$ sudo powermetrics unable to get smc values Machine model: MacBookPro8,2 SMC version: 1.69f4 EFI version: 87.0.0 OS version: 17G10021 Boot arguments: Boot time: Sat Dec 14 03:02:55 2019 *** Sampled system activity (Sat Dec 14 12:49:57 2019 +0100) (5037.40ms elapsed) *** *** Running tasks *** Name ID CPU ms/s User% Deadlines (<2 ms, 2-5 ms) Wakeups (Intr, Pkg idle) kernel_task 0 2574.34 0.00 15.48 0.00 85.36 35.53 Activity Monitor 466 111.09 90.56 0.00 0.00 1.19 0.60 Console 2490 32.86 68.98 0.00 0.00 1.99 0.79 Terminal 468 31.87 81.29 0.00 0.00 3.97 2.18 firefox 2455 31.67 72.14 2.98 0.00 7.74 2.38 diagnosticd 2491 29.69 60.20 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 WindowServer 189 29.19 71.67 1.79 0.40 4.76 2.38 DEAD_TASKS -1 20.95 45.67 45.06 0.00 45.06 33.75 plugin-container 2485 14.99 75.92 0.00 0.00 7.54 1.99 sysmond 252 18.98 60.69 0.00 0.00 0.20 0.20 systemstats 74 0.93 11.26 59.95 0.00 60.15 58.16 plugin-container 2456 10.31 62.08 0.00 0.00 13.10 6.95 plugin-container 2458 6.59 54.08 0.00 0.40 12.31 7.15 plugin-container 2463 6.40 49.47 0.20 0.00 12.51 7.34 watch 2960 5.90 77.85 0.00 0.00 0.60 0.40 powermetrics 3643 5.28 31.67 0.00 0.00 0.20 0.20 taskgated 770 4.22 79.55 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 SystemUIServer 472 3.85 83.75 0.00 0.00 1.19 0.40 plugin-container 2486 3.34 60.40 0.00 0.00 2.58 1.39 plugin-container 2462 3.35 58.46 0.00 0.00 2.38 1.19 plugin-container 2474 2.78 55.16 0.00 0.00 2.78 2.18 opendirectoryd 99 3.02 56.05 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 plugin-container 2475 2.69 55.49 0.00 0.00 2.58 1.39 plugin-container 2459 2.67 62.94 0.00 0.00 1.39 0.60 hidd 120 2.75 49.18 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 notifyd 123 1.74 49.10 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 powerd 78 1.72 73.05 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 logd 81 1.72 37.22 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 fseventsd 70 1.17 22.03 0.00 0.00 0.99 0.00 launchservicesd 103 1.07 62.41 0.00 0.00 0.40 0.40 storagekitd 526 0.98 36.68 0.00 0.00 0.99 0.60 launchd 1 0.87 54.43 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 SafariBookmarksSyncAgent 367 0.65 37.22 0.00 0.00 1.19 0.40 Little Snitch Daemon 93 0.65 69.80 0.00 0.00 0.20 0.20 Little Snitch Network Monitor 567 0.56 70.55 0.00 0.00 1.39 0.40 Little Snitch Agent 340 0.52 62.72 0.00 0.00 0.99 0.60 Little Snitch Helper 480 0.40 70.54 0.00 0.00 0.60 0.60 mds 85 0.39 35.03 0.00 0.00 0.99 0.40 syslogd 65 0.44 47.23 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Finder 474 0.34 40.66 0.00 0.00 0.40 0.00 com.apple.WebKit.Networking 540 0.26 33.62 0.00 0.00 0.79 0.20 mds_stores 287 0.20 17.73 0.00 0.00 0.60 0.00 keyboardservicesd 2479 0.18 19.40 0.00 0.00 0.40 0.20 universalaccessd 337 0.18 28.16 0.00 0.00 0.40 0.00 nbagent 494 0.17 38.38 0.00 0.00 0.40 0.20 SubmitDiagInfo 261 0.15 14.29 0.00 0.00 0.60 0.20 commerce 457 0.10 3.29 0.00 0.00 0.40 0.40 cupsd 234 0.09 23.01 0.00 0.00 0.79 0.40 rtcreportingd 321 0.15 26.39 0.00 0.00 0.40 0.00 mDNSResponderHelper 228 0.10 37.10 0.00 0.00 0.99 0.20 UserEventAgent 64 0.09 36.76 0.00 0.00 0.20 0.20 warmd 84 0.12 17.32 0.00 0.00 0.60 0.00 Dock 470 0.11 37.06 0.00 0.00 0.40 0.00 IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent 604 0.09 20.93 0.00 0.00 0.20 0.20 loginwindow 115 0.11 48.81 0.00 0.00 0.20 0.00 