Profiling Viewer

Profiling Viewer

Profiling Viewer is a performance profiling tool for Windows that allows developers to analyze CPU and memory usage of their applications. It visualizes profiling data collected during program execution to identify performance bottlenecks.
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Profiling Viewer: Performance Profiler for Windows

Profiling Viewer is a performance profiling tool for Windows that allows developers to analyze CPU and memory usage of their applications. It visualizes profiling data collected during program execution to identify performance bottlenecks.

What is Profiling Viewer?

Profiling Viewer is a performance profiling tool included in Microsoft Visual Studio on Windows. It allows developers to analyze the CPU and memory usage of their applications to identify performance bottlenecks and opportunities for optimization.

During program execution, the Profiler API instruments functions and collects profiling data like CPU sampler stacks, .NET object allocations, thread contention events, and more. This raw profiling data is complex and hard to interpret.

That's where Profiling Viewer comes in. It processes the raw profiling data and generates interactive timeline graphs and visualization panels. Developers can dig deeper into hot functions, call trees, object lifetimes, and other metrics. Some key features:

  • CPU usage analysis to detect high CPU functions
  • Memory analysis for managed and native memory
  • .NET object allocation tracking and lifetimes
  • Thread contention detection
  • Compare profiling runs side-by-side

By providing intuitive profiling data visualization, Profiling Viewer makes it easier for developers to optimize their .NET and C++ applications for faster performance.

Profiling Viewer Features

Features

  1. CPU and memory usage profiling
  2. Visualization of profiling data
  3. Identification of performance bottlenecks
  4. Support for Windows applications

Pricing

  • Free

Pros

Provides detailed insights into application performance

Easy-to-use interface for analyzing profiling data

Helps identify and address performance issues

Cons

Limited to Windows platform

May require some technical expertise to interpret profiling data


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