Macbook Pro 10,1 unusable, kernel_task at 1000%

Hello,

I have this problem that makes my Macbook Pro unusable when I run some professional software, such as Unity3D, after some minutes of work,

This happened the first time one month ago and never went away. I tried following some advice from forums and blogs and uninstalled apps such as Parallels with no luck at all,

All the software and startup items I use daily are the latest version,

Can you help me please? I'm desperate

Thank you in advance,

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Report generated 8/7/15, 5:19 PM

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Hardware Information: (What does this mean?)

MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012) (Verified)

MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro10,1

1 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4-core

16 GB RAM Not upgradeable

BANK 0/DIMM0

8 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

BANK 1/DIMM0

8 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported

Wireless: en0: 802.11 a/b/g/n

Battery: Health = Normal - Cycle count = 698 - SN = D86240535VPDNMGAN



Video Information: (What does this mean?)

Intel HD Graphics 4000

Color LCD 3840 x 2400

NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M - VRAM: 1024 MB



System Software: (What does this mean?)

OS X 10.10.5 (14F19a) - Time since boot: about one day



Disk Information: (What does this mean?)

APPLE SSD SM256E disk0 : (251 GB) (Solid State - TRIM: Yes)

EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / : 180.14 GB (40.48 GB free)

Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB

BOOTCAMP (disk0s4) /Volumes/BOOTCAMP : 70.00 GB (8.62 GB free)



USB Information: (What does this mean?)

Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller



Thunderbolt Information: (What does this mean?)

Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus



Gatekeeper: (What does this mean?)

Anywhere



Kernel Extensions: (What does this mean?)

/Applications/Turbo Boost Switcher.app

[not loaded] com.rugarciap.DisableTurboBoost (0.0.1 - SDK 10.7) [Click for support]



/Library/Application Support/VirtualBox

[not loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv (4.3.28) [Click for support]

[not loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp (4.3.28) [Click for support]

[not loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt (4.3.28) [Click for support]

[not loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB (4.3.28) [Click for support]



/Library/Extensions

[not loaded] com.BlackBerry.driver.USBCDCNCM (1.0.12 - SDK 10.7) [Click for support]

[loaded] com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower (2 - SDK 10.10) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.asix.driver.ax88772 (1.4.0 - SDK 10.9) [Click for support]

[loaded] com.cyberic.SmoothMouse (9 - SDK 10.8) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.mice.driver.Wireless360Controller (1.0.0d14 - SDK 10.9) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.mice.driver.WirelessGamingReceiver (1.0.0d14 - SDK 10.9) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.mice.driver.Xbox360Controller (1.0.0d14 - SDK 10.9) [Click for support]

[loaded] com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverInt (2.2.14 - SDK 10.7) [Click for support]



/Library/StartupItems/BRESINKx86Monitoring

[not loaded] com.bresink.driver.BRESINKx86Monitoring (9.0) [Click for support]



/System/Library/Extensions

[not loaded] com.NovatelWireless.driver.NovatelWirelessUSBCDCECMControl (3.0.13) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.NovatelWireless.driver.NovatelWirelessUSBCDCECMData (3.0.13) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.ZTE.driver.ZTEUSBCDCACMData (1.3.35) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.ZTE.driver.ZTEUSBMassStorageFilter (1.3.35) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.aliph.driver.jstub (1.1.2 - SDK 10.7) [Click for support]

[loaded] com.globaldelight.driver.BoomDevice (1.1 - SDK 10.9) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.microsoft.driver.MicrosoftMouse (8.2) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.ni.Fantom.nxtfwdl (1.1.1) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.novamedia.driver.IceraUSB_MSD_Bypass (1.3.0) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.novatelwireless.driver.3G (3.0.13) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.novatelwireless.driver.DisableAutoInstall (3.0.13) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.nvidia.CUDA (1.1.0) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.option.driver.Option72 (2.15.0) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.option.driver.OptionHS (3.26.0) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.option.driver.OptionMSD (1.21.0) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.option.driver.OptionQC (1.11.0) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverVSP (0.0.67) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.rim.driver.BlackBerryVirtualPrivateNetwork (1.0.15) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.vodafone.driver (3.0.9) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.wacom.kext.pentablet (5.3.3 - SDK 10.8) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.wacom.kext.wacomtablet (6.3.4 - SDK 10.8) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.zte.driver.cdc_ecm_qmi (1.0.26) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.zte.driver.cdc_usb_bus (1.0.26) [Click for support]

