diff --git a/cpu/cpu.go b/cpu/cpu.go
index 67b4fad..2aaf5a0 100644
--- a/cpu/cpu.go
+++ b/cpu/cpu.go
@@ -8,17 +8,17 @@ import (
 
 type CPUTimesStat struct {
 	CPU       string  `json:"cpu"`
-	User      float32 `json:"user"`
-	System    float32 `json:"system"`
-	Idle      float32 `json:"idle"`
-	Nice      float32 `json:"nice"`
-	Iowait    float32 `json:"iowait"`
-	Irq       float32 `json:"irq"`
-	Softirq   float32 `json:"softirq"`
-	Steal     float32 `json:"steal"`
-	Guest     float32 `json:"guest"`
-	GuestNice float32 `json:"guest_nice"`
-	Stolen    float32 `json:"stolen"`
+	User      float64 `json:"user"`
+	System    float64 `json:"system"`
+	Idle      float64 `json:"idle"`
+	Nice      float64 `json:"nice"`
+	Iowait    float64 `json:"iowait"`
+	Irq       float64 `json:"irq"`
+	Softirq   float64 `json:"softirq"`
+	Steal     float64 `json:"steal"`
+	Guest     float64 `json:"guest"`
+	GuestNice float64 `json:"guest_nice"`
+	Stolen    float64 `json:"stolen"`
 }
 
 type CPUInfoStat struct {
@@ -43,14 +43,14 @@ func CPUCounts(logical bool) (int, error) {
 var lastCPUTimes []CPUTimesStat
 var lastPerCPUTimes []CPUTimesStat
 
-func CPUPercent(interval time.Duration, percpu bool) ([]float32, error) {
-	getAllBusy := func(t CPUTimesStat) (float32, float32) {
+func CPUPercent(interval time.Duration, percpu bool) ([]float64, error) {
+	getAllBusy := func(t CPUTimesStat) (float64, float64) {
 		busy := t.User + t.System + t.Nice + t.Iowait + t.Irq +
 			t.Softirq + t.Steal + t.Guest + t.GuestNice + t.Stolen
 		return busy + t.Idle, busy
 	}
 
-	calculate := func(t1, t2 CPUTimesStat) float32 {
+	calculate := func(t1, t2 CPUTimesStat) float64 {
 		t1All, t1Busy := getAllBusy(t1)
 		t2All, t2Busy := getAllBusy(t2)
 
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ func CPUPercent(interval time.Duration, percpu bool) ([]float32, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	ret := make([]float32, len(cpuTimes))
+	ret := make([]float64, len(cpuTimes))
 	if !percpu {
 		ret[0] = calculate(lastCPUTimes[0], cpuTimes[0])
 		lastCPUTimes = cpuTimes
diff --git a/cpu/cpu_darwin.go b/cpu/cpu_darwin.go
index f40012e..b33ec98 100644
--- a/cpu/cpu_darwin.go
+++ b/cpu/cpu_darwin.go
@@ -46,23 +46,23 @@ func CPUTimes(percpu bool) ([]CPUTimesStat, error) {
 
 	for i := 0; i < ncpu; i++ {
 		offset := CPUStates * i
-		user, err := strconv.ParseFloat(cpuTimes[CPUser+offset], 32)
+		user, err := strconv.ParseFloat(cpuTimes[CPUser+offset], 64)
 		if err != nil {
 			return ret, err
 		}
-		nice, err := strconv.ParseFloat(cpuTimes[CPNice+offset], 32)
+		nice, err := strconv.ParseFloat(cpuTimes[CPNice+offset], 64)
 		if err != nil {
 			return ret, err
 		}
-		sys, err := strconv.ParseFloat(cpuTimes[CPSys+offset], 32)
+		sys, err := strconv.ParseFloat(cpuTimes[CPSys+offset], 64)
 		if err != nil {
 			return ret, err
 		}
-		idle, err := strconv.ParseFloat(cpuTimes[CPIdle+offset], 32)
+		idle, err := strconv.ParseFloat(cpuTimes[CPIdle+offset], 64)
 		if err != nil {
 			return ret, err
 		}
-		intr, err := strconv.ParseFloat(cpuTimes[CPIntr+offset], 32)
+		intr, err := strconv.ParseFloat(cpuTimes[CPIntr+offset], 64)
 		if err != nil {
 			return ret, err
 		}
diff --git a/cpu/cpu_freebsd.go b/cpu/cpu_freebsd.go
index 5ac4fc2..cd76723 100644
--- a/cpu/cpu_freebsd.go
+++ b/cpu/cpu_freebsd.go
@@ -46,23 +46,23 @@ func CPUTimes(percpu bool) ([]CPUTimesStat, error) {
 
