System

Unobtrusive system monitor, designed to be overlaid on top of games.

Features

• Monitor:

  • Time

  • RAM %

  • CPU %

  • CPU °C

  • GPU %

  • GPU °C

  • Network up (bytes per second)

  • Network down (bytes per second)

  • Battery % (automatically shown whenever battery is below 100%)

• Optional indicator bars

• Optional graphs

• Choose which meters are shown

Usage

• Mouseover for name.

• Click to toggle graph.

• Right-click menu › Custom skin actions › Show/hide bars and various meters

• Requires SpeedFan for temperature monitoring.

  • Click cog on temperature graphs to configure CPU/GPU SpeedFan number.

  • To load SpeedFan on Windows startup, open Task Scheduler › Create task. To bypass UAC prompt on startup, check "Run with highest privileges".

• To overlay on top of full screen apps, right-click › Settings › Position › Stay topmost

  • In some games, the invisible mouse cursor may click on overlays and cause the game to lose focus. If you have this problem, right-click › Settings › Click through. Hold Shift to interact with the skin while click through is enabled.

See Also

• Ping - unobtrusive network monitor

Background

What good is system monitoring software if you can't see it when it's needed most?

I wanted to see GPU temperature while gaming with a single monitor setup, so I whipped up a minimalist overlay skin. After using it for several years, I finally fleshed it out for wider release.

CHANGELOG

[2024.08.24]

- Added GPU utilization.

- Added network activity.

[2022.09.20]
- Added minimum temperature setting to temperature graphs.
- Made temperature graph bars change color depending on temperature.