Originally Posted by Nimetic

Processor loads of 100%.... Don't get me started.

If I run any program, by itself, on the fastest computer in the world. And there are no other bottlenecks - it will hit 100% CPU.

CPU's are supposed to run at 100%. If they aren't, you've got a bottleneck somewhere else - somewhere much slower, probably in the memory, network interface or disk I/O. Or else (fairly commonly) your machine simply doesn't do much.

I have no definite opinion on searches though.