What is indicative of CPU saturation as a resource event?

CPU saturation occurs when the demand for CPU resources exceeds the available capacity, causing performance degradation and potentially impacting application behavior. Excessive utilization of CPU resources is a primary indicator of this condition. When the CPU is consistently running at high utilization levels, it indicates that processes are competing for limited processing power, which can lead to slow response times and reduced throughput. This is directly tied to how well applications can perform tasks and respond to user requests.

In contrast, network speed fluctuations, unusual user activity patterns, and application crashes may indicate issues in different areas such as network infrastructure, user behavior, or overall application stability, rather than specifically highlighting CPU-related problems. These factors can certainly affect application performance, but they do not directly indicate CPU saturation in the same way that excessive CPU utilization does.