[not loaded] de.novamedia.driver.NMLGEDriver (3.2.10) [Click for support]

[not loaded] de.novamedia.driver.NMSamsung (0.0.2) [Click for support]

[not loaded] de.novamedia.driver.NMSmartplugSCSIDevice (1.0.1) [Click for support]

[not loaded] de.novamedia.oem.vodafone.vtp.huawei.cdc (0.0.2) [Click for support]



/System/Library/Extensions/MicrosoftMouse.kext/Contents/PlugIns

[not loaded] com.microsoft.driver.MicrosoftMouseBluetooth (8.2) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.microsoft.driver.MicrosoftMouseUSB (8.2) [Click for support]



/System/Library/Extensions/NMHuaweiPhonesVTPCDC.kext/Contents/PlugIns

[not loaded] de.novamedia.driver.NMUSBCDCACMData.VTP (3.2.6) [Click for support]



/System/Library/Extensions/NMHuaweiPhonesVTPCDC_106.kext/Contents/PlugIns

[not loaded] de.novamedia.driver.NMUSBCDCACMControl (3.2.12) [Click for support]



/System/Library/Extensions/NMLGEDriver.kext/Contents/PlugIns

[not loaded] de.novamedia.driver.NMLGEUSBCDCACMControl (3.1.9) [Click for support]

[not loaded] de.novamedia.driver.NMLGEUSBCDCACMData (3.1.9) [Click for support]



/System/Library/Extensions/NMSamsungDriver_106.kext/Contents/PlugIns

[not loaded] de.novamedia.driver.NMUSBCDCACMData (3.2.12) [Click for support]



/System/Library/Extensions/NovatelWireless3G.kext/Contents/PlugIns

[not loaded] com.novatelwireless.driver.3GData (3.0.13) [Click for support]



/System/Library/Extensions/Vodafone.kext/Contents/PlugIns

[not loaded] com.vodafone.driver.Data (3.0.9) [Click for support]



Startup Items: (What does this mean?)

CUDA: Path: /System/Library/StartupItems/CUDA

Fantom: Path: /Library/StartupItems/Fantom

Startup items are obsolete in OS X Yosemite



Problem System Launch Agents: (What does this mean?)

[not loaded] com.paragon.ExtFS.notify.plist [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.paragon.NTFS.notify.plist [Click for support]



Launch Agents: (What does this mean?)

[loaded] com.gog.galaxy.commservice.plist [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.leapmotion.Leap-Motion.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist [Click for support]

[running] de.novamedia.VodafoneDeviceObserver.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist [Click for support]



Launch Daemons: (What does this mean?)

[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist [Click for support]

[running] com.autodesk.backburner_manager.plist [Click for support]

[running] com.autodesk.backburner_server.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.autodesk.backburner_start.plist [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.ea.origin.ESHelper.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.github.GitHub.GHInstallCLI.plist [Click for support]

[unknown] com.gog.galaxy.clientservice.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist [Click for support]

[running] com.leapmotion.leapd.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2.Agent.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac3.Agent.plist [Click for support]

[running] com.mice.360Daemon.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.soma-zone.LaunchControl.Helper.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.stclairsoft.AppTamerAgent.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] net.sourceforge.MonolingualHelper.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist [Click for support]



User Launch Agents: (What does this mean?)

[running] com.cyberic.smoothmouse.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.cyberic.smoothmouseupdater.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.scheduledScan.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac3.Scheduler.plist [Click for support]

[running] com.spotify.webhelper.plist [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist [Click for support]



User Login Items: (What does this mean?)

