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45%
45% of PCs block this file from running.
Possible reason:
Performance resource utilization

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gamebooster.exe

Game Booster by IObit Information Technology (Signed)

Remove gamebooster.exe
Version:   3.4.0.1491
MD5:   eed44409f5c42cab3c3313fd8dd9d3ac
SHA1:   04e18f2d0d1ef89d7b4c315923dca8fa7260894d
SHA256:   f7033036856d48792d0e006db5fd6b1346ea0a8e7feb64f07b6827ee5bc0b112

What is gamebooster.exe?

Designed to help optimize your PC for smoother, more responsive game play in the latest PC games with the touch of a button. It works by updating hardwaredrivers, downloading essential gaming tools, tweaking system settings for gaming, defragmenting game directories, temporarily shutting down background processes, cleaning RAM, and intensifying processor performance.

About gamebooster.exe (from IObit Information Technology)

Game Booster is capable of delivering the best gaming experience to you even if you have an old PC. One-click to boost PC performance is not enough, Game Booster also allows you to tweak your system f

DetailsDetails

File name:gamebooster.exe
Publisher:IObit
Product name:Game Booster
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\iobit\game booster 3\gamebooster.exe
File version:3.4.0.1491
Product version:3.0
Size:2.37 MB (2,487,640 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:IObit Information Technology
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:Windows GUI
File packed:No
.NET CLR:No
More details

ResourcesPrograms

The following programs will install this file
IObit
25% remove
IObit Game Booster is freeware designed to optimize a PC for smoother, more responsive game performance by shutting down some of Windows Services and stopping or pausing various processes from running while a user is gaming.
Razer USA Ltd.
4% remove
Getting the absolute best performance out of your system and games isn’t rocket science but it can sure be tough to figure out. In partnership with IObit, Razer Game Booster is your simple yet powerful solution. All it takes is a click of a button, and it will automatically enhance the state of your system and focus all its resources purely for gaming, allowing you to zone in on your game the way it’s supposed to be played without wasti...

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.17350822%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.02876525%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.14474298%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:3,585 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:176,935/sec
17,470,203/sec
Context switches:79/sec
284/sec
Memory
Private memory:17.53 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):21.5 MB
Private (minimum):17.36 MB
Non-paged memory:17.53 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:106.61 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):113.85 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:17.63 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):26.97 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:20,403/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:3.37 KB/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:7/sec
343/min
I/O write transfer:0 Bytes/sec
274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:1/sec
227/min
I/O other transfer:79 Bytes/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:3/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:6
12
Handles:218
600
GUI GDI count:1532
103
GUI GDI peak:1541
142
GUI USER count:101
49
GUI USER peak:106
71

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:High
Platform:32-bit
Command lines:
  • "C:\Program Files\iobit\game booster 3\gamebooster.exe"
  • "C:\Program Files\iobit\game booster 3\gamebooster.exe" -restoreform
Owner:User
Parent process:explorer.exe (Windows Explorer by Microsoft Corporation)

ResourcesThreads

Averages
 
rtl120.bpl
Total CPU:0.92859431%
0.272967%
Kernel CPU:0.72951037%
0.107585%
User CPU:0.19908394%
0.165382%
Context switches:8/sec
79/sec
Memory:1.09 MB
1.16 MB
GameBooster.exe (main module)
Total CPU:0.47386619%
Kernel CPU:0.36869382%
User CPU:0.10517237%
CPU cycles:9,127,206/sec
Context switches:22/sec
Memory:2.41 MB
ntdll.dll
Total CPU:0.01347105%
Kernel CPU:0.00000000%
User CPU:0.01347105%
CPU cycles:692,042/sec
Context switches:36/sec
Memory:1.23 MB

Common loaded modules

These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 7 Ultimate N 50.00%
Microsoft Windows XP 25.00%
Windows 7 Home Premium 25.00%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 75.00% of Game Booster.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Acer 100.00%
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