MikroTik: Version, Uptime, CPU, RAM & Disk Usage

If you wonder how to check a RouterOS version number or uptime of a MikroTik device, this can be easily done from a command-line interface (terminal) or using Winbox/Winfig.

The information about the MikroTik’s version, uptime, as well as CPU, RAM (memory) and disk usage is located under the ⚙️ “System” → “Resources” menu.

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Get MikroTik’s Version, Uptime, CPU, RAM & Disk Usage

To check the MikroTik router’s version, uptime, CPU, RAM (memory) and disk usage, execute the following command from the MikroTik’s command-line interface (terminal):

[admin@MikroTik] > system resource print
- sample output -
                   uptime: 4w4d14h35m10s
                  version: 7.6 (stable)
               build-time: Oct/17/2022 10:55:40
         factory-software: 7.5
              free-memory: 656.2MiB
             total-memory: 960.0MiB
                      cpu: ARM64
                cpu-count: 4
            cpu-frequency: 1320MHz
                 cpu-load: 1%
           free-hdd-space: 86.8MiB
          total-hdd-space: 128.5MiB
  write-sect-since-reboot: 44729
         write-sect-total: 660017
               bad-blocks: 0.7%
        architecture-name: arm64
               board-name: hAP ax^3
                 platform: MikroTik

It is also possible to get more detailed hardware statistics, like cpu, pci, irq, usb, e.g.:

[admin@MikroTik] > system resource cpu print
- sample output -
Columns: CPU, LOAD, IRQ, DISK
#  CPU   LOAD  IRQ  DISK
0  cpu0  1%    0%   0%
1  cpu1  1%    1%   0%
2  cpu2  1%    0%   0%
3  cpu3  3%    1%   0%

To show the MikroTik router’s version, uptime, CPU, RAM (memory) and disk usage through Winbox/Winfig, go to ⚙️ “System” → “Resources”:

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