Caffeine Applicazione Hidden (/Applications/Caffeine.app)

RescueTime Applicazione Hidden (/Applications/RescueTime.app)

Cinch Applicazione Hidden (/Applications/Cinch.app)

iBetterCharge Applicazione Hidden (/Applications/iBetterCharge.app)

Loading Applicazione Hidden (/Applications/Loading.app)

smcFanControl Applicazione Hidden (/Applications/smcFanControl.app)



Internet Plug-ins: (What does this mean?)

o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.4.2.18903 [Click for support]

WacomNetscape: Version: 2.1.0-1 - SDK 10.8 [Click for support]

Unity Web Player: Version: UnityPlayer version 5.0.3f2 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10

AdobeExManDetect: Version: AdobeExManDetect 1.1.0.0 - SDK 10.7 [Click for support]

WacomTabletPlugin: Version: WacomTabletPlugin 2.1.0.2 [Click for support]

AdobeAAMDetect: Version: 3.0.0.0 - SDK 10.9 [Click for support]

AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 18.0.0.209 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30514.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

Flash Player: Version: 18.0.0.209 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

PepperFlashPlayer: Version: 18.0.0.209 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.4.2.18903 [Click for support]

QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

ZigJS: Version: ZigJS 1.0.1 - SDK 10.7 [Click for support]

EmotivBTLE: Version: EmotivBTLE_x86_64 1.9.0.2 - SDK 10.10 [Click for support]

JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 8 Update 40 Check version



User internet Plug-ins: (What does this mean?)

OctoshapeWeb: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.8 [Click for support]

Picasa: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]



Safari Extensions: (What does this mean?)

uBlock

Open in Internet Explorer

ClickToFlash

Readability

Save to Pocket

AdBlock

LastPass



3rd Party Preference Panes: (What does this mean?)

Flash Player [Click for support]

Java [Click for support]

Perian [Click for support]

SmoothMouse [Click for support]

SwitchResX [Click for support]

XBox 360 Controllers [Click for support]



Bad Fonts: (What does this mean?)

Khand-SemiLight.ttf: /Library/Fonts/Khand-SemiLight.ttf

Khand-SemiBold.ttf: /Library/Fonts/Khand-SemiBold.ttf

Khand-Regular.ttf: /Library/Fonts/Khand-Regular.ttf

Khand-ExtraBold.ttf: /Library/Fonts/Khand-ExtraBold.ttf

Khand-ExtraLight.ttf: /Library/Fonts/Khand-ExtraLight.ttf

Khand-Light.ttf: /Library/Fonts/Khand-Light.ttf

Khand-Bold.ttf: /Library/Fonts/Khand-Bold.ttf



Time Machine: (What does this mean?)

Skip System Files: NO

Mobile backups: ON

Auto backup: YES

Volumes being backed up:

Macintosh HD: Disk size: 180.14 GB Disk used: 139.66 GB

Destinations:

Time Machine [Local]

Total size: 250.00 GB

Total number of backups: 4

Oldest backup: 2015-06-12 18:50:39 +0000

Last backup: 2015-07-30 00:34:30 +0000

Size of backup disk: Too small

Backup size 250.00 GB < (Disk used 139.66 GB X 3)



Top Processes by CPU: (What does this mean?)

10% WindowServer

3% Activity Monitor

2% sysmond

2% Google Chrome

1% hidd



Top Processes by Memory: (What does this mean?)

1.29 GB kernel_task

983 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent(6)

573 MB Google Chrome Helper(6)

508 MB Xcode

459 MB softwareupdated



Virtual Memory Information: (What does this mean?)

3.63 GB Free RAM

12.00 GB Used RAM (3.43 GB Cached)

223 MB Swap Used



Diagnostics Information: (What does this mean?)

Aug 7, 2015, 04:24:36 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Finder_2015-08-07-162436_[redacted].cpu_resource.diag [Click for details]

Aug 6, 2015, 07:03:04 PM Self test - passed

Aug 6, 2015, 05:54:03 PM ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Transmission_2015-08-06-175403_[redacted].crash

 

Thanks for your reply. Already tried doing hardware diagnostics and no problem was found

 

I removed Soundflower some days ago and didn't get kernel_task issues so far. Thank you Weaselboy!

 

If someone has a similar problem, I got rid of the kernel_task issue by replacing the battery. Apparently one of the cells of the battery had dried, and the Mac was underpowered because of that. After one year the problem never returned. I'll post that just in case.