Lets say I wanted to make a highly detailed graph of a 3D function. Generally I use something like Plot3D[(x^2 + y^2)*Sin[1/Sqrt[x^2 + y^2]], {x, -1/8, 1/8}, {y, -1/8, 1/8}, PlotPoints -> {800, 800}] That literally takes about 2 minutes to evaluate. Looking at the task manager I see that *Mathematica* does not use as much processing power as it could: [![enter image description here][1]][1] [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/GejAS.jpg So actually there is no need to make it faster but I wonder if its possible to use mroe processing power.