This is example contents of a performance log config file.

You can set the log to run using command like:

logman -config FILE

[counter]
windows-monitor

[-v]
mmddhhmm

[-si]
00:00:30

[-f]
csv

[-c]
\Processor(_Total)\% Processor Time
\Memory\Available Bytes
\Memory\Cache Bytes
\Memory\Committed Bytes
\Memory\Pages/sec
\Memory\Page Faults/sec
\Memory\Pool Nonpaged Bytes
\LogicalDisk(*)\% Free Space
\LogicalDisk(*)\% Disk Time
\LogicalDisk(_Total)\Avg. Disk Bytes/Transfer
\LogicalDisk(_Total)\Avg. Disk Queue Length
\Network Interface(*)\Bytes Total/sec
\Paging File(_Total)\% Usage
\System\Context Switches/sec
\System\Processor Queue Length

[-o]
c:\perflogs\windows-monitor

Logman creates and manages Event Trace Session and Performance logs and supports many functions of Performance Monitor from the command line.