Windows performance registry
The Windows performance register is a virtual registry hive that contains performance metrics from a number of installed providers. All the communication with the performance registry is done via the remote registry service.
The following monitors can use the Windows performance registry
- Windows performance monitor
- CPU monitor
- Memory monitor
- Swap size monitor
- Bandwidth monitor
- Disk monitor
All monitors, except the Windows performance monitor, can be forced to use WMI, by checking Use WMI checkbox in the Asset property page.