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System Monitor II overview

Version 31.5 released at 02/29/2024

System Monitor II is a valuable tool for users seeking an efficient and lightweight system monitoring solution for their Windows 11 and Windows 10 systems. It offers a seamless and non-intrusive way to keep track of your system’s performance without the overhead of resource-intensive programs like Aida64.

This gadget goes beyond basic system monitoring, offering in-depth insights into your system’s memory usage. It provides information on the total memory used and available for various memory types, including RAM and the page file. The gadget also goes a step further by revealing vital details about your processor, such as its model, clock frequency, and the individual loads of processor cores or threads. This feature is particularly useful for those who need to monitor and optimize their system’s CPU performance. You can even customize the display to combine and view these metrics in a comprehensive manner.

System Monitor II is a versatile application, designed to accommodate the needs of a wide range of users. It’s capable of supporting up to 64 cores and multi-CPU systems, ensuring that it meets the demands of both casual and power users. If you’ve installed CoreTemp, you can take advantage of temperature readings for each core and real-time data on your CPU’s power consumption, enhancing your system monitoring capabilities.

Moreover, the gadget provides user-friendly buttons on its main frame, simplifying essential PC controls like shutdown, standby, restart, log off, and more. These options offer convenient ways to manage your computer’s state and power settings. If you want to optimize your power usage further, you can also quickly adjust your computer’s power scheme by selecting the appropriate abbreviation or number.

In addition to these features, System Monitor II grants users extensive customization options. You can tailor the gadget’s interface to your preferences by modifying the color schemes, backgrounds, and graph details. If you have multiple processors, you have the flexibility to select which characteristics you want to monitor and easily switch between them using your mouse’s scroll wheel. These customization features allow you to create a monitoring experience that suits your specific needs and preferences.

One more advantage of System Monitor II is its compatibility with both 32-bit and 64-bit systems. This ensures that users with different system configurations can enjoy the benefits of this powerful and flexible monitoring tool, making it a valuable addition to any Windows-based computer.

System Monitor II features explained:

System Monitor II gadget

Special features

  1. Hover the mouse over a core’s bar to display the minimum and maximum core temperatures.
  2. Hover your mouse over any RAM, PageFile, or All elements (excluding the graph) to view the maximum appropriate value usage.
  3. Click on the CPU vendor icon ( Intel CPU/ AMD CPU/ VIA CPU) or gadget’s title to open a flyout displaying the Windows Experience Index (WEI). Click again to close the flyout window.
  4. Use the mouse wheel (Wheel) to switch between CPUs and their respective settings in a multi-CPU system. Remember to click on the gadget’s body before using the wheel.
  5. Double-click on the background to open the Task Manager or Resource Monitor.
  6. In the flyout window, you can run Performance Information and Tools on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10. On Windows 8.1 and above, you can use WinSAT to obtain the Windows Experience Index (WEI). For more details, refer to the guide on how to Get Windows Experience Index (WEI) score in Windows 11/10/8.1.
  7. Click on the Processor Queue Length string to view more details about it.
  8. Click on the HT string to display more details about it.
  9. Special PC Control panel.
  10. There are two methods for representing memory usage percentage styles: overall usage and usage of physical memory.
  11. Working with Core Parking from settings.

Usage of physical memory explanation

This metric represents the amount of total memory in use, also referred to as committed memory, in relation to the total amount of available RAM on the system. Total memory in use includes both what resides in the physical RAM and what has been swapped to the pagefile.sys paging file, also known as the swap. The total amount of RAM on the system can either be the physical RAM memory installed on a physical machine or the total memory allocated to a virtual guest host machine on the physical machine, which may be hosting multiple virtual machines.

