Versions

6.05.30	53.85%
6.05.26	23.08%
5.05.54	23.08%

There are 3 versions of ntuneservice.exe in the wild, the latest version being 6.05.30. It is started as a Windows Service called 'nTune Service' with the name 'nTuneService' and described as “Service to allow a remote administrator to access this machine for gathering information, and performing performance updates”. . In addition, it is run under the context of the SYSTEM account with extensive privileges (the administrator accounts have the same privileges). The average file size is about 239.3 KB. The file is a digitally signed and issued to NVIDIA Corporation by VeriSign. Some variations of the file have been seen to be installed with the program NVIDIA Performance from NVIDIA Corporation. The executable is a .NET framework assembly utilizing the CLR. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0008% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 7.06 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 14.06 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 6.27 KB per minute for reads and 2 Bytes per minute for writes.

NVIDIA Performance Service is part of NVIDIA System Tools (nTune), a collection of utilities for accessing, monitoring, and adjusting system components, including temperature and voltages with user-friendly control panels within Windows, rather than through the BIOS. System Tools has a feature that automatically adjusts settings and tests them to find what it believes to be the optimal combination of settings for a particular computer hardware configuration.