Resource usage 44.1 v 48

Cubase
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This isn’t a problem as such, just a quick query.
My new studio machine is a 3950 with 64 Meg of memory and two very fast SSD’s, so clearly it has some oomph.

I’ve got a project with about 10 tracks so far and just out of interest I tried changing from my normal 44.1.
According to the cubase resource meter thingy I’m using about 15% of available resources, however on 48 that drops dramatically to only about 5% on both the blue and green lines.

Now obviously I’ve got loads of resource room so I’m not sweating these figures but I just wondered is this the normal behaviour?
Do projects generally run leaner in 48 as opposed to 44.1?

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no that shouldn’t make any sense. 44.1 should use less ram and cpu then 48.1 from everything I know.

I remember when I switched from 44.1 to 48 khz some 1000+ moons ago I would notice a small increase in cpu use