# Number of processors on Edit Settings

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**Category:** General Questions\
**Created:** [July 2, 2022, 1:28am UTC](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/number-of-processors-on-edit-settings/273 "2022-07-02T01:28:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![PaoPao1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d9b06d/32.png) [@PaoPao1970](https://prepomax.discourse.group/u/PaoPao1970)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2022, 1:28am UTC](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/number-of-processors-on-edit-settings/273/1 "2022-07-02T01:28:57Z")

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I would like to input the parameter in Number of processors on Edit Settings

My personal computer spec is as follows.  
Total Cores : 6  
Total Threads : 12

Need to I input the number 12 ?

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**Author:** ![FEAnalyst](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/prepomax.discourse.group/feanalyst/32/688_2.png) [@FEAnalyst](https://prepomax.discourse.group/u/FEAnalyst)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2022, 7:16am UTC](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/number-of-processors-on-edit-settings/273/2 "2022-07-02T07:16:52Z")

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You can set this value to number of logical cores in your machine. So 12 should be fine in this case.

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**Author:** ![PaoPao1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d9b06d/32.png) [@PaoPao1970](https://prepomax.discourse.group/u/PaoPao1970)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2022, 7:45am UTC](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/number-of-processors-on-edit-settings/273/3 "2022-07-02T07:45:17Z")

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Dear FEAnalyst san,  
Thank you very much!

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**Author:** ![i\_rokach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cdc98d/32.png) [@i\_rokach](https://prepomax.discourse.group/u/i_rokach)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2022, 1:36pm UTC](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/number-of-processors-on-edit-settings/273/4 "2022-07-03T13:36:47Z")

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The best way to find the optimal value of this parameter is to test your computer by using different number of cores (in your case starting from 1 to 12) on the same medium size problem. Usually you should not utilize maximum number of cores to have the best performance of the solver.

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**Author:** ![PaoPao1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d9b06d/32.png) [@PaoPao1970](https://prepomax.discourse.group/u/PaoPao1970)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2022, 2:00pm UTC](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/number-of-processors-on-edit-settings/273/5 "2022-07-03T14:00:34Z")

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Dear i\_rokach san,  
Thank you so much for your kindly advise !