• What exactly are you looking for?

    The CPU usage by SQL server in general or the CPU usage for a query?

    You can find some information about the general CPU usage in sys.dm_os_ring_buffers. But be aware that you only get info about the last 4 hours or so.

    Here's an example.

    DECLARE @ts_now BIGINT

    SELECT @ts_now = cpu_ticks / CONVERT(FLOAT, cpu_ticks_in_ms) FROM sys.dm_os_sys_info

    SELECT record_id,

    DATEADD(ms, -1 * (@ts_now - [timestamp]), GETDATE()) AS EventTime,

    SQLProcessUtilization,

    SystemIdle,

    100 - SystemIdle - SQLProcessUtilization AS OtherProcessUtilization

    FROM (

    SELECT

    record.value('(./Record/@id)[1]', 'int') AS record_id,

    record.value('(./Record/SchedulerMonitorEvent/SystemHealth/SystemIdle)[1]', 'int') AS SystemIdle,

    record.value('(./Record/SchedulerMonitorEvent/SystemHealth/ProcessUtilization)[1]', 'int') AS SQLProcessUtilization,

    TIMESTAMP

    FROM (

    SELECT TIMESTAMP, CONVERT(XML, record) AS record

    FROM sys.dm_os_ring_buffers

    WHERE ring_buffer_type = N'RING_BUFFER_SCHEDULER_MONITOR'

    AND record LIKE '% %') AS x

    ) AS y

    ORDER BY record_id DESC

    For CPU usage by query you can query sys.dm_exec_query_stats. But again you will only get info about query plans which are in cache.

    SELECT TOP 10 (total_worker_time * 1.0) / 1000000 AS CPU_Utilized_in_Seconds, text,*

    FROM sys.dm_exec_query_stats

    CROSS APPLY sys.dm_exec_sql_text(sql_handle)

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