 	for i := 0; i < ncpu; i++ {
 		offset := CPUStates * i
-		user, err := strconv.ParseFloat(cpuTimes[CPUser+offset], 32)
+		user, err := strconv.ParseFloat(cpuTimes[CPUser+offset], 64)
 		if err != nil {
 			return ret, err
 		}
-		nice, err := strconv.ParseFloat(cpuTimes[CPNice+offset], 32)
+		nice, err := strconv.ParseFloat(cpuTimes[CPNice+offset], 64)
 		if err != nil {
 			return ret, err
 		}
-		sys, err := strconv.ParseFloat(cpuTimes[CPSys+offset], 32)
+		sys, err := strconv.ParseFloat(cpuTimes[CPSys+offset], 64)
 		if err != nil {
 			return ret, err
 		}
-		idle, err := strconv.ParseFloat(cpuTimes[CPIdle+offset], 32)
+		idle, err := strconv.ParseFloat(cpuTimes[CPIdle+offset], 64)
 		if err != nil {
 			return ret, err
 		}
-		intr, err := strconv.ParseFloat(cpuTimes[CPIntr+offset], 32)
+		intr, err := strconv.ParseFloat(cpuTimes[CPIntr+offset], 64)
 		if err != nil {
 			return ret, err
 		}
diff --git a/cpu/cpu_linux.go b/cpu/cpu_linux.go
index aa1dd90..20a82a8 100644
--- a/cpu/cpu_linux.go
+++ b/cpu/cpu_linux.go
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func CPUInfo() ([]CPUInfoStat, error) {
 		switch key {
 		case "processor":
 			c = CPUInfoStat{}
-			t, err := strconv.ParseInt(value, 10, 32)
+			t, err := strconv.ParseInt(value, 10, 64)
 			if err != nil {
 				return ret, err
 			}
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ func CPUInfo() ([]CPUInfoStat, error) {
 		case "model name":
 			c.ModelName = value
 		case "stepping":
-			t, err := strconv.ParseInt(value, 10, 32)
+			t, err := strconv.ParseInt(value, 10, 64)
 			if err != nil {
 				return ret, err
 			}
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ func CPUInfo() ([]CPUInfoStat, error) {
 			}
 			c.Mhz = t
 		case "cache size":
-			t, err := strconv.ParseInt(strings.Replace(value, " KB", "", 1), 10, 32)
+			t, err := strconv.ParseInt(strings.Replace(value, " KB", "", 1), 10, 64)
 			if err != nil {
 				return ret, err
 			}
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ func CPUInfo() ([]CPUInfoStat, error) {
 		case "core id":
 			c.CoreID = value
 		case "cpu cores":
-			t, err := strconv.ParseInt(value, 10, 32)
+			t, err := strconv.ParseInt(value, 10, 64)
 			if err != nil {
 				return ret, err
 			}
@@ -122,71 +122,71 @@ func parseStatLine(line string) (*CPUTimesStat, error) {
 	if cpu == "cpu" {
 		cpu = "cpu-total"
 	}
-	user, err := strconv.ParseFloat(fields[1], 32)
+	user, err := strconv.ParseFloat(fields[1], 64)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	nice, err := strconv.ParseFloat(fields[2], 32)
+	nice, err := strconv.ParseFloat(fields[2], 64)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	system, err := strconv.ParseFloat(fields[3], 32)
+	system, err := strconv.ParseFloat(fields[3], 64)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	idle, err := strconv.ParseFloat(fields[4], 32)
+	idle, err := strconv.ParseFloat(fields[4], 64)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	iowait, err := strconv.ParseFloat(fields[5], 32)
