Using the Performance Tab to Track System Performance

This is one of the more revealing views that the Task manager can give you. The Performance tab presents you with two graphic displays, one for CPU usage and another for memory usage, which display charts updated in a real-time mode so that you can see clearly what is happening on your system (see Figure 19.6).

Figure 19.6. The Performance tab gives you a graphical view of what is happening on your system.

Note

You can learn about using the Task Manager and other Windows tools to monitor performance in Chapter 22, “Performance Monitoring and Performance Logs and Alerts.”

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