Energy Impact

[grahamgilbert]

Adds a table to get energy impact of processes. Use the interval column to set the sample interval in ms.

osquery> SELECT name, pid, energy_impact_per_s, cputime_ms_per_s FROM energy_impact ORDER BY energy_impact_per_s DESC LIMIT 10;
+-------------------------------+-------+---------------------+------------------+
| name                          | pid   | energy_impact_per_s | cputime_ms_per_s |
+-------------------------------+-------+---------------------+------------------+
| ContinuityCaptureAgent        | 732   | 9.26                | 38.06            |
| iTerm2                        | 50741 | 9.19                | 55.38            |
| macadmins_extension.arm64.ext | 4530  | 8.31                | 14.65            |
| kernel_task                   | 0     | 7.60                | 76.10            |
| coresymbolicationd            | 677   | 6.83                | 26.23            |
| systemstats                   | 356   | 6.07                | 21.27            |
| Code Helper (Renderer)        | 52867 | 53.08               | 40.89            |
| bluetoothd                    | 414   | 5.03                | 37.89            |
| ps                            | 5875  | 4987.02             | 1394.16          |
| cfprefsd                      | 424   | 4.57                | 4.48             |
+-------------------------------+-------+---------------------+------------------+

Sample for 5 secs for a more accurate reading

osquery> SELECT name, pid, energy_impact, energy_impact_per_s FROM energy_impact WHERE interval = 5000 LIMIT 10;
+-------------------------+-------+---------------+---------------------+
| name                    | pid   | energy_impact | energy_impact_per_s |
+-------------------------+-------+---------------+---------------------+
| repmgr                  | 604   | 14189.00      | 2831.56             |
| Slack Helper (Renderer) | 2616  | 1452.57       | 289.88              |
| DEAD_TASKS              | -1    | 820.77        | 163.84              |
| ReportCrash             | 993   | 740.82        | 147.84              |
| WindowServer            | 422   | 445.71        | 88.95               |
| Activity Monitor        | 21611 | 437.47        | 87.30               |
| Electron                | 87950 | 181.60        | 36.24               |
| Code Helper (Renderer)  | 52867 | 91.24         | 18.21               |
| diagnosticservicesd     | 96611 | 78.09         | 15.58               |
| powermetrics            | 8097  | 52.01         | 10.38               |
+-------------------------+-------+---------------+---------------------+

Find processes with high CPU time and disk I/O

osquery> SELECT name, pid, cputime_ms_per_s, diskio_bytesread_per_s, diskio_byteswritten_per_s FROM energy_impact WHERE cputime_ms_per_s > 10 ORDER BY energy_impact_per_s DESC;
+----------------------------------+-------+------------------+------------------------+---------------------------+
| name                             | pid   | cputime_ms_per_s | diskio_bytesread_per_s | diskio_byteswritten_per_s |
+----------------------------------+-------+------------------+------------------------+---------------------------+
| DEAD_TASKS                       | -1    | 37.87            | 0.00                   | 0.00                      |
| WindowServer                     | 422   | 270.26           | 0.00                   | 0.00                      |
| Code Helper (GPU)                | 87965 | 52.24            | 0.00                   | 0.00                      |
| Electron                         | 87950 | 60.91            | 0.00                   | 0.00                      |
| coresymbolicationd               | 677   | 25.57            | 0.00                   | 0.00                      |
| Code Helper (Plugin)             | 52948 | 3.32             | 0.00                   | 0.00                      |
| bluetoothd                       | 414   | 36.21            | 0.00                   | 0.00                      |
| powermetrics                     | 9463  | 9.03             | 0.00                   | 0.00                      |
| ps                               | 9484  | 1204.38          | 0.00                   | 0.00                      |
| Code Helper (Renderer)           | 52867 | 112.54           | 0.00                   | 0.00                      |
| repmgr                           | 604   | 1012.54          | 0.00                   | 0.00                      |
| iTerm2                           | 50741 | 43.14            | 0.00                   | 0.00                      |
| sharingd                         | 784   | 18.53            | 0.00                   | 0.00                      |
| Code Helper                      | 87972 | 3.81             | 0.00                   | 0.00                      |
| loginwindow                      | 425   | 14.66            | 0.00                   | 0.00                      |
| rapportd                         | 750   | 11.82            | 0.00                   | 0.00                      |
| airbnb_extension.darwin.ext      | 84717 | 18.27            | 0.00                   | 0.00                      |
| iStat Menus Menubar              | 962   | 12.07            | 0.00                   | 0.00                      |
| Slack Helper (Renderer)          | 2616  | 14.89            | 32462.60               | 0.00                      |
| diagnosticservicesd              | 96611 | 4.41             | 4057.82                | 0.00                      |
| ThemeWidgetControlViewService    | 87971 | 13.52            | 0.00                   | 0.00                      |
| ReportCrash                      | 993   | 79.63            | 0.00                   | 20289.10                  |
| kernel_task                      | 0     | 81.00            | 0.00                   | 0.00                      |
| macadmins_extension.arm64.ext    | 4530  | 11.71            | 0.00                   | 0.00                      |
| Ice                              | 975   | 12.63            | 0.00                   | 0.00                      |
| milod                            | 928   | 10.52            | 0.00                   | 0.00                      |
| Slack Helper (GPU)               | 2609  | 10.72            | 0.00                   | 0.00                      |
| nearbyd                          | 829   | 10.41            | 0.00                   | 0.00                      |
| Code Helper (Plugin)             | 58564 | 2.20             | 0.00                   | 0.00                      |
| zoom.us                          | 10304 | 14.33            | 0.00                   | 0.00                      |
| cfprefsd                         | 424   | 4.52             | 0.00                   | 12173.50                  |
| UniversalControl                 | 899   | 6.52             | 0.00                   | 0.00                      |
| airchat_cli_claude_code          | 22705 | 3.63             | 0.00                   | 0.00                      |
| logd                             | 348   | 4.41             | 0.00                   | 0.00                      |
| LogiTune Helper (Renderer)       | 1213  | 4.45             | 0.00                   | 129850.00                 |
| ZoomPhone                        | 10318 | 5.41             | 0.00                   | 0.00                      |
| LogiTune                         | 950   | 3.24             | 0.00                   | 0.00                      |
| Finder                           | 785   | 3.08             | 0.00                   | 0.00                      |
| re-mcp                           | 62869 | 3.57             | 0.00                   | 0.00                      |
| re-mcp                           | 22866 | 3.26             | 0.00                   | 0.00                      |
| airchat_cli_claude_code          | 33938 | 4.60             | 0.00                   | 0.00                      |
| ZoomClips                        | 10317 | 4.28             | 0.00                   | 0.00                      |
| re-mcp                           | 95001 | 3.24             | 0.00                   | 0.00                      |
| LogiTune Helper (GPU)            | 1185  | 2.39             | 0.00                   | 0.00                      |
| fseventsd                        | 352   | 2.73             | 0.00                   | 0.00                      |
| com.apple.DriverKit-AppleBCMWLAN | 586   | 3.37             | 0.00                   | 0.00                      |
| CyberhavenSystemMonitor          | 75929 | 2.53             | 0.00                   | 0.00                      |
+----------------------------------+-------+------------------+------------------------+---------------------------+
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