+	iowait, err := strconv.ParseFloat(fields[5], 64)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	irq, err := strconv.ParseFloat(fields[6], 32)
+	irq, err := strconv.ParseFloat(fields[6], 64)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	softirq, err := strconv.ParseFloat(fields[7], 32)
+	softirq, err := strconv.ParseFloat(fields[7], 64)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	stolen, err := strconv.ParseFloat(fields[8], 32)
+	stolen, err := strconv.ParseFloat(fields[8], 64)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	cpu_tick := float32(100) // TODO: how to get _SC_CLK_TCK ?
+	cpu_tick := float64(100) // TODO: how to get _SC_CLK_TCK ?
 	ct := &CPUTimesStat{
 		CPU:     cpu,
-		User:    float32(user) / cpu_tick,
-		Nice:    float32(nice) / cpu_tick,
-		System:  float32(system) / cpu_tick,
-		Idle:    float32(idle) / cpu_tick,
-		Iowait:  float32(iowait) / cpu_tick,
-		Irq:     float32(irq) / cpu_tick,
-		Softirq: float32(softirq) / cpu_tick,
-		Stolen:  float32(stolen) / cpu_tick,
+		User:    float64(user) / cpu_tick,
+		Nice:    float64(nice) / cpu_tick,
+		System:  float64(system) / cpu_tick,
+		Idle:    float64(idle) / cpu_tick,
+		Iowait:  float64(iowait) / cpu_tick,
+		Irq:     float64(irq) / cpu_tick,
+		Softirq: float64(softirq) / cpu_tick,
+		Stolen:  float64(stolen) / cpu_tick,
 	}
 	if len(fields) > 9 { // Linux >= 2.6.11
-		steal, err := strconv.ParseFloat(fields[9], 32)
+		steal, err := strconv.ParseFloat(fields[9], 64)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		ct.Steal = float32(steal)
+		ct.Steal = float64(steal)
 	}
 	if len(fields) > 10 { // Linux >= 2.6.24
-		guest, err := strconv.ParseFloat(fields[10], 32)
+		guest, err := strconv.ParseFloat(fields[10], 64)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		ct.Guest = float32(guest)
+		ct.Guest = float64(guest)
 	}
 	if len(fields) > 11 { // Linux >= 3.2.0
-		guestNice, err := strconv.ParseFloat(fields[11], 32)
+		guestNice, err := strconv.ParseFloat(fields[11], 64)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		ct.GuestNice = float32(guestNice)
+		ct.GuestNice = float64(guestNice)
 	}
 
 	return ct, nil
diff --git a/cpu/cpu_test.go b/cpu/cpu_test.go
index 00345cf..c4b02cb 100644
--- a/cpu/cpu_test.go
+++ b/cpu/cpu_test.go
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func testCPUPercent(t *testing.T, percpu bool) {
 			t.Errorf("error %v", err)
 		}
 		for _, percent := range v {
-			if percent < 0.0 || percent > 100.0*float32(numcpu) {
+			if percent < 0.0 || percent > 100.0*float64(numcpu) {
 				t.Fatalf("CPUPercent value is invalid: %f", percent)
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/cpu/cpu_windows.go b/cpu/cpu_windows.go
index 3a14943..b2fa3a0 100644
--- a/cpu/cpu_windows.go
+++ b/cpu/cpu_windows.go
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ func CPUTimes(percpu bool) ([]CPUTimesStat, error) {
 	system := (kernel - idle)
 
 	ret = append(ret, CPUTimesStat{
-		Idle:   float32(idle),
-		User:   float32(user),
-		System: float32(system),
+		Idle:   float64(idle),
+		User:   float64(user),
+		System: float64(system),
 	})
 	return ret, nil
 }