In this video i will create a baseline report for your computer.
- Expand Performance Logs And Alerts.
- Right-click Counter Logs and select New Log Settings.
- In the New Log Settings dialog box, type Countermmddyy (replace mmddyy with the current month, date, and year) as the log name. The log file will be stored in the C:\PerfLogs folder by default. Click the OK button.
- In the General tab of the counter log’s Properties dialog box, click the Add button and add the following counters:
- Memory > Available Mbytes
- Memory > Pages/Sec
- Paging File > %Usage
- Processor > %Processor Time
- Processor > Interrupts/Sec
- PhysicalDisk > %Disk Time
- PhysicalDisk > Current Disk Queue Length
- Network Interface > Bytes Total/Sec
- TCPv4 > Segments/Sec
- Set the interval for sampling data to 5 seconds.
- Click the Log Files tab. Uncheck the End File Names With checkbox. This will prevent the filename from being appended with mmddhh (month/day/hour). Click the OK button to close the Properties dialog box and start the log file.
- To view your log file, open System Monitor. Click the Properties button on the toolbar. Click the Log Files radio button, then click Add.
- In the open file dialog box, select C:\PerfLogs\Countermmddyy and click the Open button.
- Add the counters from the log file you created to see the data that was collected in your log.