Resource Monitor icon
Resource Monitor icon

Resource Monitor

Resource Monitor is a system application in Microsoft Windows operating systems. It is used to view information about the use of hardware (CPU, memory, disk, and network) and software (file handles and modules) resources in real time.

Resource Monitor screenshot 1

Cost / License

  • Free
  • Proprietary

Application type

Platforms

  • Windows  Built into Windows since Vista
Resource Monitor screenshot 1
Resource Monitor screenshot 2
+2
Resource Monitor screenshot 3
Alternatives  
-
No reviews
20likes
0comments
50alternatives
0news articles

Features

Suggest and vote on features
  1.  Performance Monitoring
  2.  Hardware Monitoring

Resource Monitor News & Activities

Highlights All activities

Recent activities

Show all activities

Resource Monitor information

  • Developed by

    US flagMicrosoft

  • Licensing

    Proprietary and Free product.

  • Alternatives

    50 alternatives listed

  • Supported Languages

    • English
Resource Monitor was added to AlternativeTo by DaveAndersen on and this page was last updated . Resource Monitor is sometimes referred to as resmon. 
No comments or reviews, maybe you want to be first?
Post comment/review

Featured in Lists

win32

Native and default shell (no cygwin, msys2 or WSL)

List by lunolas with 47 apps, updated

What is Resource Monitor?

Resource Monitor is a system application in Microsoft Windows operating systems. It is used to view information about the use of hardware (CPU, memory, disk, and network) and software (file handles and modules) resources in real time. Resource Monitor is available in Windows Vista and onwards only (In Windows Vista, it is known as Reliability and Performance Monitor). Resource Monitor can be launched by executing resmon.exe (perfmon.exe in Windows Vista). It was also on Windows 95, 95 OSR, 95 OSR2, 98, 98SE, ME, and NT.

Features

The Resource Monitor window includes five tabs:

Overview displays basic system resource usage information

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, Disk Activity and Storage; charts of Disk Usage (KB/sec) and Disk Queue Length

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

Official Links