This percentage of total memory in use, or committed memory, compared to the total available RAM memory is crucial for assessing system performance. When the committed memory level exceeds the total RAM memory level, overall performance is significantly impacted. This is because the operating system is forced to continuously swap data between the faster physical RAM and the slower swap file (pagefile.sys). If the total memory consistently exceeds 100%, it indicates that more RAM should be added, whether by purchasing, installing on a physical machine, or allocating for a virtual machine. If the physical machine has already reached its maximum RAM capacity and the total memory percentage frequently exceeds 100%, it may be time to consider acquiring a new machine that better suits your computing needs

Explanation of additional physical memory

Modified memory represents the amount of physical memory, measured in bytes, that is allocated to the modified page list. This memory stores cached data and code that is not actively in use by processes, the system, or the system cache. Before it can be allocated to a process or used by the system, this memory must be written out.

Standby memory, also measured in bytes, is divided into the core standby cache page lists, normal priority standby cache page lists, and reserve standby cache page lists. Like modified memory, standby memory contains cached data and code that is not currently in use by processes, the system, or the system cache. However, it differs in that it is immediately available for allocation to a process or for system use. In cases where the system exhausts available free and zero memory, memory from lower-priority standby cache page lists will be repurposed before memory from higher-priority standby cache page lists.

Free memory is calculated by subtracting standby memory from available memory.

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Additional memory explanation

Show changelog

Version 31.5 - Changed sorting cores function. Revised and streamlined HTML. (Released at 02/29/2024).

Version 31.4 - Overhauled and decreased HTML. Fixed overlap in some cases. (Released at 12/25/2023).

Version 31.3 - Added the ability to display CPU clock in GHz. Overhauled and decreased HTML. (Released at 10/13/2023).

Version 31.2 - Update Romanian translation by Tudor Sprinceana. (Released at 08/18/2023).

Version 31.1 - Fixed bugs. (Released at 06/25/2023).

Version 31.0 - Improved sorting cores function. Cosmetic changes. (Released at 05/23/2023).

Version 30.9 - Fixed bugs. (Released at 04/11/2023).

Version 30.8 - Added information about Simultaneous Multithreading for AMD CPUs. Updated Frrench translation. (Released at 04/09/2023).

Version 30.7 - Added support shows temperature for 12th Gen Intel CPUs (with P and E cores). New setting added (#3 settings tab). Fixed bug with text overlap in All CPU Meter style. Updated Turkish translation by Burak Yavuz. (Released at 03/08/2023).

Version 30.6 - Overhauled and decreased HTML. Cosmetic changes. (Released at 02/11/2023).

Version 30.5 - Improved code. (Released at 10/21/2022).

Version 30.4 - Updated translations. (Released at 09/30/2022).

Version 30.3 - Fixed bug with wrong display parking “P” sign in some cases. (Released at 09/09/2022).

Version 30.2 - Improved working with min/max cores temperstures. New setting (#4 tab) added. (Released at 07/01/2022).

Version 30.1 - Possible fixed bug with negative value in free memory. (Released at 05/28/2022).

Version 30.0 - Fixed bug with wrong output PC control buttons. Updated Dutch and French translations. (Released at 05/09/2022).

Version 29.9 - Changed to calculate actual uptime value algorithm. Changed show PC controls icons procedure. Updated Italian, Japenese and French translations. (Released at 04/23/2022).

Version 29.8 - Added information about additional memory on the main gadget’s body. (Released at 04/08/2022).

Version 29.7 - Cosmetic changes. (Released at 03/15/2022).

Version 29.6 - Updated Italian translation by Roberto Boriotti. (Released at 11/08/2021).

Version 29.5 - Updated French translation by LogoLargo. (Released at 07/31/2021).

Version 29.4 - Changed main gadget’s icons. Changed and added few other icons in settings. (Released at 06/27/2021).

Version 29.3 - Fixed few rare bugs. Some minor optimizations and code cleanup. Update Japanese translation. (Released at 05/29/2021).

Version 29.2 - Update Polish translation. (Released at 04/18/2021).

Version 29.1 - Minor improvements. (Released at 02/03/2021).

Version 29.0 - Improved working with CPU cores parking. (Released at 01/03/2021).

Version 28.9 - Cosmetic changes. (Released at 12/05/2020).

Version 28.8 - Fixed bug when gadget doesn’t work properly after Daylight Saving Time change. (Released at 11/05/2020).

Version 28.7 - Update Polish translation. Cosmetic changes. (Released at 10/24/2020).

