My regards to all members, Just would like to know your opinion. Since 9i (suppose 9.2) we have CPU_TIME column in the V$SQL view. I wonder which figure is the best measurement of CPU usage BUFFER_GETS or CPU_TIME? ======================================================= Lets imagine I have system with CPU bottleneck (can see height “load average” from OS) for a 1-3 ours. No particular long sessions have been executed. It is seams mainly OLTP system. Parse CPU usage not the issue. I would like to identify TOP CPU consumers. As we all know I the V$SQL is the best information source in this case. ======================================================= I wonder which figure is the best measurement of CPU usage: BUFFER_GETS or CPU_TIME? Statspack report, as well as Anjo Kolk www.oraperf.com recommending to look on BUFFER_GETS not to CPU_TIME. Is it just tradition or there are some arguments not to look on CPU_TIME as main CPU usage indicator. One reason I can imagine why CPU_TIME better indicator then BUFFER_GETS is sorting. I can imagine that BUFFER_GETS not taking in account CPU spent to sorting staff. Then from CPU usage perspective better indicator is CPU_TIME. Please correct me if I am wrong. Thanks in advance, Jurijs