Is there any documentation on the types of performance counters

Question

I use performance counters to monitor machine performance, and I found there are many different counter types, such as "% Processor Performance", "Processor Time", "% of Maximum Frequency". And some counters I can't find detailed description, so is there any documentation for all the counters?

Answer 1

Hello @Yunwei Zhi -X (yunzhi - Hileap at Cisco)

Yes, there is some useful documentation that might help you in getting a detailed understating of the Performance Counters. Windows Performance Counters provide a high-level abstraction layer with a consistent interface for collecting various kinds of system data such as CPU, memory, and disk usage statistics.

Performance Counters
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/perfctrs/performance-counters-portal

About Performance Counters
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/perfctrs/about-performance-counters

Hope this resolves your Query!!

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