What does Windows System Assessment Tool do in Windows 10?

[Colif]

I just got the latest cumulative update and upon the second start up, I found that if i left PC idle for about 5 minutes this program would pop up and suddenly start using my CPU. I didn't catch its name the first time so I waited another 5 minutes and then this time I left it and it got up to 85% CPU usage before it stopped.

I can see it used to be associated with the Ranking system for PC but what does Win 10 use it for?

I only reinstalled Win 10 a week ago and had noticed it was using lots of CPU when I went afk and it sat in idle for a while. I decided to see what was up. I am just curious sometimes. Most of the time its System & Compressed memory, but this was different. I expect its associated with the update.

Hibernate seems much faster now too.

 

[viveknayyar007]

Hello Colif

You can find the details about WinSAT on this link.

To resolve the problem where the tool automatically initializes itself, this thread can be of some help.

Cheers!!

 

[Colif]

Thanks for that, it might explain why my desktop just loaded in 1080p, which would be fine if I didn't have a 4k monitor.

I made the changes as I can't work out why it would be running on win 10

Curious why its in Win 10 since the function it used to serve no longer exists.