How can I get the CPU and Memory usage of a particular process using the .NET PerformanceCounter
class? And also what is the difference between
Processor\% Processor Time
and Process\% Processor Time
?
I am a bit confused between these two.
From this post:
To get the entire PC CPU and Memory usage:
using System.Diagnostics;
Then declare globally:
private PerformanceCounter theCPUCounter =
new PerformanceCounter("Processor", "% Processor Time", "_Total");
Then to get the CPU time, simply call the NextValue()
method:
this.theCPUCounter.NextValue();
This will get you the CPU usage
As for memory usage, same thing applies I believe:
private PerformanceCounter theMemCounter =
new PerformanceCounter("Memory", "Available MBytes");
Then to get the memory usage, simply call the NextValue()
method:
this.theMemCounter.NextValue();
For a specific process CPU and Memory usage:
private PerformanceCounter theCPUCounter =
new PerformanceCounter("Process", "% Processor Time",
Process.GetCurrentProcess().ProcessName);
where Process.GetCurrentProcess().ProcessName
is the process name you wish to get the information about.
private PerformanceCounter theMemCounter =
new PerformanceCounter("Process", "Working Set",
Process.GetCurrentProcess().ProcessName);
where Process.GetCurrentProcess().ProcessName
is the process name you wish to get the information about.
Note that Working Set may not be sufficient in its own right to determine the process' memory footprint -- see What is private bytes, virtual bytes, working set?
To retrieve all Categories, see Walkthrough: Retrieving Categories and Counters
The difference between Processor\% Processor Time
and Process\% Processor Time
is Processor
is from the PC itself and Process
is per individual process. So the processor time of the processor would be usage on the PC. Processor time of a process would be the specified processes usage. For full description of category names: Performance Monitor Counters
An alternative to using the Performance Counter
Use System.Diagnostics.Process.TotalProcessorTime and System.Diagnostics.ProcessThread.TotalProcessorTime properties to calculate your processor usage as this article describes.