Among others, MKN PerformanceMonitor monitors the following performance factors:
 
CPU Usage - PerformanceMonitor shows the usage of each individual processor, as well as the overall CPU usage for the system.
 
KERNEL Time - For each individual processor, MKN PerformanceMonitor monitors the amount of time that is spent executing system code in KERNEL mode rather than application code in USER mode.
 
DPC Time - Indicates the time each processor spent executing Deferred Procedure Calls a high DPC Time can indicate a hardware problem or a bug in a device driver.
 
CPU Frequency - MKN PerformanceMonitor monitors and records the CPU frequency for each processor in the system. The CPU frequency history can be useful to determine the system's relative power consumption and performance.
 
System CPU Usage - The overall relative CPU time spent executing system code.
 
Context Switches - The number of context switches per second indicates how many threads compete for CPU time on the system. A high number of context switches can decrease system performance.
 
System Calls - The number of calls applications have made into the kernel. This number can indicate the system's overall activity.
 
Pagefaults - A pagefault is triggered when an application tries to access memory that is currently in the pagefile and has to be loaded from the harddrive. A high number of pagefaults can decrease system performance.
 
I/O Operations - MKN PerformanceMonitor monitors read, write, and other I/O operations and the amount of data transferred.