Windows 10 includes a reliable and detailed diagnostic system for both the software and the hardware that hosts it.
Through this diagnostic system located under the “Resource and Performance Monitoring” you can obtain a report of your system’s results which describes in detail the state of the local hardware resources, the system’s response times and the processes on the local computer, along with system information and configuration data. This report includes suggestions for ways you can maximize performance and rationalize the system’s operations.
In these reports you will see a list of the status of all critical components on the computer and any solutions you can try. Therefore, it is a very useful tool for troubleshooting problems and a great source of information about your system.
The results of the system diagnosis are categorized, and each category can be expanded by clicking the corresponding button. The categories include:
- System Diagnostics Report – Displays the title, computer name, date and time of the report, and duration for generating the report.
- Diagnostic Results (Diagnostic Results) – Displays the warnings for errors and the basic system checks, and provides an overview of performance resources.
- The “Warnings” displays various warnings and informational events. Device and Service errors are also displayed. There are hyperlinks that you can use to get more information about resolving the issues. You can also expand each of the sections under the “Basic System Checks” to get more details.
- The “Performance” provides detailed performance levels for the largest resource consumers, such as CPU, disks, network, and memory. If there are any performance-related issues, the status indicator will change, and you will need to expand the relevant section of the results to see the item that reported the problem.
- Software Configuration Settings – Here you will find the operating system Controls, Security Center Information, system services, and data about startup programs.
- Hardware Configuration – You will find disk checks, system, desktop assessment (Windows Experience Index), BIOS, devices, interactive session processes, logged in users, and user accounts.
- CPU – Includes checks and information about the processor, its type, CPU interrupts, and services and the system.
- Network – Includes controls and information for outgoing and incoming network traffic.
- Disk – Includes checks and information for “dangerous” files (those causing the most disk usage), disk analysis, physical disk, and NTFS performance.
- Memory – Includes controls and information about processes and counters.
- Report Statistics – Displays information about computer information, files, and processed events.
This article will show you how to generate and view a Windows 10 system diagnostic report.
You must be logged in as an administrator to be able to generate and view such a report. The following also works for Windows 7, however the final report contains slightly less information and reports.
There are several ways to generate and view a System Diagnostics report. The most common is to use the perfmon /report
1. Open the Run dialog of Windows (Win + R) and type the command perfmon /report and press Enter.
2. Immediately the data collection process will start for 60 seconds. It may take up to another 60 seconds for the report to be generated, this depends on the speeds of your systems and disks.
3. When it finishes, the system diagnostic report should appear where you can check.
Alternatively you can type the command perfmon /report in a command line with administrator privileges, or type it in the explorer address bar or in the Windows search.
