Tracking Time

[Joseph Lee]

Hi,

I am trying to track the time taken for a process to complete.

for loop //for multiple same Process
{
//Do Process
//Get Time
}

By doing this I will get a sequence of time

I have been looking at Timer class and TimeDate class for my problem below.

Timer class seems to be not what i can use as I am not having a process
being executed again and again defined by the timer class.

TimeDate seems to suit better, however due to the process taking lesser than
milliseconds to finish, I would end up have a sequence of same value(
TimeData.Now.Millisecond ).

This is not very nice, so I am wondering whether there is a way to track
nanoseconds or a better way to implement something like my above problem.

Thanks in advance

Joey.

[morgal]

Make you path execute millions of iterations or even
billions and then take the average time as (total
time)/iterations and you should get closer than most any
other way available.

-----Original Message-----
Hi,

I am trying to track the time taken for a process to complete.
for loop //for multiple same Process
{
//Do Process
//Get Time
}

By doing this I will get a sequence of time

I have been looking at Timer class and TimeDate class for my problem below.
Timer class seems to be not what i can use as I am not having a processbeing executed again and again defined by the timer class.
TimeDate seems to suit better, however due to the process taking lesser thanmilliseconds to finish, I would end up have a sequence of same value(TimeData.Now.Millisecond ).

This is not very nice, so I am wondering whether there is a way to tracknanoseconds or a better way to implement something like my above problem.
Thanks in advance

Joey.

[Joseph Lee]

That would work, however my mistake; I forgot to mention that my
process(same) uses different data input everytime, so depending on
situation(random in nature), some processes will be longer than the rest,
having an average is ok(final reporting) but, i would need(detail report) to
show that during time x, processes are this long while time x+a is this
long.... so i think i require a smaller scale of measurement.

Thanks for the suggestion

Joey

"morgal" <vb**********@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:5c****************************@phx.gbl...

Make you path execute millions of iterations or even
billions and then take the average time as (total
time)/iterations and you should get closer than most any
other way available.

-----Original Message-----
Hi,

I am trying to track the time taken for a process to

complete.

for loop //for multiple same Process
{
//Do Process
//Get Time
}

By doing this I will get a sequence of time

I have been looking at Timer class and TimeDate class

for my problem below.

Timer class seems to be not what i can use as I am not

having a process

being executed again and again defined by the timer

class.

TimeDate seems to suit better, however due to the

process taking lesser than

milliseconds to finish, I would end up have a sequence

of same value(

TimeData.Now.Millisecond ).

This is not very nice, so I am wondering whether there

is a way to track

nanoseconds or a better way to implement something like

my above problem.

Thanks in advance

Joey.

[morgal]

Dummy up the data and state of the execution path to
allow for repetitive execution of the same path and do
several tests.

-----Original Message-----

That would work, however my mistake; I forgot to mention that myprocess(same) uses different data input everytime, so depending onsituation(random in nature), some processes will be longer than the rest,having an average is ok(final reporting) but, i would need(detail report) toshow that during time x, processes are this long while time x+a is thislong.... so i think i require a smaller scale of measurement.
Thanks for the suggestion

Joey

"morgal" <vb**********@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:5c****************************@phx.gbl...

Make you path execute millions of iterations or even
billions and then take the average time as (total
time)/iterations and you should get closer than most any other way available.

>-----Original Message-----
>Hi,
>
>I am trying to track the time taken for a process to

complete.

>
>for loop //for multiple same Process
>{
>//Do Process
>//Get Time
>}
>
>By doing this I will get a sequence of time
>
>I have been looking at Timer class and TimeDate class

for my problem below.

>
>Timer class seems to be not what i can use as I am not

having a process

>being executed again and again defined by the timer

class.

>
>TimeDate seems to suit better, however due to the

process taking lesser than

>milliseconds to finish, I would end up have a

sequence of same value(

>TimeData.Now.Millisecond ).
>
>This is not very nice, so I am wondering whether there

is a way to track

>nanoseconds or a better way to implement something

like my above problem.

