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C# sub millisecond timing

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Is there anywhere in C# to perform timing operations with sub millisecond accuracy? I'm putting timing code in my software and everything is being returned as 0ms. I would like to know if there is a way of getting even finer granularity.

Addendum: is this the correct code to get sub millisecond timing?

timeSpan.TotalMilliseconds / 10

I'm still getting 0 as the elapsed time

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deltanovember Avatar asked Feb 08 '10 21:02

deltanovember


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3 Answers

You could always try using QueryPerformanceCounter or the StopWatch class for a managed approach

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tyranid Avatar answered Sep 21 '22 13:09

tyranid


Use System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch

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Samuel Neff Avatar answered Sep 20 '22 13:09

Samuel Neff


Usually I measure these kinds of scenarios by repeating the operation multiple times (as many as needed to get the milliseconds over a few dozen or hundred.

Then you can adjust and measure more easily.

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John Weldon Avatar answered Sep 18 '22 13:09

John Weldon