How do I get sponge to consume less CPU?

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spongevanilla1.12.2
My server is often shut down because of CPU overload, I have been ruled out as a sponge problem, when the player enter the server CPU will be 100%, and this will often last for a while.
The CPU has been 40~50% for only one player. Is there something I need to configure to mitigate this? And the number of creatures on my server may be a little more, how to reduce it?

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Can you tell us what your server specs are?
If your using a hosting company, what company/plan?

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A small server of about 20 players, renting a server.

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Plugin list / timings please