Version 28.6 - Improved working with WMI. (Released at 09/24/2020).

Version 28.5 - Update Japanese translation by Kosuke Kaizuka. Cosmetic changes in code. (Released at 08/29/2020).

Version 28.4 - Updated French translation by LogoLargo. (Released at 08/15/2020).

Version 28.3 - Hover mouse to any RAM or All elements (except graph) for view maximum appropriate value usage. (Released at 08/13/2020).

Version 28.2 - Fixed bug with freezing for newest CPUs. (Released at 07/07/2020).

Version 28.1 - Fixed bug with wrong display parking “P” sign in some cases. (Released at 07/01/2020).

Version 28.0 - Added warning message in case CPU was changed. Fixed bugs in settings. (Released at 04/17/2020).

Version 27.9 - Cosmetic changes. (Released at 04/06/2020)

Version 27.8 - Cosmetic changes in settings. (Released at 03/20/2020)

Version 27.7 - Updated Chinese Simplified translations by akjz. (Released at 03/04/2020).

Version 27.6 - Improved code. (Released at 02/25/2020).

Version 27.5 - Added new setting in #3 settings tab. (Released at 02/14/2020).

Version 27.4 - Added new setting in #3 settings tab. Cosmetic changes in settings. (Released at 11/15/2019).

Version 27.3 - Fixed bug with autoscale DPI under Windows 10. (Released at 08/16/2019).

Version 27.2 - Fixed bug min/max cores temperatures. (Released at 08/04/2019).

Version 27.1 - Minor improvements. Cosmetic changes. (Released at 07/18/2019).

Version 27.0 - Improved usability. (Released at 05/17/2019).

Version 26.9 - Improved work with languages in settings. (Released at 04/06/2019).

Version 26.8 - Changed algorithm working with power schemas. (Released at 03/12/2019).

Version 26.7 - Fixed bug. (Released at 03/06/2019).

Version 26.6 - Update German translation by Wolfgang Jäth. (Released at 02/24/2019).

Version 26.5 - Added support up to 64 cores/threads. (Released at 01/01/2019).

Version 26.4 - Fixed bug with graph overlap. (Released at 10/20/2018).

Version 26.3 - Fixed critical bug working with parking CPU cores. Improved code. (Released at 10/08/2018).

Version 26.2 - Added a change the background color of the graph scale. (Released at 09/27/2018).

Version 26.1 - Improved code. Update Polish translation . (Released at 09/21/2018).

Version 26.0 - New settings added (#3 and #5 settings tabs). Some minor optimizations and code cleanup. Update Japanese translation. (Released at 09/10/2018).

Version 25.9 - Minor changes. (Released at 08/13/2018).

Version 25.8 - Improve overheat determining procedures. Add information about overheat to log. (Released at 06/14/2018)

Version 25.7 - Fixed Polish translation by Andrzej Mazurkiewicz. Fixed bug. (Released at 05/24/2018)

Version 25.6 - Determining “Ultimate Performance power scheme” that added in Windows 10 Redstone 4 (version 1803). Cosmetic changes. (Released at 04/22/2018)

Version 25.5 - Hover mouse to core’s bar for show min and max cores temperature. (Released at 04/09/2018).

Version 25.4 - Update Czech translation by Jiří Škorpil. (Released at 03/01/2018).

Version 25.3 - Fixed display incorrect power bar when computer resumed from sleep mode. (Released at 02/16/2018).

Version 25.2 - Added support up to 56 cores/threads. Allows decide on different colors to the “CPUx Usage” string for different CPUs. Fixed bug with wrong display parking “P” sign in some systems with cores above 9. Fixed bug in settings. (Released at 02/06/2018).

Version 25.1 - A new WMI class for get information about CPU is used. Algorithms of work with multi CPU systems with Core Temp is changed. Fixed freezing when gadget switch to second CPU in multi CPU system. Fixed wrong display parking “P” sign in system with cores above 9. Fixed triple zero output in “Record string”. Fixed few potential bugs. A few other improvements. (Released at 01/31/2018).

