CPU Monitor

CPU Monitor is a small software application whose purpose is to help you keep an eye on your CPU usage with the aid of a graph. It can be deployed on all Windows versions out there.

The tool is portable, and you may opt for keeping it stored on pen drives or other similar devices in order to carry it with you all the time. Plus, you may open it straight from the storage device. You do not need administrative privileges for running the utility.

Quick access can be gained to the program's interface by simply running the executable file because you do not have to go through an installation process. Since it does not populate your Windows registry with extra entries and create additional configuration items, you may get rid of it with a simple deletion task of the items that you have downloaded from the Internet.

CPU Monitor offers you the possibility to check out the current and average CPU values revealed directly in the main window, at the bottom of the graph. What’s more, you are allowed to switch between a bar and line graph display mode, keep the graph panel on top of other windows, run the utility at Windows startup, as well as go back to the default settings

Plus, you can automatically update the graph data and determine CPU usage values at a custom number of milliseconds. Tests have pointed out that CPU Monitor carries out a task quickly. It remains light on system resources so the overall performance of the computer is not affected. On the downside, it has not been updated for a long time so you may come across compatibility issues on newer operating systems like Windows 10 and 8.

To sum things up, CPU Monitor has to offer nothing more than a simple software solution for helping you monitor your CPU usage, and is suitable especially for less experienced users.