Description
Computer Performance Assignment
For this assignment you will create a screenshots explaining the process of assessing your computers performance. You may use a Windows PC or Mac PC for this assignment, DO NOT do both.
Windows users follow these instructions.
For this assignment you will create three (3) screenshots, along with a written paragraph for each screen shot, explaining the process you took for the items below.
Run a video or song of your choice on any site you prefer (YouTube is a good site) in the background that is long enough to give you enough time to capture your three (3) screenshots.
The idea here is to make sure you have your PC working by playing a video or song in the background.
Open the Task Manager and take screenshots of the following.
Check the percentage of CPU utilization indicated.
Check how much Memory you have and the percentage being used.
Check the size of your Disk and your disk’s active time percentage.
Submit your three separate screenshots and a paragraph for each screenshot here in Canvas.
OR
Mac users follow these instructions.
The Activity Monitor is to Mac PC’s what Task Manager is to Windows PC’s.
If you are not familiar with your Activity Monitor and what it does, read about it at this website: The Mac Equivalent of Ctrl+Alt+DeleteLinks to an external site.
For this assignment you will create three (3) screenshots, along with a written paragraph for each screen shot, explaining the process you took for the items below.
Run a video or song of your choice on any site you prefer (YouTube is a good site) in the background that is long enough to give you enough time to capture your three (3) screenshots.
The idea here is to make sure you have your PC working by playing a video or song in the background.
Open the Activity Monitor.
Check the CPU activity.
Display how much RAM your Mac is using.
Generate a System Diagnostics Report.
Submit your three separate screenshots and a paragraph for each screenshot here in Canvas.
For an example of what I want your video to look like watch the following video.
Example Video:
https://youtu.be/JHHI_roudroLinks to an external site.
