Automate System Performance Monitoring with PowerShell

# Define the log file and monitoring interval
$logFile = "C:\PerformanceLog.txt"
$monitorInterval = 5 # in seconds
# Create the monitoring function
function Monitor-Performance {
    try {
        # Gather CPU and Memory Usage
        $cpuUsage = Get-Counter '\Processor(_Total)\% Processor Time'
        $memoryUsage = Get-Counter '\Memory\Available MBytes'
        # Format the output
        $formattedOutput = "$(Get-Date) - CPU Usage: $($cpuUsage.CounterSamples.CookedValue)% - Available Memory: $($memoryUsage.CounterSamples.CookedValue)MB"
        # Log the output to the file
        Add-Content -Path $logFile -Value $formattedOutput
    } catch {
        Write-Host "ERROR: Unable to gather performance data."
        Write-Error $_
    }
}
# Infinite loop to continuously monitor
try {
    Write-Host "Starting performance monitoring... Press Ctrl+C to stop."
    while ($true) {
        Monitor-Performance
        Start-Sleep -Seconds $monitorInterval
    }
} catch {
    Write-Host "Monitoring stopped by user."
}