Finding Processor Bottlenecks

Use the following counters to monitor the performance of one or more processors on a computer that is running Windows 2000 Professional.

• Processor\ % Processor Time
• System\ % Total Processor Time
• System\ Processor Queue Length
  • Process\ % Privileged Time
  • Process\ % Processor Time
  • Process\ % User Time
  • Process\ Priority Base
  • Thread\ % Privileged Time
  • Thread\ % Processor Time
  • Thread\ % User Time
  • Thread\ Context Switches/sec
  • Thread\ Priority Base
  • Thread\ Priority Current
  • Thread\ Thread State

For more information about using these counters to test and tune processor performance, see "Analyzing Processor Activity" in the Server Operations Guide.

For details about performance monitoring for multiprocessor computers, see "Finding Bottlenecks on Multiprocessor Computers" and "Measuring Multiprocessor System Performance" in the Server Operations Guide.

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