PCMag editors select and review products independently. If you buy through affiliate links, we may earn commissions, which help support our testing. One complaint about Windows 11, especially for ...

If your PC feels sluggish, you don't need a new machine or a paid optimizer. Windows already has almost everything you need built in—you just have to flip the right switches. Improving performance on ...

For those running Java applications or services, the Windows Performance Monitor (WPM) contains a treasure trove of valuable information—see Figure 1. There are hundreds (or thousands) of performance ...

Currently, Windows 11 consumes more system resources and feels less responsive than Windows 10, which is one of the bigger reasons why so many users are still refusing to make the upgrade. Such users ...

If the Windows Event Log process is taking a high CPU, disk, memory, or power usage on your computer, here are the methods to fix the issue: End the Windows Event Log task from Task Manager. Stop the ...

Modern Windows PCs slowly lose speed as apps pile up, updates stack in the background, and settings remain untouched for years. Even newer systems can feel sluggish when startup tasks, temporary files ...

It’s been nearly a year since we last took an in-depth look at viewport performance with the help of SPEC’s SPECviewperf, and with the recent release of its 2020 v3.1 update, we felt now was a good ...