Several professionals have posted about checking whether or not your processors are running at full speed by using CPU-Z. Some recommendations are to check your servers every couple of months or, if virtual, every time your guest moves. Me being lazy efficient, I’d rather automate having these servers send me their info on a scheduled basis.

First things, first. Be sure to copy CPU-Z out to all your servers, preferably in a consistent folder. Edit the cpuz.ini file to turn off extra scanning (we just need the CPU info).

ACPI=0
PCI=0
DMI=0
Sensor=0
SMBus=0
Display=0

Save the following as a script and schedule it to run on a monthly or so basis using your favorite scheduler. The email portion was taken from this post.

& '.\cpuz64.exe' "-txt=$env:COMPUTERNAME"
Start-Sleep -Seconds 15 #Give CPUZ enough time to generate output
$smtpServer = "127.0.0.1"
$msg = new-object Net.Mail.MailMessage
$smtp = new-object Net.Mail.SmtpClient($smtpServer)
$msg.From = "emailadmin@test.com"
$msg.To.Add("administrator1@test.com")
$msg.To.Add("administrator2@test.com")
$msg.Subject = "[CPU-Z] $env:COMPUTERNAME"
$msg.Body = gc "$env:COMPUTERNAME.txt" | ?{$_ -match "(Specification|Core Speed|Stock frequency)"}
$smtp.Send($msg)