diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index fc42cc4..77db37f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "btest-rs"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "bytes",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 312ab4c..f81188a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "btest-rs"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 edition = "2021"
 description = "MikroTik Bandwidth Test (btest) server and client with EC-SRP5 auth — a Rust reimplementation"
 license = "MIT AND Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 010a108..0ec8bc8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ A Rust reimplementation of the [MikroTik Bandwidth Test (btest)](https://wiki.mi
 - **Bidirectional testing** -- simultaneous upload and download
 - **Syslog logging** -- send structured events (auth, test start/end) to a remote syslog server
 - **CSV output** -- append machine-readable test results to a CSV file
+- **CPU usage monitoring** -- local and remote CPU shown per interval, warning at >70%
 - **Timed tests** -- `--duration` flag to automatically stop after N seconds
 - **Quiet mode** -- suppress terminal output for scripted/automated use
 - **NAT traversal** -- probe packet to open firewall holes for UDP receive
diff --git a/docs/architecture.md b/docs/architecture.md
index 467be25..eab4c40 100644
--- a/docs/architecture.md
+++ b/docs/architecture.md
@@ -219,6 +219,14 @@ IPv6 requires special handling on macOS:
 - NDP probe packet sent before data blast to populate neighbor cache
 - Adaptive backoff on ENOBUFS (200μs→10ms, resets on success)
 
+### 11. CPU usage monitoring
+
+A background OS thread samples system CPU every 1 second via:
+- **macOS:** `host_statistics(HOST_CPU_LOAD_INFO)` — returns user/system/idle/nice ticks
+- **Linux:** `/proc/stat` — reads aggregate CPU line
+
+The percentage is stored in a global `AtomicU8` and included in every status message at byte 1 using MikroTik's encoding: `0x80 | percentage`. On receive, the remote CPU is decoded with `byte & 0x7F` and capped at 100%. Both local and remote CPU are displayed per interval and logged to CSV/syslog.
+
 ## File Layout
 
 ```
@@ -232,6 +240,7 @@ btest-rs/
 │   ├── server.rs            # Server mode: listener, TCP/UDP handlers
 │   ├── client.rs            # Client mode: connector, TCP/UDP handlers
 │   ├── bandwidth.rs         # Rate limiting, formatting, shared state
+│   ├── cpu.rs               # CPU usage sampler (macOS + Linux)
 │   ├── csv_output.rs        # CSV result logging (append-mode, auto-header)
 │   └── syslog_logger.rs     # Remote syslog sender (RFC 3164 / BSD format)
 ├── tests/
diff --git a/docs/man/btest.1 b/docs/man/btest.1
index 065997f..403963f 100644
--- a/docs/man/btest.1
+++ b/docs/man/btest.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" btest-rs manual page
-.\" Generated for btest-rs v0.5.0
+.\" Generated for btest-rs v0.6.0
 .TH BTEST 1 "2026-03-31" "btest-rs 0.5.0" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 btest \- MikroTik Bandwidth Test server and client
diff --git a/docs/user-guide.md b/docs/user-guide.md
index de3837e..da8351a 100644
--- a/docs/user-guide.md
+++ b/docs/user-guide.md
@@ -235,10 +235,11 @@ btest -c 192.168.88.1 -r -P 3000
 ## Reading the Output
 
 ```
-[   1]  TX  264.50 Mbps (33062912 bytes)
-[   2]  TX  263.98 Mbps (32997376 bytes)
-[   2]  RX  263.98 Mbps (32997012 bytes)
-[   3]  RX  430.51 Mbps (53813376 bytes)  lost: 5
+[   1]  TX  264.50 Mbps (33062912 bytes)  cpu: 12%/0%
+[   2]  TX  263.98 Mbps (32997376 bytes)  cpu: 15%/33%
+[   2]  RX  263.98 Mbps (32997012 bytes)  cpu: 15%/33%
+[   3]  RX  430.51 Mbps (53813376 bytes)  lost: 5  cpu: 18%/45%
+[   4]  RX  450.00 Mbps (56250000 bytes)  cpu: 72%/85% !
 ```
 
 | Field | Meaning |
@@ -249,6 +250,8 @@ btest -c 192.168.88.1 -r -P 3000
 | `Mbps` | Megabits per second |
 | `bytes` | Raw bytes transferred in this interval |
 | `lost: N` | UDP packets lost in this interval (UDP mode only) |
+| `cpu: L%/R%` | Local CPU / Remote CPU usage percentage |
+| `!` | Warning: CPU usage exceeds 70% on either side |
 
 ## Complete CLI Reference