Checking the Performance and Health of Your Device on Windows 11

|

|

This text provides a guide on how to use the built-in tool in Windows 11 to view the health and performance report of a device. It explains how the tool identifies issues such as security problems, lack of storage space, software failures or faulty Windows Time service, and provides recommendations for rectification. Appropriate actions for…

This post shows students and new users steps to check for and view device performance and health data in Windows 11. Windows has a built-in tool, part of Windows Security, that checks your device for security issues and provides a health report, which appears on the Device Performance & health page.

The health report alerts you when your device is experiencing common issues or missing critical updates and offers recommendations to remedy them.

Part of the report shows the last time a device performed a health scan, if a system is running low on disk space, if a device needs an update, and validates that the system is set to the correct time.

Windows Time service automatically synchronizes your system clock to an internet-based service, so your system time is always correct. If this service is off or failing, Device Performance & health will let you know so you can fix it.

Below is how to view your system performance and help report in Windows 11.

How to check system performance and health report in Windows 11

As mentioned above, Windows Security checks your device for security issues and provides a health report on the Device Performance & health page.

To view the health report for your device, follow the steps below:

First, in the search box on the taskbar, type Windows Security and select Windows Security in the results list.

In Windows Security, select Device performance & health to view the Health report.

The next page shows your device performance and health report.

When your device performance and health page opens, you should see similar information as below:

  • Storage capacity – Is your system running low on disk space?
  • Apps and software – Is any of your software failings, or in need of an update?
  • Battery life – Is anything putting an extra strain on your PC’s battery? You might not see this on on a desktop PC that is always plugged in.
  • Windows Time service – Having your system set to the correct time is important for many system processes.

A green check means everything is fine, but something needs attention if you see a yellow mark.

If your device has performance issues, read our post on how to improve Windows 11 performance.

If your device has low disk space, read our post on freeing disk space in Windows 11.

If your device doesn’t have the latest updates, check our post on how to update Windows 11.

That should do it!

Conclusion:

This post showed you how to view your Windows device performance and help when using Windows 11. Please use the comment form below if you find any errors above or have something to add.

Like this:



Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.