CPU speed measure?

[deXxterlab97]

How do you measure CPU freq (speed) w/o using external program like CoreTemp?
Task Manager displays the info nicely for me and it's good enough but Measure=CPU only measure usage

[CyberTheWorm]

Try reading this https://docs.rainmeter.net/manual-beta/plugins/perfmon/ you will have to find the ones you are looking for but you should be able to get it from there. Have no tried it myself but an interesting idea not to use core temp.

Try adding this as a measure for CPU 0, Core 0 or 0,_Total ,1 ,2 ,3 etc.

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Measure=Plugin
Plugin=PerfMon
PerfMonObject=Processor Information
PerfMonCounter=Processor Frequency
PerfMonInstance=0,0
PerfMonDifference=0

[fonpaolo]

You can obtain almost all the informations thru Windows Registry, obviously some are a little difficult to find.

CPU:

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[MeasureCPUName]
Measure=Registry
RegHKey=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
RegKey=HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0
RegValue=ProcessorNameString
RegExpSubstitute=1
Substitute="^(.*) @.*$":"\1","    ":" ","   ":" ","  ":" ","\(R\)":"","\(TM\)":""

[MeasureCPUID]
Measure=Registry
RegHKey=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
RegKey=HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0
RegValue=Identifier

[MeasureCPUSpeed]
Measure=Registry
RegHKey=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
RegKey=HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0
RegValue=~MHz

[deXxterlab97]

Ah thank you guys

[deXxterlab97]

You can obtain almost all the informations thru Windows Registry, obviously some are a little difficult to find.

CPU:

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[MeasureCPUName]
Measure=Registry
RegHKey=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
RegKey=HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0
RegValue=ProcessorNameString
RegExpSubstitute=1
Substitute="^(.*) @.*$":"\1","    ":" ","   ":" ","  ":" ","\(R\)":"","\(TM\)":""

[MeasureCPUID]
Measure=Registry
RegHKey=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
RegKey=HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0
RegValue=Identifier

[MeasureCPUSpeed]
Measure=Registry
RegHKey=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
RegKey=HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0
RegValue=~MHz

do you know if it's possible to retrieve something else like CPU VID

[deXxterlab97]

Try reading this https://docs.rainmeter.net/manual-beta/plugins/perfmon/ you will have to find the ones you are looking for but you should be able to get it from there. Have no tried it myself but an interesting idea not to use core temp.

Try adding this as a measure for CPU 0, Core 0 or 0,_Total ,1 ,2 ,3 etc.

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Measure=Plugin
Plugin=PerfMon
PerfMonObject=Processor Information
PerfMonCounter=Processor Frequency
PerfMonInstance=0,0
PerfMonDifference=0

thanks this is really helpful. forgot perfmon was a thing. do i need to run it to retrieve info?

[jsmorley]

thanks this is really helpful. forgot perfmon was a thing. do i need to run it to retrieve info?

No. Rainmeter will directly read the database of values that Perfmon is always maintaining. Perfmon.exe is just a "front end" for it, it's always tracking stuff in Windows.

I do not believe that Processor Frequency in Perfmon is a "real-time" measurement, but is the reported standard value for the processor. I think you might still need CoreTemp to get real time information.

[CyberTheWorm]

No. Rainmeter will directly read the database of values that Perfmon is always maintaining. Perfmon.exe is just a "front end" for it, it's always tracking stuff in Windows.

I do not believe that Processor Frequency in Perfmon is a "real-time" measurement, but is the reported standard value for the processor. I think you might still need CoreTemp to get real time information.

When I ran it it was updating the CPU in real time. As you said it is running in the background so it will do real time monitoring.

[CyberTheWorm]

thanks this is really helpful. forgot perfmon was a thing. do i need to run it to retrieve info?

You only need to run it to get the values you want to monitor, after that rainmeter will get it.

[fonpaolo]

do you know if it's possible to retrieve something else like CPU VID

I think VID is probably the only information you can't obtain thru Windows Registry...
There, you can find informations for Video card, VRAM, Motherboard, RAM, system peripherals and so on.
I can't assure these informations are retrievable from every hardware manufacturer, I tested (only) with some systems and they're all available.