I have many kworker processe messages in System Monitor > Process Table.
Something like
kworker/u16:1+events_unbound
kworker/0:1H-kblockd
I believe they are the reason my computer is very slow.
I dont remember having these kind of processes or so many of them.
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System:
Kernel: 5.19.7-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.19-x86_64
root=UUID=0c95387f-2997-4fa3-9e8a-d7cd6e5bd932 rw quiet apparmor=1
security=apparmor resume=UUID=9aed5cbc-9060-442a-a8d3-51bfccf72790
udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.25.5 tk: Qt v: 5.15.5 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1
dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASRock model: Z68 Pro3 serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: P1.60 date: 07/13/2011
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i7-2600K bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Sandy Bridge
gen: core 2 level: v2 built: 2010-12 process: Intel 32nm family: 6
model-id: 0x2A (42) stepping: 7 microcode: 0x2F
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 256 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB
L3: 8 MiB desc: 1x8 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1741 high: 1848 min/max: 1600/3800 scaling:
driver: intel_cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 1627 2: 1783 3: 1667
4: 1731 5: 1799 6: 1792 7: 1685 8: 1848 bogomips: 54298
Flags: avx ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities:
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT
vulnerable
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations
Type: retbleed status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW,
STIBP: conditional, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics
vendor: ASRock driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-6 process: Intel 32nm
built: 2011 ports: active: none empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, HDMI-A-1,
HDMI-A-2, HDMI-A-3, VGA-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0122
class-ID: 0380
Device-2: NVIDIA GP106 [GeForce GTX 1060 6GB] vendor: PNY driver: nouveau
v: kernel non-free: 515.xx+ status: current (as of 2022-08) arch: Pascal
code: GP10x process: TSMC 16nm built: 2016-21 pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s ports:
active: HDMI-A-4 empty: DP-4, DP-5, DP-6, DVI-D-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:1c03 class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.4 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa gpu: nouveau display-ID: :0
screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2560x1440 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 677x381mm (26.65x15.00")
s-diag: 777mm (30.58")
Monitor-1: HDMI-A-4 mapped: HDMI-4 model: ViewSonic VX3276-QHD
serial: <filter> built: 2018 res: 2560x1440 hz: 60 dpi: 93 gamma: 1.2
size: 698x393mm (27.48x15.47") diag: 801mm (31.5") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 2560x1440 min: 720x400
OpenGL: renderer: NV136 v: 4.3 Mesa 22.1.7 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Family High Definition Audio
vendor: ASRock driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 2-1.1:3
bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 0c76:1467 class-ID: 0300 chip-ID: 8086:1c20
serial: <filter> class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA GP106 High Definition Audio vendor: PNY
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16
link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10f1
class-ID: 0403
Device-3: JMTek LLC. TKGOU PnP USB Microphone type: USB
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.19.7-1-MANJARO running: yes
Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.21 running: no
Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: yes
Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.57 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: ASRock driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 port: d000 bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp5s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: wgpia0 state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: N/A
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 2.74 TiB used: 463.96 GiB (16.5%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Western Digital
model: WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 40WD
scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD10EZEX-07WN4A0 size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter>
rev: 1A01 scheme: MBR
ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Transcend model: TS512GSSD230S
size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: TBD1 scheme: GPT
ID-4: /dev/sdd maj-min: 8:48 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD10EZEX-00WN4A0 size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter>
rev: 1A01 scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 922.42 GiB size: 906.86 GiB (98.31%) used: 463.96 GiB
(51.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdd2 maj-min: 8:50
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%) used: 280 KiB
(0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sdd1 maj-min: 8:49
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8.8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
priority: -2 dev: /dev/sdd3 maj-min: 8:51
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 40.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nouveau temp: 49.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nouveau fan: 0
Info:
Processes: 299 Uptime: 2h 54m wakeups: 0 Memory: 15.54 GiB used: 10.3 GiB
(66.3%) Init: systemd v: 251 default: graphical tool: systemctl
Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 clang: 14.0.6 Packages: 1996 pm: pacman pkgs: 1926
libs: 522 tools: pamac pm: flatpak pkgs: 70 pm: snap pkgs: 0 Shell: Zsh
v: 5.9 default: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.21
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