Identify Resource Usage in Resource View
Applies To: Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista
Four scrolling graphs in the Resource Overview pane display the real-time usage of CPU, Disk, Network, and Memory on the local computer. Four expandable sections below the graphs contain process-level detail about each resource. Click the resource labels to see more information, or click a graph to expand its corresponding details.
Sort columns by value |
Click the column header label to sort in ascending order. Click the column header label a second time to sort in descending order. |
Highlight an application instance |
Click anywhere in the application instance's row to keep highlighting when the application instance's position in the display changes. |
The detail tables contain the following information.
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CPU |
The CPU label displays the total percentage of CPU capacity currently in use in green, and the CPU Maximum Frequency in blue.
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The application using CPU resources. |
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The process ID of the application instance. |
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The name of the application. |
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The number of threads currently active from the application instance. |
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The CPU cycles currently active from the application instance. |
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The average CPU load over the last 60 seconds resulting from the application instance, expressed as a percentage of the CPU's total capacity. |
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Disk |
The Disk label displays the total current I/O in green, and the highest active time percentage in blue. |
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The application using Disk resources. |
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The process ID of the application instance. |
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The file being read and/or written by the application instance. |
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The current speed (in Bytes/min.) at which data is being read from the file by the application instance. |
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The current speed (in Bytes/min.) at which data is being written to the file by the application. |
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The priority of the IO task for the application. |
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The response time in milliseconds for the disk activity. |
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Network |
The Network label displays the current total network traffic (in Kbps) in green and the percentage of network capacity in use in blue. |
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The application using Network resources. |
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The process ID of the application instance. |
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The network address with which the local computer is exchanging information. This may be expressed as a computer name, as an IP address, or as a fully qualified domain name (FQDN). |
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The amount of data (in Bytes/min.) the application instance is currently sending from the local computer to the address. |
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The amount of data (in Bytes/min.) the application instance is currently receiving from the address. |
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The total bandwidth (in Bytes/min.) currently being sent and received by the application instance. |
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Memory |
The Memory label displays the current Hard Faults per second in green and the percentage of physical memory currently in use in blue. |
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The application using Memory resources. |
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The process ID of the application instance. |
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The number of hard faults per minute currently resulting from the application instance.
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The number of kilobytes currently resident in memory for the application instance. |
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The number of kilobytes of the application instance's working set that may be available for other applications to use. |
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The number of kilobytes of the application instance's working set that is dedicated to the process. |
Membership in the local Administrators group, or equivalent, is required to use Resource View.
To start Resource View, click Start, click in the Start Search box, type perfmon, and press ENTER.
If Resource View does not display real-time data when Windows Reliability and Performance Monitor starts, click the green Start button in the toolbar.
If you are prompted with the following message, select Take control of the session.
The Windows Kernel Trace provider is already in use by another trace session. Taking control of it may cause the current owner to stop functioning properly.
If access is denied, you are running Windows Reliability and Performance Monitor with insufficient credentials. Log on or run the program as a member of the Administrators group.