>
>Thanks in advance
>
>Joey.

[Niki Estner]

P/Invoke QueryPerformanceCounter & QueryPerformanceFrequency.

Should be exact to a few nanoseconds.

Niki

"Joseph Lee" <jo*********@hotmail.com> wrote in
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Hi,

I am trying to track the time taken for a process to complete.

for loop //for multiple same Process
{
//Do Process
//Get Time
}

By doing this I will get a sequence of time

I have been looking at Timer class and TimeDate class for my problem below.
Timer class seems to be not what i can use as I am not having a process
being executed again and again defined by the timer class.

TimeDate seems to suit better, however due to the process taking lesser than milliseconds to finish, I would end up have a sequence of same value(
TimeData.Now.Millisecond ).

This is not very nice, so I am wondering whether there is a way to track
nanoseconds or a better way to implement something like my above problem.

Thanks in advance

Joey.

[Joseph Lee]

Hmm... i am not sure how to do that in my programming, sorry still not very
good at programming. Anyway thanks for helping me out

Joey

"morgal" <vb**********@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:5f****************************@phx.gbl...

Dummy up the data and state of the execution path to
allow for repetitive execution of the same path and do
several tests.

-----Original Message-----

That would work, however my mistake; I forgot to mention

that my

process(same) uses different data input everytime, so

depending on

situation(random in nature), some processes will be

longer than the rest,

having an average is ok(final reporting) but, i would

need(detail report) to

show that during time x, processes are this long while

time x+a is this

long.... so i think i require a smaller scale of

measurement.

Thanks for the suggestion

Joey

"morgal" <vb**********@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:5c****************************@phx.gbl...

Make you path execute millions of iterations or even
billions and then take the average time as (total
time)/iterations and you should get closer than most any other way available.

>-----Original Message-----
>Hi,
>
>I am trying to track the time taken for a process to
complete.
>
>for loop //for multiple same Process
>{
>//Do Process
>//Get Time
>}
>
>By doing this I will get a sequence of time
>
>I have been looking at Timer class and TimeDate class
for my problem below.
>
>Timer class seems to be not what i can use as I am not
having a process
>being executed again and again defined by the timer
class.
>
>TimeDate seems to suit better, however due to the
process taking lesser than
>milliseconds to finish, I would end up have a sequence of same value(
>TimeData.Now.Millisecond ).
>
>This is not very nice, so I am wondering whether there
is a way to track
>nanoseconds or a better way to implement something like my above problem.
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>Joey.

[Joseph Lee]

Thanks, I think this is the one that will help me. Never seen it before
though. Give me some time to study it

Thanks again
Joey ^_^

"Niki Estner" <ni*********@cube.net> wrote in message
news:#A*************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

P/Invoke QueryPerformanceCounter & QueryPerformanceFrequency.

Should be exact to a few nanoseconds.

Niki

"Joseph Lee" <jo*********@hotmail.com> wrote in
news:uz**************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

Hi,

I am trying to track the time taken for a process to complete.

for loop //for multiple same Process
{
//Do Process
//Get Time
}

By doing this I will get a sequence of time

I have been looking at Timer class and TimeDate class for my problem

below.

Timer class seems to be not what i can use as I am not having a process
being executed again and again defined by the timer class.

TimeDate seems to suit better, however due to the process taking lesser

than

milliseconds to finish, I would end up have a sequence of same value(
TimeData.Now.Millisecond ).

This is not very nice, so I am wondering whether there is a way to track
nanoseconds or a better way to implement something like my above problem.
Thanks in advance

Joey.

[Scott Allen]

There is a KB article to help:

How To Use QueryPerformanceCounter to Time Code in Visual C# .NET
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;306979

HTH,

--
Scott
http://www.OdeToCode.com

On Sat, 14 Aug 2004 08:08:26 +0800, "Joseph Lee"
<jo*********@hotmail.com> wrote:

Thanks, I think this is the one that will help me. Never seen it before
though. Give me some time to study it

Thanks again
Joey ^_^