Reliability and Performance Monitor

[Guest Mike]

I don't know so be easy with me. I have Vista Home Premium

In the Administrative tools of the start menu it has Reliability and

Performance monitor, in there it has resource overview. In the CPU section

it has 2 levels, I guess that one is the amount of CPU that is being used at

that time. My question is what is the Maximum Frequency. Mine is ALWAYS at

100%. I have and Intel E8400 Duo Core 2 processor 1333Mhz, 3.0 Ghz.

Thanks in advance

Mike

[Guest mikeyhsd]

Re: Reliability and Performance Monitor

 

might be caused by your choice of power options plan.

 

if not using balanced or power save mode.

 

 

 

mikeyhsd@sprintpcs.com

 

 

 

"Mike" <Dayb4@charter.net> wrote in message news:B4998B4C-3202-42F4-B5B8-7889E9E06503@microsoft.com...

I don't know so be easy with me. I have Vista Home Premium

In the Administrative tools of the start menu it has Reliability and

Performance monitor, in there it has resource overview. In the CPU section

it has 2 levels, I guess that one is the amount of CPU that is being used at

that time. My question is what is the Maximum Frequency. Mine is ALWAYS at

100%. I have and Intel E8400 Duo Core 2 processor 1333Mhz, 3.0 Ghz.

Thanks in advance

Mike

[Guest Charlie Russel - MVP]

Re: Reliability and Performance Monitor

 

This means that your CPU is running at it's fastest speed. Modern CPUs can

be "throttled" to run slower and cooler when there's not much going on, or

when you're trying to save power (such as on a laptop). If you set your

Power options to Balanced or Power Saver, your CPU frequency will be

reduced. But if you choose High Performance, your CPU will always run at its

maximum frequency. That's not, in and of itself, a problem. Most desktops

are set to high performance, and I run my laptop on high performance when

I'm plugged in. But when I'm on battery, I set it for Power Saver and live

with slightly lower performance in order to maximize my battery life.

 

If your CPU is virtually always running at a low utilization, but at full

frequency, you might be able to change to Balanced or Power Saver without

noticing a significant performance degradation. And you will use less power.

 

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Charlie.

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"Mike" <Dayb4@charter.net> wrote in message

news:B4998B4C-3202-42F4-B5B8-7889E9E06503@microsoft.com...

>I don't know so be easy with me. I have Vista Home Premium

> In the Administrative tools of the start menu it has Reliability and

> Performance monitor, in there it has resource overview. In the CPU section

> it has 2 levels, I guess that one is the amount of CPU that is being used

> at that time. My question is what is the Maximum Frequency. Mine is ALWAYS

> at 100%. I have and Intel E8400 Duo Core 2 processor 1333Mhz, 3.0 Ghz.

> Thanks in advance

> Mike