The iowait time statistic actually represents the time the CPU is waiting for I/O operations to complete. It is not an indicator that the CPU is processing too many operations but rather that it is idle and waiting, which can imply I/O subsystem issues rather than CPU overutilization. High CPU utilization is better indicated by statistics like user and system time ratios.
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What does 'iowait' mean in Linux performance monitoring?