Slow System Due to HIGH CPU USAGE

The reporting of CPU usage is displayed per-core with each core being able to use up to 100%. In your instance, the Dedicated 96 GB plan has 48 CPU cores which means that Cloud Manager or the command top is normalized from 0-4,800% usage. This means that 1,000% usage is actually only 20.8% of your total resource capacity.

For more information about identifying and troubleshooting issues with CPU performance or tangential network issues caused by excessive CPU usage, be sure to check out the following Community posts:

• Why is my Linode suddenly using 100% of its CPU? (17820) | Linode Questions
• How can I troubleshoot my Linode's poor network performance? (19663) | Linode Questions