Previous snapshot and minecraft 1.7.10 was 40 to 60 percent cpu with 1 or more users on (on average).
minecraft 1.8 prerelease 1 cpu's are maxed and getting flooded in log file.
[Server thread/WARN]: Can't keep up! Did the system time change, or is the server overloaded? Running 3209ms behind, skipping 64 tick(s)
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Duplicate of MC-44385