Easy way to get the System Information in .NET

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How to get system information easy and fast in .NET ?

Getting the system information with .NET could cause a huge I/O load on you app or service , specially when you want to get the information about CPU , HDD , Partitions , Drive space , Running Processes , Installed Services or etc...

If you need to get a drive space immediately without awaiting for the WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation) result , so you can use FluentSysInfo.Core library from the NuGet.

The FluentSysInfo.Core will use an internal caching mechanism for preferred System Information(s) with customizable update interval , so whenever you request a System Information , the FluentSysInfo.Core will response to your request almost immediately 👍

Supported System Information :

✔ Date Time Info
✔ OS Info
✔ Main Board Info
✔ BIOS Info
✔ CPU Info
✔ Physical Memory Info
✔ Disk , Partition And Drive Info
✔ Network Interfaces Info
✔ Graphic Card Info
✔ Running Processes Info
✔ Windows Services Info

How To Use ❔

It's really simple to use the FluentSysInfo.Core :

Example for the Physical Memory (RAM) Info ⬇


Console.WriteLine(new FluentSysInfoCore().GetSystemInfo(FluentSysInfoTypes.PhysicalMemory));

And the result from the FluentSysInfo.Core would be something like this :

{
 "Caption": "Physical Memory",
 "Description": "Physical Memory",
 "Name": "Physical Memory",
 "Manufacturer": "04CB",
 "SerialNumber": "2B960400",
 "Tag": "Physical Memory 0",
 "FormFactor": "8",
 "BankLabel": "BANK 0",
 "Capacity": "8589934592",
 "DataWidth": "64",
 "InterleavePosition": "0",
 "MemoryType": "0",
 "Speed": "2133",
 "TotalWidth": "64",
 "Attributes": "2",
 "ConfiguredClockSpeed": "2133",
 "ConfiguredVoltage": "1200",
 "DeviceLocator": "ChannelA-DIMM0",
 "InterleaveDataDepth": "0",
 "MaxVoltage": "1200",
 "MinVoltage": "1200",
 "SMBIOSMemoryType": "26",
 "TypeDetail": "128"
}
{
 "Caption": "Physical Memory",
 "Description": "Physical Memory",
 "Name": "Physical Memory",
 "Manufacturer": "04CB",
 "SerialNumber": "55960400",
 "Tag": "Physical Memory 1",
 "FormFactor": "8",
 "BankLabel": "BANK 1",
 "Capacity": "8589934592",
 "DataWidth": "64",
 "InterleavePosition": "0",
 "MemoryType": "0",
 "Speed": "2133",
 "TotalWidth": "64",
 "Attributes": "2",
 "ConfiguredClockSpeed": "2133",
 "ConfiguredVoltage": "1200",
 "DeviceLocator": "ChannelA-DIMM1",
 "InterleaveDataDepth": "0",
 "MaxVoltage": "1200",
 "MinVoltage": "1200",
 "SMBIOSMemoryType": "26",
 "TypeDetail": "128"
}

Example for the OS Info ⬇


  Console.WriteLine(new FluentSysInfoCore().GetSystemInfo(FluentSysInfoTypes.OperatingSystem));

And the result from the FluentSysInfo.Core would be something like this :

{
 "Status": "OK",
 "Name": "Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise|C:\\Windows|\\Device\\Harddisk1\\Partition3",
 "FreePhysicalMemory": "9428600",
 "FreeSpaceInPagingFiles": "2479588",
 "FreeVirtualMemory": "9278148",
 "Caption": "Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise",
 "Description": "Removed! 😎",
 "InstallDate": "9/30/2022 1:36:54 PM",
 "CSName": "Removed! 😉",
 "CurrentTimeZone": "210",
 "Distributed": "False",
 "LastBootUpTime": "3/21/2024 6:56:09 AM",
 "LocalDateTime": "3/21/2024 11:39:42 PM",
 "MaxNumberOfProcesses": "4294967295",
 "MaxProcessMemorySize": "137438953344",
 "NumberOfLicensedUsers": "0",
 "NumberOfProcesses": "222",
 "NumberOfUsers": "2",
 "OSType": "18",
 "SizeStoredInPagingFiles": "2490368",
 "TotalVirtualMemorySize": "19224724",
 "TotalVisibleMemorySize": "16734356",
 "Version": "10.0.19045",
 "BootDevice": "\\Device\\HarddiskVolume10",
 "BuildNumber": "19045",
 "BuildType": "Multiprocessor Free",
 "CodeSet": "1252",
 "CountryCode": "1",
 "DataExecutionPrevention_32BitApplications": "True",
 "DataExecutionPrevention_Available": "True",
 "DataExecutionPrevention_Drivers": "True",
 "DataExecutionPrevention_SupportPolicy": "2",
 "Debug": "False",
 "EncryptionLevel": "256",
 "ForegroundApplicationBoost": "2",
 "Locale": "0409",
 "Manufacturer": "Microsoft Corporation",
 "MUILanguages": "{en-US}",
 "OperatingSystemSKU": "4",
 "OSArchitecture": "64-bit",
 "OSLanguage": "1033",
 "OSProductSuite": "256",
 "PortableOperatingSystem": "False",
 "Primary": "True",
 "ProductType": "1",
 "RegisteredUser": "Shayan",
 "SerialNumber": "00329-00000-00003-AA310",
 "ServicePackMajorVersion": "0",
 "ServicePackMinorVersion": "0",
 "SuiteMask": "272",
 "SystemDevice": "\\Device\\HarddiskVolume12",
 "SystemDirectory": "C:\\Windows\\system32",
 "SystemDrive": "C:",
 "WindowsDirectory": "C:\\Windows"
}

How to enable the Fast Response feature ? ⬇


  FluentSysInfoCore fluentSysInfoCore = new FluentSysInfoCore();

  fluentSysInfoCore.AddFastResponseAgent(FluentSysInfoTypes.InstalledServices, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5));
  fluentSysInfoCore.AddFastResponseAgent(FluentSysInfoTypes.RunningProcesses, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5));

  fluentSysInfoCore.StartAllFastResponseAgents();