UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/60.0.3112.90 Safari/537.36

Steps to reproduce the problem:
1. Install google-chrome on debian 9 on thinkpad x1 v3
2. browse the web with multiple tabs open and possibly go to a page with autoplaying video (twitter)
3. Watch as process load gets as high as 40(!) and computer refuses to respond to input for minutes

What is the expected behavior?
Chrome should have reasonable process load per tab

What went wrong?
Chrome way overused cpu or processes and completely hung computer

Did this work before? N/A 

Chrome version: 59.0.3071.115  Channel: stable
OS Version: Debian 9.0
Flash Version: 

This happens pretty frequently, multiple times a day. Unfortunately it happens unpredictably, so I have no way to diagnose the root cause. Even with the chrome process manager open (shift+esc) the freezing of my computer prevents me from seeing what resources the effected tab is taking up (i.e. cpu v gpu) because once the computer unhangs it updates it's usage numbers showing it taking a normal amount of cpu/gpu.
It would be nice if there was a way to see historic resource usage.
Based on when this happens it typically involves the loading of video and large numbers of images. Additionally it seems slightly more common when I am using an external monitor in addition to the one on my laptop. This leads me to guess that it might be related to Chrome's gpu usage and interaction with graphics drivers, but I have no way to confirm.
I'm happy to take some steps to help identify the root cause if you can give me suggestions.