A computer processing system includes a processor configured to execute a process, and a memory coupled to the processor to store known and default resource classifications. The known and default resource classifications correspond to processing priority levels and I/O priority levels. A resource optimization engine is configured to identify the process to be executed, and determine if the process is associated with the known resource classification. If yes, then adjust at least one of the processing priority level and the I/O priority level for the process to the known resource classification. If no, then adjusting at least one of the processing priority level and the I/O priority level for the process to a default resource classification.