My mid 2015 15" MacBook Pro runs hot when I open Roon

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Connected Audio Devices

I use headphones directly connected to the MacBook Pro via an AudioQuest Cobalt USB DAC

Number of Tracks in Library

Under 2500 tracks

Description of Issue

I use my MacBook to run Roon and I listen through headphones. My Mid 2015 MacBook is an I7 2.5 quad core with 16GB of DDR3 Ram and a Radeon R9 M370X with 2GB of memory. My OS is BigSur 11.6.6. Temperatures immediately peak when I open Roon to over 90C and the fans ramp up to 5000rpm or more. The Activity Monitor indicates 200% CPU use. Shutting down Roon immediately reverses the temperature level, fan speed and CPU usage.

Is my Mid 2015 Mac Book pro insufficiently powerful to run Roon?

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These high CPU loads is also what I see since 952.

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Is your library still analyzing? Try setting to throttled in roon settings library

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Thanks for the suggestion. I thought it was on Throttled but it was on 2 core. I reset to throttled and the problem ended.

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