--- title: Monitor system performance description: Monitor your organization's system performance effectively by tracking CPU, memory, disk, and I/O metrics. This helps prevent application bottlenecks and verifies resource availability. Disk performance monitoring identifies potential storage issues, such as slow read or write speeds, while I/O monitoring helps detect delays in data transfer. locale: en-US canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/it-service-management/digital-end-user-experience-dex/monitor-system-performance.html release: australia product: Digital End-User Experience \(DEX\) classification: digital-end-user-experience-dex topic_type: task last_updated: "2026-03-12" reading_time_minutes: 1 keywords: [system performance, performance monitoring, cpu memory disk metrics, resource availability] breadcrumb: [Monitor, Digital End-User Experience, IT Service Management] --- # Monitor system performance Monitor your organization's system performance effectively by tracking CPU, memory, disk, and I/O metrics. This helps prevent application bottlenecks and verifies resource availability. Disk performance monitoring identifies potential storage issues, such as slow read or write speeds, while I/O monitoring helps detect delays in data transfer. ## Before you begin Confirm that the DEX plugin \(sn\_dex\) is installed. Role required: admin ## Procedure 1. Navigate to **Workspaces** > **Service Operations Workspace**. 2. Select the Insights icon \(\[Omitted image "icon-insights.png"\] Alt text: Insights icon\) in the primary navigation pane. 3. Select **System performance**. For more information on the system performance metrics, see [DEX Insights reports](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-service-management/digital-end-user-experience-dex/insights-reports.md).