PROJECT 3-1

Objective:
- To monitor processor usage on Windows OS
Procedure:
1. Right-click the taskbar and click the Task Manager (or click Start Task Manager in
Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2) on the shortcut menu.
2. Click the Perfromance tab, if it is not already displayed.
3. Watch the CPU Usage and CPU Usage History graphs. How do the graphs change as
you are watching? Does the CPU ever go over 80 percent and stay at this level for a
long time?
4. What other information can you monitor on the Performance tab? How can you
determine the amount of RAM or physical memory in the computer? How much memory
is used by the kernel?
5. Close Task Manager.
Findings:

The CPU Usage changes non-linearly. It sometimes increases and sometimes decreases. In this
type of CPU, the total utilization is at 21% with 11 tabs of Google Chrome open. You can also
monitor the Processes, the Threads, the Handles, the Speed of CPU, and the type, base speed,
socket, core, logical processors, virtualization, L1 cache, L2 cache, and L3 cache of the CPU.
The Task Manager is an advanced tool that comes with Windows 10, and it provides a number of
tabs that allow you to monitor the applications, processes and services running on your computer.
However, you'll likely find yourself using the Processes tab more than anything else, because it
lets you quickly see how system resources are utilized, which can be very helpful when trying to
troubleshoot applications or find out why your computer is suddenly slow.
 PROJECT 3-2
Objective:
- To test the processor in Windows OS
Procedure:
1. Click Start, right-click My Computer, or Computer, and click Manage.
2. Double-click System Tools in the left pane, if necessary, to display the objects under it.
3. Click Device Manager in the left pane.
4. Double-click Processors in the right pane. How many processors are displayed?
Double-click a processor in the list (if there are more than one).
5. Make sure that the General tab is shown, and if not, click it.
6. What is the status of the processor?
- The status of the processor is working properly.
7. Close or click Cancel the Processor Properties dialog box, and then close the Computer
Management Window.
Findings:

Computer Management
 List of Processors

General Tab for processor

 PROJECT 3-3
Objective:
- To monitor processor usage using the System Monitor tool of LINUX OS
Procedure:
1. Click Applications in the top Panel, point to System Tools, and click System Monitor.
On some systems with the GNOME desktop, there may be more than one listing under
System Tools for System Monitor. If the one you select does not produce a windows as
in Figure 3-5, try a different System Monitor selection under System Tools.
2. Ensure that the Resources tab is displayed.
3. If your computer has more than one processor, you’ll see a color coded line for each
processor in the CPU History section of System Monitor. How many does your computer
have?
4. Notice the Memory and Swap History section of System Monitor. The Memory
information shows the amount of memory that is currently in use out of total amount of
memory. What are the memory statistics for your computer?
5. Click the System tab in System Monitor.
6. Notice the memory and processor information about your computer and record this
information. What is the Linux kernel version?
7. Close the System Monitor window.
 PROJECT 3-4
Objective:
- To display detailed information about the CPU in a LINUX computer
Procedure:
1. Click Applications, point to System Tools, and click Terminal.
2. At the command prompt, type less/proc/cpuinfo and press Enter.
3. Press the Page Down key or press the spacebar to view more of the file’s content’s a
page at a time. The Page Up key will take you back up through the previous pages of
the file. You can also use the up or down arrows to navigate through the file a line at a
time.
4. How many processors are in the computer? What is the model name of the CPU(s)?
What is the MHz or GHz rating of your computer’s CPU(s)? What is the cache size?
5. Press q to exit the display of the /proc/cpuinfo file’s contents.
6. Close the Terminal Window.
 PROJECT 3-5
Objective:
- To open the About This Mac window
Procedure:
1. Click the Apple icon in the top left corner of the menu bar.
2. Click About This Mac on the menu.
3. The About This Mac window not only shows the operating system version, as you
learned in Chapter 1, it also shows the number of processors, the model name and
speed of processors, plus the amount and type of memory installed.
4. Click System Report in the About This Mac window.
5. Make sure that Hardware is highlighted in the left pane.
6. What is the processor speed and how much L2 cache is contained in the processor?
- The processor speed is 1.6GHz with 256 KB of L2 cache.
7. In the left pane, click Memory under Hardware.
8. The right pane shows information about the number of memory slots and the RAM
plugged into each other.
9. How many memory slots are in the computer and how many are empty?
- There are 2 slots of memory.
10. Close the window.
Findings:
 About This Mac window

Hardware Specification window

 Memory Specification window
About This Mac shows the version and build of your Mac operating system. You might want the
model name or serial number of your Mac when checking warranty coverage, searching for
specifications or other information about your model, creating a home inventory, and more.
Identifying your Mac model is also important when selling or giving away your Mac or learning
whether it's compatible with the latest operating system or other software or hardware.
 PROJECT 3-6
Objective:
- To open the Activity Monitor
Procedure:
1. Ensure that Finder is Active.
2. Click Go in the menu bar and Click Utilities.
3. Double-click Activity Monitor in the Utilities window.
4. Make sure the CPU button is selected to display the CPU activity.
5. A small CPU meter is displayed for each CPU in the computer at the bottom of the Activity
Monitor window so that you can follow the current CPU usage. Also, as you learned in
Chapter 1, the upper portion of the window shows the amount of the CPU use (under the
% CPU column) by each active programs or process.
6. Click the System Memory button in the Activity Monitor window.
7. The top portion of the window gives you information about the amount of RAM used by
each program or process (shown under the Real Mem Column) and the bottom portion of
the window gives statistics about memory use.
8. In the menu bar click Activity Monitor and then click Quit Activity Monitor in the menu.
9. Close the Utilities window and any other open window.
Findings:

CPU Activity window

 Memory Activity window
Every device needs a kill switch. For Windows, it is Ctrl+Alt+Delete (even though Bill Gates has
admitted that key combination was a mistake). On Mac OS X, the equivalent is the Activity
Monitor, and if you want to be a fairly proficient Mac user, it is necessary to know what Activity
Monitor is, and how to read and use it. Just like Windows’ Task Manager, Activity Monitor provides
a list of running processes and shows how much of your available resources each one is currently
using. You can see at a glance which processes are using the most of your computing power,
and kill them in an attempt to make your computer run faster. Items in the list can be arranged
alphabetically or numerically, by clicking each heading at the top of the column (Process Name,
%CPU, CPU Time, and so on).
Quitting an app is very simple. In the Activity Monitor, locate your app and see if it is really
causing things to slow down by using excessive memory or CPU power (you can search in the
top-right if you need to). If it is, click on it with your mouse to highlight it, then click the far left
“cross” button at the top of the window to close it.