Workstation Technical Performance Review
Operating Systems
See Supported Operating Systems by Workstation for more information.
Performance Impact
Disk Size
|
Operation System |
Installer |
Disk Space (after installation) |
Installation Location |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windows | .MSI <110MB | ~376MB | Local\Workstation in the user's AppData folder | The Windows MSI installs only one application along with 2 more service executables (ExtensionsManager and WSDti). It also sets some shortcuts to support automatic launch at startup |
| Mac | .DMB ~96MB | ~230MB | Applications folder, and an extra config file is installed under the "WalkMe" folder in the user root directory |
CPU
Windows
WalkMe for Windows Desktop is designed and built to run with as minimal a footprint as possible.
In a benchmark on a machine with i7 8 cores (i7-10510 1.8GHz) the average CPU was as follows:
|
Idle Time |
Workstation |
DTI Monitoring (when enabled) |
SAP Extensions |
|---|---|---|---|
| <0.1% | 1%-2% when Walkme was active | < 1% momentary when switching focus between applications | ?? |
Windows and Mac
|
CPU Process priority |
Client-Server Connectivity |
Client Check-in Frequency |
|---|---|---|
| Normal | need access to the internet but we also support self-hosting | depends, but on idle we access every 5 minutes. It is configurable |
Memory
Windows
The WalkMe Workstation memory footprint varies depending on the implementation, user interaction, and hardware aspects.
For benchmark evaluation, several UI elements (Menu, Smart Walk-Thru, and Shoutout) appear on the screen concurrently.
Impact on memory was as follows:
| WalkMe Client Process | ||
| WalkMe Idle |
Active with UI elements on-screen Workstation |
|
| Idle | ~180MB | ~200MB / ~300MB |
Traffic
See Understand Workstation Networking for more information.