Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
Additional versions
Relationships
Parent process
Related files
iusb3mon.exe
Intel USB 3.0 Monitor by Intel Corporation (Signed)
| Version: | 1.0.8.251 |
| MD5: | 796227fca947a0b8e3d6a097b27f2363 |
| SHA1: | 0e08be391815fbf885627f365deb2a493666efe9 |
| SHA256: | f14b1f8cf253a27554d4c24228911355fa475aabf086b66a498e825e8e3cbfa5 |
What is iusb3mon.exe?
USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller Monitor is a process from Intel that runs on start-up (as USB3MON) and remains running that manages various USB 3 connections if your PC is connected to a USB 3.0 powered device.
Overview
iusb3mon.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges usually within the context of Windows Explorer. It is set to be start when the PC boots and any user logs into Windows (added to the Run registry key for the all users under the local machine). It is installed with a couple of know programs including Intel(R) USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller Driver published by Intel Corporation and Intel(R) USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller Driver published by Intel Corporation. The file is digitally signed by Intel Corporation which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | iusb3mon.exe |
| Publisher: | Intel Corporation |
| Product name: | Intel(R) USB 3.0 Monitor |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\intel\intel(r) usb 3.0 extensible host controller driver\application\iusb3mon.exe |
| File version: | 1.0.8.251 |
| Size: | 285.24 KB (292,088 bytes) |
| Build date: | 2/22/2013 5:38 AM |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Intel Corporation |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
eXtensible Host Controller Interface (xHCI) is a computer interface specification that defines a register-level description of a Host Controller for Universal Serial bus (USB), which is capable of interfacing to USB 1.x, 2.0, and 3.0 compatible devices. The specification is also referred to as the USB 3.0 Host Controller specification. Support for Streams was added to the USB 3.0 SuperSpeed specification, primarily to enable high perfor...
Behaviors
Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'USB3MON' → "C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller Driver\Application\iusb3mon.exe"
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00019712% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00016974% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00002738% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 1,654 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 633,498/sec | |
| Context switches: | 5/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 2.42 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 3.95 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 126 KB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 2.42 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 73.21 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 82.06 MB | |
| Working set: | 994 KB | |
| Working set (peak): | 5.64 MB | |
| Page faults: | 75,666/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 0 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 312 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 7/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 4 | |
| Handles: | 102 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 18 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 20 | |
| GUI USER count: | 8 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 8 | |
Process properties
Threads
Averages
| iusb3mon.dll (Intel USB 3.0 Monitor by Intel) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00593460% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00194184% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00399277% | |
| CPU cycles: | 466,178/sec | |
| Context switches: | 3/sec | |
| Memory: | 92 KB | |
| iusb3mon.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00075954% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00037275% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00038679% | |
| CPU cycles: | 54,742/sec | |
| Context switches: | 1/sec | |
| Memory: | 300 KB | |
Common loaded modules
These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
61.47% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
24.77% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
5.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Basic |
4.59% |
|
| Windows 7 Enterprise |
1.83% |
|
| Windows 7 Starter |
0.92% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
0.92% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 29.36% of Intel(R) USB 3.0 Monitor.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Toshiba |
27.45% |
|
| ASUS |
25.49% |
|
| Acer |
12.75% |
|
| Dell |
11.76% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
8.82% |
|
| Lenovo |
7.84% |
|
| NEC |
5.88% |
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