# GPU/NIC usage graph for settings homepage **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Suggestions\ **Tags:** server-windows\ **Created:** [May 18, 2021, 5:06pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/gpu-nic-usage-graph-for-settings-homepage/716530 "2021-05-18T17:06:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Grooverider2016](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ea5d25/32.png) [@Grooverider2016](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Grooverider2016)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2021, 5:06pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/gpu-nic-usage-graph-for-settings-homepage/716530/1 "2021-05-18T17:06:02Z")
We still could do with GPU and NIC usage graphs for the settings screen alongside the CPU and MEM usage. It currently just shows as no real usage so no idea what is going on under the hood without using Windows Resource Monitor. Ideally it would be nice for it to show Disk performance too so bottlenecks can be seen inside of plex rather than having to use external apps ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2021, 5:14pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/gpu-nic-usage-graph-for-settings-homepage/716530/2 "2021-05-18T17:14:35Z")
There are already some existing suggestions addressing most of what you describe. ### GPU usage > [@Please add Hardware Encoder / Decoder Usage (Graphs) to Dashboard](https://forums.plex.tv/t/please-add-hardware-encoder-decoder-usage-graphs-to-dashboard/408419): > > Thanks for reading… a quick search didn’t return relevant results, I apologize if this has already been requested. I love the extra details available now through the Dashboard! To be perfect (for me) it is only missing one metric: GPU/CPU Encoder / Decoder usage. This could be implemented as a split graph (L/R) for Encode / Decode, or as separate graphs… either way this seems useful to those of us taking advantage of hardware assistance for transcoding. I assume all (supported) platforms have … ### Drive usage / DiskIO > [@Add Hard drive usage to the dashboard](https://forums.plex.tv/t/add-hard-drive-usage-to-the-dashboard/681810): > > With a powerful i7 and 32GB of ram, my system is not usually ever having an issue with anything except hard drive usage. I'd love to be able to see individual hard drive graphs like you get for the cpu and ram. > [@DiskIO Graph in Dashboard](https://forums.plex.tv/t/diskio-graph-in-dashboard/417838): > > Hi, It would be really handy for local drives that are attached to libraries to graph diskio for display on the dashboard. It would be nice to see how efficient my drives are when a few people are watching movies, scans occur, etc. Thanks Mark ### More, e.g. CPU temperature > [@\[Feature Request\] CPU Temp in Dashboard](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-cpu-temp-in-dashboard/418143): > > I’m not sure where else to post this, but i’d like to suggest that Plex add CPU temperature in the new Dashboard page. This could be done by either a line graph, similar to the current CPU Utilisation graph. Alternatively a temperature value for the average CPU temperature over the last 2 minutes could be displayed at the bottom right corner of the current CPU Utilisation graph, where averages for Plex Media Server and System are displayed. I like to know what the temperature of my CPU is in g… # Plex should already show network usage – though that’s only focusing on Plex’ own traffic/streaming. # I suggest you vote/comment in those existing threads. If you feel the need to keep the NIC usage, let’s focus this suggestion on that particular feature. ---
**Author:** ![Grooverider2016](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ea5d25/32.png) [@Grooverider2016](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Grooverider2016)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2021, 5:34pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/gpu-nic-usage-graph-for-settings-homepage/716530/3 "2021-05-18T17:34:43Z")
most topics have been closed and yet still no improvements. If there is GPU transcoding available then its more relevant to have GPU graph than CPU as CPU will mostly be idle for the purposes of Plex ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2021, 6:18pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/gpu-nic-usage-graph-for-settings-homepage/716530/4 "2021-05-18T18:18:33Z")
> [@Grooverider2016](#): > > most topics have been closed None of the ones linked above are closed. What particular information are you missing from the existing network bandwidth graph? ![example graph](https://support.plex.tv/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2013/11/Screen-Shot-2018-12-18-at-6.03.38-PM.png) ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2024, 4:55pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/gpu-nic-usage-graph-for-settings-homepage/716530/5 "2024-03-16T16:55:19Z")
2024 clean-up: duplicate / abandoned