Version 25.0 - Fixed bug with incorrect display RAM. Change parking algorithm. Updated few translations. (Released at 01/14/2018).

Version 24.9 - Added some information to log file. Improved code. Fixed bug in settings. (Released at 01/04/2018).

Version 24.8 - Fixed bug. (Released at 12/30/2017).

Version 24.7 - Fixed freeze (I hope) when computer resumed from sleep mode. Added possibility to show real uptime (without time of sleep). New settings added (#3 settings tab). Improved code. (Released at 12/30/2017).

Version 24.6 - More accuracy working with digits. (Released at 12/19/2017).

Version 24.5 - Improved working with core parking. (Released at 12/08/2017).

Version 24.4 - Cosmetic changes. (Released at 11/25/2017).

Version 24.3 - Cosmetic changes in interface. (Released at 11/13/2017).

Version 24.2 - Improved code. Fixed bug. (Released at 05/30/2017).

Version 24.1 - Minor improvements.

Version 23.9 - Minor improvements.

Version 23.8 - Minor improvements.

Version 23.7 - Cosmetic changes.

Version 23.6 - Improved working with Power consumption graph. Few settings added.

Version 23.5 - Overhauled HTML. Update Polish translation.

Version 23.4 - Added TDP and Power consumption bar/graph.

Version 23.3 - Added support up to 40 cores/threads. Improved code. Fixed bug.

Version 23.1 - Update Spanish and Catalonian translation by Jordi Bartrina.

Version 23.0 - Fixed bug in settings.

Version 22.9 - Improved settings usability.

Version 22.8 - Update German translation by Jörg Bornwasser.

Version 22.7 - Cosmetic changes in CPUID output.

Version 22.6 - Cosmetic changes in interface.

Version 22.5 - Update Hindi translation by Raunak Dutta. Cosmetic changes in settings.

Version 22.4 - Cosmetic changes in Japanese translation.

Version 22.3 - Improved settings usability. Added new setting.

Version 22.2 - Minor improvements.

Version 22.1 - Added Reset button behavior (Reset or Safe mode) for Windows 8 or above setting (#2 tab).

Version 22.0 - Added Belorussian translation by Kanstantsin Melnikau.

Version 21.9 - Improved code. Fixed bug with working with AMD CPUs.

Version 21.8 - Improved code. Improved Japanese translation by Kosuke Kaizuka.

Version 21.7 - Improved core parking output.

Version 21.6 - Added run Windows update applet in PC Control panel. It may very useful for Windows 10 users.

Version 21.5 - Minor improvements.

Version 21.4 - Cosmetic changes.

Version 21.3 - Allow user select custom sound. Change update notifier algorithm. Improved code. Cosmetic changes in Japanese translation.

Version 21.2 - Fixed bug with working with “Record”. Added “Reset "Record"” button.

Version 21.1 - Fixed working “Stand by” under Windows 8 or above.

Version 21.0 - Minor improvements in WEI under Windows 10 Technical Preview.

Version 20.9 - Working with WEI under Windows 10 Technical Preview.

Version 20.8 - Fixed bug with hide gridlines. Improved HTML.

Version 20.7 - Changed parking algorithm.

Version 20.6 - Working under Windows 10 Technical Preview.

Version 20.5 - Cosmetic changes in Japanese and Russian translation.

Version 20.4 - Cosmetic changes in Japanese translation.

Version 20.3 - Added Japanese translation by Kosuke Kaizuka.

Version 20.2 - Show active power plans. Added possibility to switch between power plans from gadget.

Version 20.1 - Improved flyout.

Version 20.0 - Added support up to 32 cores/threads. Determine hibernate status and show/hide hibernate icon.

Version 19.9 - Optimize code.

Version 19.8 - Allow change graphs height from 20 to 99px.

Version 19.7 - Fixed bug with graphs.

Version 19.6 - Improved code. Fixed bug with graphs.

Version 19.5 - Allow save “Record” to disk after specific time.

Version 19.4 - Improved main timer algorithm.

Version 19.3 - Improved working with parking in settings. Change “Apply changes” button behavior.

