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I am trying to get PowerShell to give me the RAM and CPU usage, but I can't figure out what WMI class to use. My computer has two processors, so it would be useful to have the information for both of them.
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In Windows PowerShell there is no exclusive cmdlet to find out the CPU and memory utilization rates. You can use the get-wmi object cmdlet along with required parameters to fetch the results.
Press CTRL + Shift + Esc to open Task Manager. Click the Performance tab. This tab displays your system's RAM, CPU, GPU, and disk usage, along with network info. To view RAM usage, select the Memory box.
In the Run window, type: dxdiag (without quotation marks). In the DirectX Diagnostic Tool window, in the System tab, general information about the computer processor will be displayed.
You can also use the Get-Counter cmdlet (PowerShell 2.0):
Get-Counter '\Memory\Available MBytes' Get-Counter '\Processor(_Total)\% Processor Time' To get a list of memory counters:
Get-Counter -ListSet *memory* | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Counter 
Get-WmiObject Win32_Processor | Select LoadPercentage | Format-List This gives you CPU load.
Get-WmiObject Win32_Processor | Measure-Object -Property LoadPercentage -Average | Select Average If you love us? You can donate to us via Paypal or buy me a coffee so we can maintain and grow! Thank you!
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