Simplest Possible Performance Counter Example

This blog defines the Performance Counter in c#.

This blog defines the Performance Counter in c#.

using System;

using System.Diagnostics;

using System.Linq;

 

namespace ConsoleApplication1

{

    class Program

    {

        static void Main(string[] args)

        {

            var processorCategory = PerformanceCounterCategory.GetCategories()

               .FirstOrDefault(cat => cat.CategoryName == "Processor");

            var countersInCategory = processorCategory.GetCounters("_Total");

 

            DisplayCounter(countersInCategory.First(cnt => cnt.CounterName == "% Processor Time"));

        }

        private static void DisplayCounter(PerformanceCounter performanceCounter)

        {

            while (!Console.KeyAvailable)

            {

                Console.WriteLine("{0}\t{1} = {2}",

                    performanceCounter.CategoryName, performanceCounter.CounterName, performanceCounter.NextValue());

                System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(1000);

            }

        }

    }

}