Optimizing hardware replacement using performance analytics

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• receiving collected data from an instrumented operating system on a first computing device, the collected data including application startup time, wherein the application startup time includes a start time of a process having a new application window;
• determining, based on the collected data, a usability score, wherein the usability score comprises a weighted calculation of the collected data;
• determining, based on the usability score, a score improvement selection;
• and
• reporting the score improvement selection including initiating a remediation operation to be performed.

A computer storage device having computer-executable instructions stored thereon for hardware replacement, which, on execution by a computer, cause the computer to perform operations comprising:

• receiving enterprise data and collected data from an instrumented operating system on a first computing device, the collected data including one or more of the following:
• boot performance data, application performance data, and hardware performance data,
• wherein the boot performance data includes core boot time,
• wherein the application performance data includes application startup time,
• wherein the application startup time is not measured for at least one background process;
• wherein the application startup time is measured by:
• detecting that a new application window has opened;
• and
• based at least on detecting that a new application window has opened, determining a start time of a process that spawned the new application window;
• and
• wherein the hardware performance data includes at least one data item selected from a list consisting of:
• a processor utilization exceeding a threshold and a memory utilization exceeding a threshold;
• determining, based at least on the collected data, a usability score, wherein determining the usability score comprises performing a weighted calculation on the collected data;
• determining, based at least on the enterprise data, a score improvement selection;
• reporting the score improvement selection, wherein the score improvement selection comprises at least one remediation operation selected from a list consisting of:
• identification of a new hardware configuration to replace the first computing device, updating software, and changing a boot or startup process;
• and
• causing the at least one remediation operation to be performed.