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fuel.service.exe

AMD Fuel Service by Advanced Micro Devices

Remove fuel.service.exe
Version:   1.0.0.0
MD5:   782735412f100918b20691ea96d2f6e6
SHA1:   99a9e79d17502cd2551aff8fd2487e98cd2273c9

What is fuel.service.exe?

AMD Fuel Service is a Windows Service installed with AMD's Catalyst drivers for your AMD/ATI based graphics card for both onboard or add-on card video cards.

Overview

fuel.service.exe runs as a service under the name AMD FUEL Service with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). The assembly utilizes the .NET run-time framework (which is required to be installed on the PC).

DetailsDetails

File name:fuel.service.exe
Publisher:Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Product name:AMD Fuel Service
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\ati technologies\ati.ace\fuel\fuel.service.exe
Original name:Fuel.Service.exe.MUI
File version:1.0.0.0
Size:353.5 KB (361,984 bytes)
Build date:3/13/2013 8:41 PM
Digital DNA
File packed:No
Code language:Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET
.NET CLR:Yes
.NET NGENed:No
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BehaviorsBehaviors

Service
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
  • 'AMD FUEL Service'

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.00037340%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00016436%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00020904%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:152 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:13,054/sec
17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:1.49 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):4.75 MB
Private (minimum):3.18 MB
Non-paged memory:1.49 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:53.88 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):59.66 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:3.33 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):6.45 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:2,940/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:8 Bytes/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:1/sec
343/min
I/O write transfer:8 Bytes/sec
274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:1/sec
227/min
I/O other transfer:4 Bytes/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:2/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:4
12
Handles:116
600

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:System
Platform:64-bit
Command line:"C:\Program Files\ati technologies\ati.ace\fuel\fuel.service.exe" /launchservice
Owner:SYSTEM
Windows Service
Service name:AMD FUEL Service
Description:“Provides FUEL Functionality”
Type:Win32OwnProcess
Parent process:services.exe (by Microsoft)

ResourcesThreads

Averages
 
sechost.dll
Total CPU:0.00027259%
0.272967%
Kernel CPU:0.00009188%
0.107585%
User CPU:0.00018071%
0.165382%
CPU cycles:3,991/sec
5,741,424/sec
Memory:348 KB
1.16 MB
Fuel.Service.exe (main module)
Total CPU:0.00018886%
Kernel CPU:0.00014764%
User CPU:0.00004122%
CPU cycles:1,453/sec
Memory:376 KB
ntdll.dll
Total CPU:0.00000088%
Kernel CPU:0.00000000%
User CPU:0.00000088%
CPU cycles:42/sec
Memory:1.75 MB

Common loaded modules

These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 7 Home Premium 47.74%
Windows 7 Ultimate 16.08%
Windows 8 11.56%
Windows 8.1 6.03%
Windows 8 Pro 5.03%
Windows 8.1 Pro 4.02%
Windows 7 Professional 3.52%
Windows 7 Home Basic 2.01%
Windows 8 Pro with Media Center 1.51%
Windows 8.1 Single Language 1.01%
Windows 8 Single Language 0.50%
Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center 0.50%
Windows 7 Starter 0.50%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 62.81% of AMD Fuel Service.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Hewlett-Packard 50.00%
Acer 12.35%
Lenovo 8.64%
Toshiba 8.64%
ASUS 8.64%
GIGABYTE 3.09%
MSI 2.47%
Sony 2.47%
Samsung 1.23%
Gateway 1.23%
Dell 1.23%
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