The performance monitor and resource monitor that comes with Windows systems can effectively help users monitor system performance and resource usage. This article will explore the similarities and differences between these two tools in depth.

Both the performance monitor and the resource monitor can monitor the use of computer resources such as CPU, memory, disk, etc. But there are some key differences between them:

What is a performance monitor?

Performance Monitor (also known as System Monitor) is a system monitoring program that comes with Windows systems, which is used to monitor various system activities, such as CPU or memory usage. By measuring the performance of hardware components, software services, or applications, you can help identify the root cause of computer problems. Both Windows 11 and 10 include performance monitors.

How to turn on the Performance Monitor?

Press Windows R , enter perfmon.exe in the Run dialog box, and press Enter to open the Performance Monitor.

What is a resource monitor?

Resource Monitor is also a system resource utility in Microsoft Windows systems. It can monitor and display usage information of a variety of computer hardware and software resources, including CPU, disk, memory, and network. The Resource Monitor application contains five tabs: Overview, CPU, Memory, Disk, and Network.

How to open Resource Monitor?

Press Windows R , enter resmon.exe , and then press Enter to quickly start Resource Monitor.

Performance Monitor and Resource Monitor: Difference

1. Monitoring granularity: Performance monitors provide an overall overview of CPU, disk, network, and memory usage; while resource monitors allow you to check counters for specific system processes and services, providing more meticulous monitoring.

2. Information type: Performance monitor helps access and report information on various computer resources. Users can use these reports to identify resource problems and try to solve them; Resource monitor focuses on monitoring CPU, memory, disk and network usage to help identify CPU or memory usage exceptions.

3. Functional Difference: Resource Monitor can check resource usage of various applications, and can also stop processes, start and stop services, analyze process deadlocks, view thread waiting chains, and identify processes that lock files. Resource Monitor provides more detailed real-time information than performance monitors.

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