Is it seconds? I am trying to match it with the output of top -n 1 | grep Cpu command, and they look different!
>>> psutil.cpu_times()
scputimes(user=678.99, nice=2.15, system=405.34, idle=414554.14, iowait=12.95, irq=0.0, softirq=2.43, steal=95.2, guest=0.0, guest_nice=0.0)
>>> exit()
[root@Server]# top -n 1 | grep Cpu
%Cpu(s): 0.0 us, 0.0 sy, 0.0 ni,100.0 id, 0.0 wa, 0.0 hi, 0.0 si, 0.0 st
Yes, it's seconds. The reference docs for this are here:
https://psutil.readthedocs.io/en/latest/#psutil.cpu_times
Every attribute represents the seconds the CPU has spent in the given mode.
For a description of the top is giving you, refer to this answer:
https://superuser.com/questions/575202/understanding-top-command-in-unix
The values you're seeing from top are percentages, hence they don't align with the values you're seeing from psutil
To be honest, it's not clear what you're trying to achieve here.
