- System requirements
- Profiler architecture
- Profiler installation
- Uninstall profiler
- Running the profiler
- Profiler activation
- Welcome screen
- Start profiling
- Profiling overhead
- Snapshots
- Solving performance problems
- CPU profiling
- Thread profiling
- Object allocation profiling
- Memory profiling
- Exception profiling
- Telemetry
- Probes: monitor higher level events
- Inspections: automatic recognition of typical problems
- Automatically trigger actions on event
- Automatic deobfuscation
- Summary, automatic deobfuscation
- Filters
- Profiler command line
- Command line tool to control profiling
- Export of profiling results to external formats
- Profiler .NET API
- Profiler HTTP API
- Settings
- Troubleshooting
Performance snapshot
- What is a performance snapshot?
- Information contained in a performance snapshot
- Comparing performance snapshots
What is a performance snapshot?
A performance snapshot is a detailed report that provides insights into the behavior of your application at a specific point in time or over a designated period. This snapshot can help you understand how system resources are being utilized, where bottlenecks may exist, and what potential improvements can be made to enhance performance.
Information contained in a performance snapshot
CPU usage
It gives a breakdown of how much CPU time is being consumed by different parts of the application. This helps you identify which methods or operations are CPU-intensive.
Thread activity
Get an overview of all active threads, their statuses, and how they are interacting. This can help identify issues like deadlocks or thread contention.
Thrown exceptions
Exceptions in .NET can be performance killers, especially when thrown and caught frequently. Performance snapshots capture data on exceptions that have been thrown and may provide stack traces or other contextual information. This data allows you to identify exception-related bottlenecks, which can be especially useful for debugging or optimizing error-prone areas of your application.
Various performance metrics
Beyond CPU metrics, performance snapshots capture a range of other performance indicators, including: GC activity, memory consumption, I/O activity, etc. Start your analysis by examining the telemetry charts for an immediate visual sense of how your application is performing. Look for noticeable spikes, dips, or patterns.
Comparing performance snapshots
Lear more how to compare performance snapshots.