not sure what else to include, may not even be a bug, but seems to be running up my fans fairly high for what should be a pretty low-load state.

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