Using Task Manager to Check CPU Usage
The Task Manager provides an overview of which apps and processes are currently running and how much of the hardware each uses, namely the CPU. The Task Manager’s functionality is pretty straightforward but handy nonetheless if you want a basic idea of what’s going on.
Using the Resource Monitor to Check CPU Usage
The Resource Monitor is similar to the Task Manager but gives much more information by explaining how your apps are using the CPU. Use it to help decide how to improve an app’s performance.
Using the Performance Monitor to Check CPU Usage
The Performance Monitor is a tool to allow you to study how apps perform in real-time or by collecting data to use for later analysis. With this tool, you may discover which apps are behaving abnormally and hopefully the reason, too.
Does Windows 11 Use More CPU?
Windows 11 is well optimized, so, by itself, it doesn’t take up a lot of the CPU’s resources. However, that doesn’t mean the apps you are using are optimized.High CPU consumption in a Windows 11 computer can be from pending updates, antivirus software preventing certain operations, faulty installations, or poorly optimized apps. For example, Google Chrome is well known to be a very high-resource app and, with enough tabs open, can cause performance issues. Performance issues are a sign of high CPU usage. High CPU usage can cause apps to perform sluggishly or even crash. And, of course, high CPU usage can heat the computer and cause the cooling fans to spin quite loudly.
