High load average on Ubuntu 10.04 ...( 64 bit )

High load average on Ubuntu 10.04 ( 64 bit version )

- Ubuntu 10.04 (64bit)
- Linux kernel 2.6.32-30
- Gnome 2.30.2

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- - computer specs - -

* AMD Phenom II X6 1055T ( 2.8GHz )

* ECS A790GXM-AD3 ( AMD 790GX North bridge / SB750 south bridge )

* 6 GB of DD3 1333 Memory

* WD3000HLFS ( SATA and 10000 RPM ) 300GB Hard drive

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ECS@amd2011:~$ top

top - 12:33:36 up 1:23, 2 users, load average: 0.29, 0.23, 0.26
Tasks: 205 total, 1 running, 204 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
Cpu(s): 0.3%us, 0.1%sy, 0.0%ni, 99.6%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st
Mem: 5868416k total, 849816k used, 5018600k free, 94592k buffers
Swap: 11909112k total, 0k used, 11909112k free, 304344k cached

  PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
 1865 root 20 0 202m 53m 23m S 2 0.9 0:09.10 Xorg
 2084 ECS 20 0 207m 14m 10m S 1 0.3 0:01.61 gnome-terminal
  139 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.15 kondemand/4
 2108 ECS 20 0 19224 1448 1028 R 0 0.0 0:04.36 top
    1 root 20 0 23704 1924 1248 S 0 0.0 0:01.16 init
    2 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.01 kthreadd
    3 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 migration/0
    4 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.01 ksoftirqd/0
    5 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 watchdog/0
    6 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.01 migration/1
    7 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.01 ksoftirqd/1
    8 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 watchdog/1
    9 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.01 migration/2
   10 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.01 ksoftirqd/2
   11 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 watchdog/2
   12 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.01 migration/3
   13 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.02 ksoftirqd/3

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Thuban

    Six AMD K10 cores
    45 nm SOI with Immersion Lithography and Low-k insulator
    L1 cache: 64 kB + 64 kB (data + instructions) per core
    L2 cache: 512 kB per core, full-speed
    L3 cache: 6 MB shared between all cores.
    Memory controller: dual channel DDR2-1066 MHz (AM2+), dual channel DDR3-1333 (AM3) with unganging option
    MMX, Extended 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4a, AMD64, Cool'n'Quiet, NX bit, AMD-V
    Turbo Core
    Socket AM2+, Socket AM3, HyperTransport with 2 GHz
    Die Size: 346 mm²
    Power consumption (TDP): 95 and 125 Watt
    First release
        27 April 2010 (E0 Stepping)
    Clock rate: 2.6 to 3.3 GHz, up to 3.6 GHz with Turbo Core
    Models: Phenom II X6 1035T, 1055T, 1075T, 1090T and 1100T

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenom_II#Thuban

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? the load average should be 0.00 ?

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? Does any one have this problem to ?