Summary
Keeping an eye on system resources can be vital, especially when experiencing glitches or slowdowns.
Task Manager also has a neat summary view that displays only the system resource usage boxes.
To switch to that viewing mode, right-click within Task Manager and selectSummary View.
Then the Task Manager window will shrink as shown below.
To check which programs consume the most resources, click theProcessestab.
It first appeared in Windows Vista and has since been a part of every subsequent Windows release.
Here’s how you’re free to check system resource consumption with Resource Monitor.
To do that, selectData Collector setsin Performance Monitor.
Right-clickUser Definedand selectNew>Data Collector.
Then you could set up the new data collector with the wizard that opens.
Information from data collection sets becomes available with reports.
it’s possible for you to view information from data collector sets youve run by clickingReportsin Performance Manager.
Then selectUser Definedto view your data reports.
It also lets you monitor minimum and maximum temperatures as well as fan speeds for various PC components.
Alternatives to OpenHardwareMonitor includeHWiNFO,Libre Hardware Monitor, andMSI Afterburner,which can also be used for overclocking.
Once done, you might identify what programs or background processes are hogging the most resources and close them.
And once they’re close, youll notice an improved system performance overall.
