Faster CPU Name Retrieval Method

[Carterpersall]

• Replaces the CIM method with one that uses the registry
  • Uses the keys ~MHz and ProcessorNameString at HKLM:\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0
    • Uses [Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey]::OpenRemoteBaseKey('LocalMachine', $Computername).OpenSubKey("HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0") and GetValue() to get the registry keys much faster than using Get-ItemProperty
  • Currently doesn't round the frequency as rounding is slow

Speed :

• PowerShell 5:
  • 11.71ms → 4.99ms
    • 2.35x Faster
• PowerShell 7:
  • 12.18ms → 4.23ms
    • 2.88x Faster

Bottlenecked Speed:

• PowerShell 5:
  • 39.25ms → 20.28ms
    • 1.94x Faster
• PowerShell 7:
  • 29.43ms → 15.17ms
    • 1.94x Faster

[rashil2000]

It seems to be showing frequency twice:

Also, please don't use camelcase. Stick to small case.

[rashil2000]

Uses [Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey]::OpenRemoteBaseKey('LocalMachine', $Computername).OpenSubKey("HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0") and GetValue() to get the registry keys much faster than using Get-ItemProperty

@Carterpersall off topic but there are a bunch of other places where we use Get-ItemProperty to read the registry - do you think we should replace them too?

[Carterpersall]

Uses [Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey]::OpenRemoteBaseKey('LocalMachine', $Computername).OpenSubKey("HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0") and GetValue() to get the registry keys much faster than using Get-ItemProperty

@Carterpersall off topic but there are a bunch of other places where we use Get-ItemProperty to read the registry - do you think we should replace them too?

Might be worth checking if replacing them causes as much of a speed improvement as this does