Uptime command details

In Linux, commands such as uptime, W, and top all have an average system load of average output. What is the average system load?

The average system load is defined as the average process tree in the running queue within a specific time interval. If a process meets the following conditions, it will be in the running queue:
-It has no results waiting for I/O operations.
-It does not take the initiative to enter the waiting state (that is, it does not call 'wait ')
-Not stopped (for example, waiting for termination)

For example:
[Root @ www2 init. d] # uptime
PM up 2 days, 2 users, load average: 8.13, 5.90, 4.94

The final content of the command output indicates the average number of processes in the queue in the past 1, 5, and 15 minutes.

Generally, as long as the number of active processes of each CPU is not greater than 3, the system performance is good. If the number of tasks of each CPU is greater than 5, it indicates that the performance of this machine has a serious problem.
Question. In the preceding example, if the system has two CPUs, the current number of tasks for each CPU is 8.13/2 = 4.065. This indicates that the system performance is acceptable.