Task Manager is one of the tools that power users rely on the most in Windows, no matter the version of the operating system they’re currently running.
Microsoft hasn’t released any major updates for Task Manager lately, even though Windows 10 does include some exclusive features, like monitoring GPU performance.
And while this little tool does provide you with the essential information on running tasks and performance, there’s something that’s still missing and which could bring it closer to more advanced solutions.
Earlier today when I was running a series of benchmarks on my testing machine I noticed something was missing from Task Manager. Although the built-in Windows utility can show info like CPU usage, speed, processes, threads, handles, uptime, and base speed, it doesn’t provide more critical data like CPU/GPU temperature and fan speed.
Windows 10 Task Manager
Needless to say, reading such information from the available sensors is something that should be possible for Task Manager, and what’s more, there are tens of third-party software solutions out there that can already do this. But for some reason, Microsoft didn’t think this was worth the effort.
In Windows 10, Task Manager feels and looks like a fairly advanced hardware diagnostics tool, even though as I said, it does lack some essential information. There are graphs to monitor CPU, disk, and memory usage, gain network connectivity data, and keep an eye on downloading and uploading speed.
As many gamers know, CPU temperature and fan speed are both critical details that need to be closely monitored not only when trying to diagnose possible hardware problems, but also when overclocking systems in an attempt to squeeze every little drop of performance from a CPU. As an operating system also focused on gaming, it’s somehow unexpected for Windows 10 not to offer such readings in Task Manager.
Furthermore, Windows 10 itself comes with a Game Mode whose main role is to boost gaming performance, so more information that would help in this regard would certainly be welcome.
Windows 10 Task Manager
As it turns out, I’m not the only one who believes that such data would really come in handy in Windows 10. There’s a Feedback Hub suggestion that is getting close to 3,000 votes and which receives new comments every day. There’s still no official message from Microsoft, though it goes without saying that the Windows engineering team has probably noticed this request already.
While including info like CPU temperature and fan speed in Windows 10 is something that I’d really love to see happening, Microsoft should make sure that this feature works correctly before making it available to users. This is critical data that needs to be as accurate as possible, but for a giant like Microsoft, it shouldn’t be too hard to collect the right data from system sensors and display it in an easy-to-read UI right in the Task Manager.
For the time being, however, third-party apps are the only way to go. Depending on how Microsoft implements this in Windows 10, if the company does want to make this happen, there’s no doubt that all these third-party solutions would lose some of their users, though I think that the more advanced would continue to be widely-used across the world.
Windows 10 Redstone 5 is projected to be released in the fall and the update is currently in development with help from Windows insiders. In other words, there’s still enough time for Microsoft to build this feature and release it for testing ahead of the public launch later this year, so if you want to convince the software giant to make it happen, just head over to the Feedback Hub and express your view.
Microsoft hasn’t released any major updates for Task Manager lately, even though Windows 10 does include some exclusive features, like monitoring GPU performance.
And while this little tool does provide you with the essential information on running tasks and performance, there’s something that’s still missing and which could bring it closer to more advanced solutions.
Earlier today when I was running a series of benchmarks on my testing machine I noticed something was missing from Task Manager. Although the built-in Windows utility can show info like CPU usage, speed, processes, threads, handles, uptime, and base speed, it doesn’t provide more critical data like CPU/GPU temperature and fan speed.
Windows 10 Task Manager
Needless to say, reading such information from the available sensors is something that should be possible for Task Manager, and what’s more, there are tens of third-party software solutions out there that can already do this. But for some reason, Microsoft didn’t think this was worth the effort.
In Windows 10, Task Manager feels and looks like a fairly advanced hardware diagnostics tool, even though as I said, it does lack some essential information. There are graphs to monitor CPU, disk, and memory usage, gain network connectivity data, and keep an eye on downloading and uploading speed.
As many gamers know, CPU temperature and fan speed are both critical details that need to be closely monitored not only when trying to diagnose possible hardware problems, but also when overclocking systems in an attempt to squeeze every little drop of performance from a CPU. As an operating system also focused on gaming, it’s somehow unexpected for Windows 10 not to offer such readings in Task Manager.
Furthermore, Windows 10 itself comes with a Game Mode whose main role is to boost gaming performance, so more information that would help in this regard would certainly be welcome.
Windows 10 Task Manager
As it turns out, I’m not the only one who believes that such data would really come in handy in Windows 10. There’s a Feedback Hub suggestion that is getting close to 3,000 votes and which receives new comments every day. There’s still no official message from Microsoft, though it goes without saying that the Windows engineering team has probably noticed this request already.
While including info like CPU temperature and fan speed in Windows 10 is something that I’d really love to see happening, Microsoft should make sure that this feature works correctly before making it available to users. This is critical data that needs to be as accurate as possible, but for a giant like Microsoft, it shouldn’t be too hard to collect the right data from system sensors and display it in an easy-to-read UI right in the Task Manager.
For the time being, however, third-party apps are the only way to go. Depending on how Microsoft implements this in Windows 10, if the company does want to make this happen, there’s no doubt that all these third-party solutions would lose some of their users, though I think that the more advanced would continue to be widely-used across the world.
Windows 10 Redstone 5 is projected to be released in the fall and the update is currently in development with help from Windows insiders. In other words, there’s still enough time for Microsoft to build this feature and release it for testing ahead of the public launch later this year, so if you want to convince the software giant to make it happen, just head over to the Feedback Hub and express your view.
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