diff --git a/FabricObserver.Extensibility/ObserverBase.cs b/FabricObserver.Extensibility/ObserverBase.cs
index ebdb529c..d6e5fb6e 100644
--- a/FabricObserver.Extensibility/ObserverBase.cs
+++ b/FabricObserver.Extensibility/ObserverBase.cs
@@ -320,12 +320,12 @@ namespace FabricObserver.Observers
 
         public TimeSpan CpuMonitorDuration
         {
-            get => ConfigurationSettings?.CpuMonitorDuration ?? TimeSpan.FromSeconds(4);
+            get => ConfigurationSettings?.CpuMonitorDuration ?? TimeSpan.FromSeconds(3);
             set
             {
                 if (ConfigurationSettings != null)
                 {
-                    ConfigurationSettings.CpuMonitorDuration = value >= TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1) ? value : TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1);
+                    ConfigurationSettings.CpuMonitorDuration = value;
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/FabricObserver/Observers/AppObserver.cs b/FabricObserver/Observers/AppObserver.cs
index 78c349b4..35fe0d72 100644
--- a/FabricObserver/Observers/AppObserver.cs
+++ b/FabricObserver/Observers/AppObserver.cs
@@ -3130,44 +3130,8 @@ namespace FabricObserver.Observers
 
                 // CPU \\
 
-                ICpuUsage cpuUsage;
-
-                if (IsWindows)
-                {
-                    cpuUsage = new CpuUsageWin32();
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    cpuUsage = new CpuUsageProcess();
-                }
-
-                Stopwatch timer = Stopwatch.StartNew();
                 SafeProcessHandle procHandle = null;
-
-                // CpuMonitorDuration can't be set to greater than 10s.
-                TimeSpan monitorDuration = CpuMonitorDuration <= TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10) ? CpuMonitorDuration : TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10);
-
-                // CpuMonitorLoopSleepDuration can't be set to less than 500 milliseconds.
-                TimeSpan monitorLoopSleepTime = CpuMonitorLoopSleepDuration;
-
-                // At least one value is needed to compute CPU Time % (in fact, more than one is best on Windows). If the user misconfigures sleep time to be greater than monitor duration,
-                // then we'll just set it to 1000 ms.
-                if (monitorLoopSleepTime > monitorDuration)
-                {
-                    monitorLoopSleepTime = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(1000);
-                }
-
-                // Limit high potential CPU usage by FO by limiting the duration of the CPU monitoring loop.
-                if (EnableConcurrentMonitoring)
-                {
-                    if (monitorDuration >= TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5))
-                    {
-                        monitorDuration = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5);
-
-                        // Always force 1s sleep time for concurrent monitoring when duration is >= 5s.
-                        monitorLoopSleepTime = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1000);
-                    }
-                }
+                ICpuUsage cpuUsage;
 
                 if (IsWindows)
                 {
@@ -3177,14 +3141,47 @@ namespace FabricObserver.Observers
                     {
                         return;
                     }
+
+                    cpuUsage = new CpuUsageWin32();
                 }
+                else
+                {
+                    cpuUsage = new CpuUsageProcess();
+                }
+
+                // CpuMonitorDuration can't be set to greater than 10s.
+                TimeSpan cpuMonitorDuration = CpuMonitorDuration <= TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10) ? CpuMonitorDuration : TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10);
+
+                // CpuMonitorLoopSleepDuration can't be set to less than 500 milliseconds.
+                TimeSpan cpuMonitorLoopSleepTime = CpuMonitorLoopSleepDuration;
+
+                // At least one value is needed to compute CPU Time % (in fact, more than one is best on Windows). If the user misconfigures sleep time to be greater than monitor duration,
+                // then we'll just set it to 1000 ms.
+                if (cpuMonitorLoopSleepTime > cpuMonitorDuration)
+                {
+                    cpuMonitorLoopSleepTime = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(1000);
+                }
+
+                // Limit potential for high CPU usage by throttling max duration when monitoring CPU usage with multiple threads.
+                if (EnableConcurrentMonitoring)
+                {
+                    if (cpuMonitorDuration >= TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5))
+                    {
+                        cpuMonitorDuration = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5);
+
+                        // Always force 1s sleep time for concurrent monitoring when duration is >= 5s.
+                        cpuMonitorLoopSleepTime = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1000);
+                    }
+                }
+
+                Stopwatch timer = Stopwatch.StartNew();
 
                 try
                 {
 #if DEBUG
                     ObserverLogger.LogInfo($"ComputeResourceUsage: Entering CPU monitor while loop. MonitorDuration = {CpuMonitorDuration}. CpuMonitorLoopSleepDuration = {CpuMonitorLoopSleepDuration}.");
 #endif
-                    while (timer.Elapsed <= monitorDuration)
+                    while (timer.Elapsed <= cpuMonitorDuration)
                     {
                         if (token.IsCancellationRequested)
                         {
@@ -3250,7 +3247,7 @@ namespace FabricObserver.Observers
                             }
                         }
 
-                        Thread.Sleep(monitorLoopSleepTime);
+                        Thread.Sleep(cpuMonitorLoopSleepTime);
                     }
 #if DEBUG
                     ObserverLogger.LogInfo($"ComputeResourceUsage: Exiting CPU monitoring while loop. Ran for {timer.Elapsed}.");
diff --git a/FabricObserver/Observers/FabricSystemObserver.cs b/FabricObserver/Observers/FabricSystemObserver.cs
index 2f6b7d48..cdb4ec44 100644
--- a/FabricObserver/Observers/FabricSystemObserver.cs
+++ b/FabricObserver/Observers/FabricSystemObserver.cs
@@ -1043,6 +1043,7 @@ namespace FabricObserver.Observers
                     if (IsWindows)
                     {
                         cpuUsage = new CpuUsageWin32();
+                        procHandle = NativeMethods.GetSafeProcessHandle(procId);
                     }
                     else
                     {
@@ -1050,23 +1051,18 @@ namespace FabricObserver.Observers
                     }
 
                     Stopwatch timer = Stopwatch.StartNew();
-                    TimeSpan monitorDuration = CpuMonitorDuration;
-                    TimeSpan monitorLoopSleepTime = CpuMonitorLoopSleepDuration;
+                    TimeSpan cpuMonitorDuration = CpuMonitorDuration;
+                    TimeSpan cpuMonitorLoopSleepTime = CpuMonitorLoopSleepDuration;
 
                     // At least one value is needed to compute CPU Time % (in fact, more than one is best on Windows). If the user misconfigures sleep time to be greater than monitor duration,
                     // then we'll just set it to 1000 ms.
-                    if (monitorLoopSleepTime > monitorDuration)
+                    if (cpuMonitorLoopSleepTime > cpuMonitorDuration)
                     {
                         // CpuMonitorDuration can't be set to less than 1 second.
-                        monitorLoopSleepTime = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(1000);
+                        cpuMonitorLoopSleepTime = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(1000);
                     }
 
-                    if (IsWindows)
-                    {
-                        procHandle = NativeMethods.GetSafeProcessHandle(procId);
-                    }
-
-                    while (timer.Elapsed <= monitorDuration)
+                    while (timer.Elapsed <= cpuMonitorDuration)
                     {
                         token.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
 
@@ -1083,7 +1079,7 @@ namespace FabricObserver.Observers
                                 }
                             }
 
-                            await Task.Delay(monitorLoopSleepTime, token);
+                            await Task.Delay(cpuMonitorLoopSleepTime, token);
                         }
                         catch (Exception e) when (e is not (OperationCanceledException or TaskCanceledException))
                         {