Created attachment 4472 xfce4-cpugraph-plugin-better-border.patch Use better border sizes dependent on the panel size. Use 0px on very small panels, which look ugly anyway and where the only concern is to preserve as much space as possible. Use 1px on small panels to optimize for the use of space, while still trying to preserve a good look. Use 2px for bigger panel sizes. Looks pretty and does not waste space unnecessarily.
Fixed slightly differently in http://git.xfce.org/panel-plugins/xfce4-cpugraph-plugin/commit/?id=7a29f3435734fa83cc3b18eae52ca2a28c5b853c