How do you read a performance counter?

How do you read a performance counter?

There are two main ways to read performance counters on a Windows system; through the Performance Monitor application or via command line (probably PowerShell). Let’s use the GUI first. To get to the Performance Monitor, run perfmon. msc from the command line or type Performance Counter in the search box.

How do you install counters?

Add a counter

  1. Click the Add event button in the Events panel to add a new event.
  2. Select the target from the list of elements.
  3. Select Tap Area then Touch/Click.
  4. In the Action step, click Google Ad, then Increment counter.
  5. In the Receiver step, click gwd-ad.
  6. In the Configuration step, enter the Metrics ID.

How do I run Windows Performance Monitor?

How to open Performance Monitor

  1. Open Start, do a search for Performance Monitor, and click the result.
  2. Use the Windows key + R keyboard shortcut to open the Run command, type perfmon, and click OK to open.

Why are hardware performance counters needed?

Compared to software profilers, hardware counters provide low-overhead access to a wealth of detailed performance information related to CPU’s functional units, caches and main memory etc. Another benefit of using them is that no source code modifications are needed in general.

What performance counter does Performance Monitor display when first opened?

%Processor Time counter
The Performance Monitor is primarily for viewing real time statistics. By default only one counter is selected; the %Processor Time counter. However you can add additional counters by clicking on the green plus sign.

How do I open a BLG file?

1 Answer

  1. Click start>>run.
  2. Type perfmon and press enter.
  3. In system monitor select and remove the counters currently shown by hitting the delete button.
  4. Click the fourth button that says “View log data” this button has a cylinder icon.
  5. Point and open the blg file.