Resource Monitor

{{About|the Microsoft Windows utility|the generic software component|System monitor}}

{{Infobox software

| name = Resource Monitor

| logo = Resource Monitor Win7.png

| logo_size = x64px

| screenshot = Resource Monitor.png

| screenshot_size = 300px

| caption = Resource Monitor running under Windows 11

| developer = Microsoft

| released = {{Start date and age|2007|01|30}}

| operating system = Microsoft Windows

| platform = IA-32, x86-64 and ARM

| genre = System resources utility

| license = Proprietary commercial software

}}

Resource Monitor, a utility in Windows Vista and later, displays information about the use of hardware (CPU, memory, disk, and network) and software (file handles and modules) resources in real time.

{{cite book

| last1 = Tulloch

| first1 = Mitch

| last2 = Northrup

| first2 = Tony

| author-link2 = Tony Northrup

| last3 = Honeycutt

| first3 = Jerry

| last4 = Wilson

| first4 = Ed

| title = Windows 7 Resource Kit

| date = October 7, 2009

| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Q5xCAwAAQBAJ

| publisher = Pearson Education

| publication-date = 2009

| isbn = 9780735642775

| access-date = June 3, 2014

| quote = The Resource Overview screen of the Reliability and Performance Monitor Control Panel item in Windows Vista has become a separate tool in Windows 7 called Resource Monitor [...].

}}

Users can launch Resource Monitor by executing resmon.exe (perfmon.exe in Windows Vista).

The Vista and later Resource Monitor heavily leverages the Event Tracing for Windows (ETW) facilities introduced in Windows 7;

{{cite web|url=http://blogs.technet.com/b/michw/archive/2013/11/04/getting-started-with-performance-tracing-part-1-event-tracing-for-windows-demystified.aspx|title=Getting Started with Performance Tracing Part 1 Event Tracing for Windows Demystified|work=TechNet|publisher=Microsoft|date=November 4, 2013|first=Michael|last=Waterman|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131218150441/http://blogs.technet.com/b/michw/archive/2013/11/04/getting-started-with-performance-tracing-part-1-event-tracing-for-windows-demystified.aspx|archive-date=December 18, 2013}}

the counter setup (event tracing session) used by the Resource Monitor can provide logging as well.

{{cite web|url=https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/archive/blogs/yongrhee/how-to-pull-the-information-that-resource-monitor-resmon-exe-provides|title=How to pull the information that Resource Monitor (ResMon.exe) provides?|work=TechNet|publisher=Microsoft|date=January 4, 2011}}

Features

The Resource Monitor window includes five tabs:{{cite web|url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/241677/how_to_use_resource_monitor.html|title=How to Use Resource Monitor|date=October 14, 2011|first=Justin|last=Phelps|work=PC World|publisher=IDG}}

Overview
CPU

::displays column lists of Processes, Services, Associated Handles and Associated Modules; charts of CPU Usage (separate for every core)

Memory

::displays overall Physical Memory consumption and separate consumption of every Process; charts of Used Physical Memory, Commit Charge and Hard Faults/sec

Disk

::displays Processes with Disk Activity and Storage; charts of Disk Usage (KB/sec) and Disk Queue Length

Network

::displays Processes with Network Activity, TCP Connections and Listening Ports; charts of Network Usage (separate for every adapter) and TCP Connections

Ways to start the application

Choose Start→Type to search "Resource Monitor".
Start Windows Task Manager→select Performance tab→Click the "Open Resource Monitor" link at the lower left corner.
Choose Start→All Programs→Accessories→System Tools→Resource Monitor.
%windir%\system32\perfmon.exe /res
%windir%\system32\resmon.exe

References

Category:Windows components

Resource Monitor

Features

Ways to start the application

See also

References