You can view the Performance and Processes tab in the Task Manager for system information. The Performance tab in the Task Manager provides an overview of CPU usage and total memory used. Use the Performance Monitor to view more detailed information.

The following table describes the system information that you can use in the Windows Performance Monitor to create a chart:

Property	Description
Percent processor time	If you have more than one CPU, monitor each CPU for percent processor time.
Pages/second	If pages/second is greater than five, you may have excessive memory pressure known as thrashing.
Physical disks percent time	The percent of time that the physical disk is busy performing read or write requests.
Physical disks queue length	The number of users waiting for access to the same disk device.
Server total bytes per second	The server has sent to and received from the network.