nTuneService.exe
NVIDIA nTune by NVIDIA Corporation (Signed)
Overview
ntuneservice.exe has 3 known versions, the most recent one is 6.05.30. It is started as a Windows Service called 'Performance 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. It is an authenticode code-signed executable issued to NVIDIA Corporation by the certification authority VeriSign. Some variations of the file have been seen to be installed with the program NVIDIA Performance from NVIDIA Corporation. This is a .NET Common Language Runtime (CLR) assembly. 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.
What is ntuneservice.exe?
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.
About ntuneservice.exe (from NVIDIA Corporation)
“Enables one of the safest and easiest ways to automatically optimize your PC. nTune automatically detects the application running and dynamically optimizes the PC settings. Faster than tuning by hand,”
Details |
File name: | ntuneservice.exe |
Publisher: | NVIDIA |
Product name: | NVIDIA nTune |
Description: | NVIDIA Performance Service |
Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\nvidia corporation\ntune\ntuneservice.exe |
Certificate |
Issued to: | NVIDIA Corporation |
Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
Effective date: | Thursday, September 1, 2011 |
Expiration date: | Monday, September 1, 2014 |
Windows Service |
Service name: | nTuneService |
Display name: | Performance Service |
Description: | “Service to allow a remote administrator to access this machine for gathering information, and performing performance updates” |
Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
Programs installed in
(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of NVIDIA nTune.)
“The NVIDIA 3ds Max Performance Driver provides optimal Direct3D performance for Autodesk 3ds Max® 2011, 2010, and 2009 software with NVIDIA Quadro® and Quadro FX professional graphics solutions. Devel...”
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of ntuneservice.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Service
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- 'nTuneService' (Performance Service)
All file variations of ntuneservice.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
OS version | distribution |
Windows 7 Home Premium |
40.00% |
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Windows 8 Pro |
30.00% |
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Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center |
20.00% |
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Windows 7 Ultimate |
10.00% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 30.00% of NVIDIA nTune.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
PC Manufacturer | distribution |
ASUS |
66.67% |
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Acer |
33.33% |
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