Display QA | CPU usage

Complex animations and detailed moving elements like high resolution images affect the number of calculations the CPU must make for each frame. Ads that use less CPU use less battery, increase page performance and allow for other CPU intensive elements like HD video to display without issues.

CPU usage settings in Advalidation

The CPU test is based on an entry-level Dual Core CPU in order to ensure that the ads will render well on a wide range of systems (2Ghz Dual-core CPU equivalent with 2GB of RAM).

In Advalidation, you may choose from one of the below options:

• High (allow 50% average and 80% peak usage)
• Medium (allow 30% average and 60% peak usage)
• Low (allow 10% average and 20% peak usage)
• Custom - you can define an Average limit (%) and Peak limit (%) using the Custom setting

Please note: one of these options must be selected when the CPU usage test is enabled as part of your Display specifications.

Advalidation's recommendation

We recommend having this test/check in order to ensure ads are not too taxing and can be viewed on a wide variety of supports and configurations.