Version 19.2 - Improved Italian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Hindi, Indonesian and Catalonian languages.

Version 19.1 - Change parking algorithm (now working with AD and DC power). Improved work in Windows 8/8.1. Fixed WEI bug in Windows 8.

Version 19.0 - Allow to change core parking settings.

Version 18.9 - Added settings for hide button in PC Control panel. You can disabled confirmation message for perform action in PC Control panel.

Version 18.8 - Improved Indonesian translation by elda taluta.

Version 18.7 - Added PC Control panel.

Version 18.6 - Improved code.

Version 18.5 - Added two methods of memory usage percentage styles.

Version 18.4 - Fixed Polish and Brazilian Portuguese translations.

Version 18.3 - Improved work with WEI in flyout window. Fixed bug with WEI and Windows8.

Version 18.2 - Added Uptime/Record and Processes/Threads/Processor Queue Length information. Make HT and Processor Queue Length clickable for get more information about it.

Version 18.1 - Improved work with core parking in settings.

Version 18.0 - In Windows 8/8.1 change picture in determining WEI flyout to Modern UI style. Added operate with parking core from gadget’s settings. Change number 10 in settings tab to A.

Version 17.9 - Allow run WinSAT for getting WEI under Windows 8.1.

Version 17.8 - Added Czech translation by Jiří Škorpil.

Version 17.7 - Fixed Polish translation by Andrzej Mazurkiewicz.

Version 17.6 - Fixed Polish translation by Andrzej Mazurkiewicz.

Version 17.5 - Fixed Polish translation by Andrzej Mazurkiewicz.

Version 17.4 - Added Polish translation by Andrzej Mazurkiewicz.

Version 17.3 - Improved work with multi CPU systems.

Version 17.2 - Improved work with multi CPU systems.

Version 17.1 - Cosmetic changes in settings.

Version 17.0 - Added Slovak translation by Ivan Očadlík.

Version 16.9 - Added Hindi translation by Raunak Dutta.

Version 16.8 - Fixed Italian translation by Carlo Adami.

Version 16.7 - Added Indonesian translation by elda taluta.

Version 16.6 - Added broken WMI determining procedure.

Version 16.5 - Determine enable or disable performance counters.

Version 16.4 - Determine Hyper-Threading.

Version 16.3 - Added Catalonian translation by Jordi Bartrina.

Version 16.2 - Change cores usage calculation algorithm.

Version 16.1 - Change Autoscale procedure behavior.

Version 16.0 - Added Autoscale DPI option (#1 settings tab).

Version 15.8 - Improved code.

Version 15.7 - Fixed bug with logging in multi CPU system.

Version 15.6 - Fixed bugs with negative cores usage value and logging in multi CPU system.

Version 15.5 - Optimize code.

Version 15.4 - Improved CPU usage calculation.

Version 15.3 - Fixed French translation by Sylvain Legrand.

Version 15.2 - Added Italian translation by Paolo Caporali.

Version 15.1 - Added French translation by Largo.

Version 15.0 - Fixed bug with output temperatures for multi CPU systems with HT enabled in “combined” mode.

Version 14.9 - Improved logging.

Version 14.8 - Fixed bug with show parking status if case more than 10 cores per CPU. Added Chinese Traditional translation by Ellis Chang. Added Macedonian translation by Vasil F. Bachovski.

Version 14.7 - Added Chinese Simplified translation by Luping.

Version 14.6 - Added Turkish translation by Celal Osmanbas.

Version 14.5 - Fixed bug with show parking status for multi CPU systems and under Windows 8 Release Preview.

Version 14.4 - Added show CPU frequency graph and log CPU frequency. Added Romanian translation by Ciprian Manolache.

Version 14.3 - Added German translation by Jonas Bauer.

Version 14.2 - Added Dutch translation by Jonas Haezebrouck.

Version 14.1 - Added Brazilian Portuguese translation by Rafael “R4to0” Maciel Alves and Spanish translation by Antonio Moreno Gamez.

Version 14.0 - Added Ukrainian and Russian languages.