storeassetd 533 0.09 19.60 0.00 0.00 0.40 0.20 NotificationCenter 370 0.11 35.93 0.00 0.00 0.40 0.00 com.apple.dock.extra 545 0.11 37.38 0.00 0.00 0.20 0.00 akd 377 0.08 23.40 0.00 0.00 0.20 0.20 System Information 3248 0.10 42.15 0.00 0.00 0.20 0.00 AirPlayUIAgent 491 0.10 39.01 0.00 0.00 0.20 0.00 ckkeyrolld 479 0.08 24.99 0.00 0.00 0.20 0.20 cloudphotosd 362 0.13 25.62 0.00 0.00 0.60 0.00 com.apple.geod 379 0.07 25.11 0.00 0.00 0.20 0.20 CalendarAgent 358 0.07 21.86 0.00 0.00 0.20 0.20 sharingd 385 0.10 34.86 0.00 0.00 0.40 0.00 CoreServicesUIAgent 2489 0.10 40.75 0.00 0.00 0.20 0.00 nsurlsessiond 345 0.07 4.87 0.00 0.00 0.40 0.20 softwareupdated 317 0.07 5.10 0.00 0.00 0.40 0.20 CoreLocationAgent 409 0.08 38.43 0.00 0.00 0.40 0.00 imklaunchagent 485 0.08 27.51 0.00 0.00 0.40 0.00 TISwitcher 506 0.08 40.19 0.00 0.00 0.20 0.00 talagent 471 0.08 43.17 0.00 0.00 0.20 0.00 nsurlsessiond 211 0.05 27.94 0.00 0.00 0.20 0.20 LaterAgent 760 0.07 41.82 0.00 0.00 0.20 0.00 uninstalld 68 0.03 8.61 0.00 0.00 0.40 0.20 parsecd 456 0.04 7.18 0.00 0.00 0.40 0.20 bird 363 0.08 25.10 0.00 0.00 0.20 0.00 storeuid 542 0.08 36.44 0.00 0.00 0.20 0.00 iTunesHelper 510 0.06 38.82 0.00 0.00 0.20 0.00 PhotoStreamAgent 490 0.06 49.32 0.00 0.00 0.20 0.00 ViewBridgeAuxiliary 783 0.07 36.89 0.00 0.00 0.20 0.00 locationd 106 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.20 0.20 WiFiAgent 356 0.06 42.25 0.00 0.00 0.20 0.00 ContactsAgent 424 0.05 9.18 0.00 0.00 0.40 0.00 cloudd 341 0.04 9.75 0.00 0.00 0.40 0.00 com.apple.WebKit.WebContent 539 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.20 0.00 PAH_Extension 582 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.20 0.00 com.apple.preference.energysaver 3471 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.20 0.00 Disk Utility 469 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.20 0.00 Little Snitch Configuration 2469 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.20 0.00 System Preferences 3457 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.20 0.00 ALL_TASKS -2 2977.60 9.71 125.46 0.79 294.99 175.09 **** Battery and backlight usage **** Backlight level: 827 (range 0-1024) Keyboard Backlight level: 2387 **** Network activity **** out: 0.20 packets/s, 10.72 bytes/s in: 0.20 packets/s, 13.10 bytes/s **** Disk activity **** read: 0.00 ops/s 0.00 KBytes/s write: 0.00 ops/s 0.00 KBytes/s **** Interrupt distribution **** CPU 0: Vector 0x56(HDEF/EHC1): 0.99 interrupts/sec Vector 0x57(EHC2): 6.55 interrupts/sec Vector 0x74(GFX0): 74.84 interrupts/sec Vector 0x78(GIGE): 0.20 interrupts/sec Vector 0xdd(TMR): 260.65 interrupts/sec Vector 0xde(IPI): 50.22 interrupts/sec CPU 1: Vector 0xdd(TMR): 35.53 interrupts/sec Vector 0xde(IPI): 42.88 interrupts/sec CPU 2: Vector 0xdd(TMR): 96.48 interrupts/sec Vector 0xde(IPI): 65.91 interrupts/sec CPU 3: Vector 0xdd(TMR): 23.03 interrupts/sec Vector 0xde(IPI): 44.47 interrupts/sec CPU 4: Vector 0xdd(TMR): 88.14 interrupts/sec Vector 0xde(IPI): 56.18 interrupts/sec CPU 5: Vector 0xdd(TMR): 24.81 interrupts/sec Vector 0xde(IPI): 49.63 interrupts/sec CPU 6: Vector 0xdd(TMR): 96.88 interrupts/sec Vector 0xde(IPI): 55.58 interrupts/sec CPU 7: Vector 0xdd(TMR): 24.62 interrupts/sec Vector 0xde(IPI): 52.21 interrupts/sec **** Processor usage **** Intel energy model derived package power (CPUs+GT+SA): 4.40W System Average frequency as fraction of nominal: 