Bug 477874

Summary: I think all graphing functions should use a y-axis set to the max speed of the device/channel. That way, we could instantly see the percent of utilization.
Product: [Plasma] plasmashell Reporter: Steven <Steven.E.Friedrich>
Component: System Monitor widgetsAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED INTENTIONAL    
Severity: normal CC: ahiemstra, nate, notmart
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: git-stable-Plasma/5.27   
Target Milestone: 1.0   
Platform: Debian stable   
OS: Linux   
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Description Steven 2023-12-01 21:43:29 UTC 
SUMMARY
I think all graphing functions should use a y-axis set to the max speed of the device/channel.  That way, we could instantly see the percent of utilization.
I am looking at Network speed on my laptop, which only uses Wi-Fi, and the graph y axis is set at lower than full speed of the channel.  It looks like quite a bit of network traffic, but I think it's just heartbeat traffic.  If the y axis was set at the maximum speed of the wi-fi link, we would see how insignificant the network traffic was/is.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: debian12
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.103.0
Qt Version: 5.15.8

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
I think all graphing functions should use a y-axis set to the max speed of the device/channel.  That way, we could instantly see the percent of utilization.
BTW, I love KDE widgets, including this one.  I set my desktop background to black, and placed widgets for Individual Core Usage, Network speed, and Hard Disk Activity, making my desktop a dashboard showing what my computer is doing.  Very useful.
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2023-12-12 23:08:07 UTC 
I'm afraid this is intentional as-is. If we scaled the graph according to the max value, 99% of the time you'd see practically no activity because the speeds there would be too small.
Comment 2 Arjen Hiemstra 2023-12-13 09:46:39 UTC 
Additionally, we don't really have proper information on the maximum speed of a connection. We only know the link speed, which may not reflect the internet speed. It's quite common to have 1 Gbps link speed for wired connections these days, while the internet speed is often less.