Version 13.41 - Added “Disable show wheel on gadget start for multi CPU system” option.

Version 13.40 - Added “Show cores for multi CPU” option.

Version 13.30 - You can use mouse wheel for switching between CPUs and different CPU’s settings in multi CPU system. Don’t forget click on gadget’s body before use wheel.

Version 13.21 - Change “Restore factory default settings” function behavior.

Version 13.20 - Added support for five cores CPU (in case Phenom II X4 960T CPU with one unlocked core or same).

Version 13.10 - Added auto switching between CPU setting. Added two methods of CPU clock calculation.

Version 13.01 - Improved code. Fixed bugs.

Version 13.0 - Optimize code. Fixed bugs. From this version gadget doesn’t support Windows XP.

Version 12.05 - Added “Restore factory default settings” button.

Version 12.04 - Fixed bug in settings.

Version 12.03 - Different ini files for different CPUs added.

Version 12.02 - Fixed bug with wrong CPU load graph.

Version 12.01 - Fixed collision in settings. Improved code. Works on Windows XP again.

Version 12.0 - Supports multi CPU system.

Version 11.81 - Improved code.

Version 11.80 - Added “Enable get WEI from WMI” option.

Version 11.74 - Same element open and close flyout.

Version 11.73 - Improved settings interface.

Version 11.72 - Improved interface.

Version 11.71 - Added custom refresh rate (1-999 sec).

Version 11.70 - Added sounds when operate with flyout.

Version 11.63 - Added new information into bubble string.

Version 11.62 - Cosmetic changes in main view.

Version 11.61 - Fixed bug with fill graph type.

Version 11.60 - Added update notifier.

Version 11.55 - “Stacked graph for the CPU” option added.

Version 11.54 - Improved interface. Fixed bug.

Version 11.53 - “Allow get CPUID and clock from CoreTemp” option added.

Version 11.52 - Improved code.

Version 11.51 - Improved WEI picture. Improved code. Change version numbering.

Version 11.5 - Added WEI picture into flyout.

Version 11.4 - Added WEI into flyout.

Version 11.3 - Added new features. Improved code.

Version 11.2 - Fixed bug in settings. Improved code.

Version 11.1 - Fixed bug in settings.

Version 11.0 - Added “All-in-one graph type” option.

Version 10.9 - Added change graph line width and hide gridlines on a graph.

Version 10.8 - Allow hide “Title” and “Copyright”.

Version 10.7 - Added logging.

Version 10.6 - Enable click-cycle load/temperatures graph.

Version 10.5 - Fixed bugs.

Version 10.4 - Fixed bugs.

Version 10.3 - Added temperatures graph identification watermark.

Version 10.2 - Minor changes.

Version 10.1 - Added change between load and temperatures graphs. Allow temperatures graphs scaling.

Version 10.0 - Added color changeable for all gadget’s elements (background, each core, graph, ram, clock and font). Added support for Twenty Four Core.

Version 9.7 - Minor changes.

Version 9.6 - Added scale MB to GB in numbers.

Version 9.5 - VIA CPU support added.

Version 9.4 - Tracking for cores and CPU overheat added.

Version 9.3 - Fixed wrong parking status output.

Version 9.2 - Fixed bugs.

Version 9.1 - Many settings added.

Version 9.0 - Shows cores temperatures (CoreTemp must be running on the background).

Version 8.8 - New settings futures added.

Version 8.6 - Save settings to file. (File will be created - Path: %APPDATA% File: gadgetname_Settings.ini). Fixed bugs.

Version 8.4 - Fixed bugs.

Version 8.3 - Change “Ram” into “RAM”. Allow option not to display each graph. Little bug fixed.

Version 8.2 - Allow option graph not to display.

Version 8.1 - Fixed bugs.

Version 8.0 - Uses two bar graphs mode. Many settings.

Version 7.0 - Added size adjustable.

Version 6.0 - Check for update button added.

Version 5.4 - Fixed bug (thanks to Craig Schreiner).

Version 5.3 - High CPU utilization problem fixed. Improved graphs.

Version 4.0 - Tracking for core parking added.