36.36% (800.00 Mhz) Package 0 C-state residency: 71.30% (C2: 1.52% C3: 0.00% C6: 1.59% C7: 68.18% ) Core 0 C-state residency: 82.11% (C3: 0.00% C6: 0.00% C7: 82.11% ) CPU 0 duty cycles/s: active/idle [< 16 us: 90.92/96.48] [< 32 us: 80.99/16.28] [< 64 us: 15.88/47.25] [< 128 us: 27.00/27.79] [< 256 us: 19.26/23.42] [< 512 us: 52.81/30.77] [< 1024 us: 16.68/22.43] [< 2048 us: 4.17/13.30] [< 4096 us: 3.18/16.28] [< 8192 us: 1.19/25.01] [< 16384 us: 29.78/22.83] [< 32768 us: 2.18/2.38] CPU Average frequency as fraction of nominal: 36.36% (800.00 Mhz) CPU 1 duty cycles/s: active/idle [< 16 us: 28.19/15.09] [< 32 us: 0.00/3.77] [< 64 us: 2.38/6.75] [< 128 us: 7.35/3.57] [< 256 us: 6.15/3.57] [< 512 us: 5.56/1.99] [< 1024 us: 1.39/6.35] [< 2048 us: 0.00/3.18] [< 4096 us: 0.00/3.18] [< 8192 us: 0.00/2.18] [< 16384 us: 31.56/8.34] [< 32768 us: 0.79/25.41] CPU Average frequency as fraction of nominal: 36.36% (800.00 Mhz) Core 1 C-state residency: 87.97% (C3: 0.00% C6: 0.00% C7: 87.97% ) CPU 2 duty cycles/s: active/idle [< 16 us: 94.10/72.46] [< 32 us: 27.59/11.91] [< 64 us: 11.32/48.24] [< 128 us: 23.03/39.11] [< 256 us: 18.06/26.01] [< 512 us: 56.18/14.89] [< 1024 us: 13.10/17.07] [< 2048 us: 4.17/8.73] [< 4096 us: 0.79/6.15] [< 8192 us: 0.99/7.74] [< 16384 us: 31.56/13.10] [< 32768 us: 0.60/16.48] CPU Average frequency as fraction of nominal: 36.36% (800.00 Mhz) CPU 3 duty cycles/s: active/idle [< 16 us: 20.05/12.51] [< 32 us: 0.00/1.99] [< 64 us: 2.98/6.15] [< 128 us: 7.35/2.38] [< 256 us: 8.73/3.57] [< 512 us: 4.57/1.59] [< 1024 us: 0.79/5.36] [< 2048 us: 0.00/3.77] [< 4096 us: 0.00/3.37] [< 8192 us: 0.00/2.98] [< 16384 us: 32.36/6.55] [< 32768 us: 0.00/26.80] CPU Average frequency as fraction of nominal: 36.36% (800.00 Mhz) Core 2 C-state residency: 87.95% (C3: 0.00% C6: 0.00% C7: 87.95% ) CPU 4 duty cycles/s: active/idle [< 16 us: 89.73/53.20] [< 32 us: 9.73/15.29] [< 64 us: 11.91/33.75] [< 128 us: 20.25/28.78] [< 256 us: 19.85/26.01] [< 512 us: 41.89/19.26] [< 1024 us: 12.11/17.67] [< 2048 us: 3.97/6.95] [< 4096 us: 2.98/9.13] [< 8192 us: 1.59/5.56] [< 16384 us: 31.37/14.29] [< 32768 us: 0.79/16.28] CPU Average frequency as fraction of nominal: 36.36% (800.00 Mhz) CPU 5 duty cycles/s: active/idle [< 16 us: 25.21/11.71] [< 32 us: 0.00/3.18] [< 64 us: 2.58/5.36] [< 128 us: 6.35/4.17] [< 256 us: 7.54/3.97] [< 512 us: 6.15/2.18] [< 1024 us: 1.79/7.54] [< 2048 us: 0.00/3.18] [< 4096 us: 0.00/3.37] [< 8192 us: 0.00/3.57] [< 16384 us: 32.36/8.54] [< 32768 us: 0.00/25.21] CPU Average frequency as fraction of nominal: 36.36% (800.00 Mhz) Core 3 C-state residency: 86.99% (C3: 0.00% C6: 0.00% C7: 86.99% ) CPU 6 duty cycles/s: active/idle [< 16 us: 97.07/62.33] [< 32 us: 25.61/13.10] [< 64 us: 10.12/37.72] [< 128 us: 21.24/26.60] [< 256 us: 19.26/21.44] [< 512 us: 33.55/27.20] [< 1024 us: 14.29/18.86] [< 2048 us: 2.18/7.35] [< 4096 us: 2.38/9.53] [< 8192 us: 1.99/6.95] [< 16384 us: 30.97/14.29] [< 32768 us: 1.19/15.09] CPU Average frequency as fraction of nominal: 36.36% (800.00 Mhz) CPU 7 duty cycles/s: active/idle [< 16 us: 20.65/11.32] [< 32 us: 0.20/1.59] [< 64 us: 3.37/8.34] [< 128 us: 8.93/2.98] [< 256 us: 7.54/2.38] [< 512 us: 5.36/1.99] [< 1024 us: 0.99/5.76] [< 2048 us: 0.40/3.37] [< 4096 us: 0.00/3.18] [< 8192 us: 0.00/3.37] [< 16384 us: 32.36/11.51] [< 32768 us: 0.00/24.02] CPU Average frequency as fraction of nominal: 36.36% (800.00 Mhz)