CPU core parking question

[Achilleslastand]

Just got my i7-4790K up and running and noticed cores, 1,3,5,6 are parked. Is this normal?

 

[ShintaiDK]

Yes. Depends on load.

 

[Cogman]

Yes. Depends on load.

Ditto. No reason to worry about cores parking, it is a power saving feature, enjoy it.

 

[TheELF]

There is some debate going on weather this will slow down your gaming,since some games might demand more or less work from more or less cores the on and off switching might slow things down a tiny bit.