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);
}
}
}
}
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