Built-in Recording Profiles
Windows Performance Recorder (WPR) includes built-in profiles that you can use to specify the kind of recording that WPR makes. You can access the built-in profiles from the WPR user interface (UI) by using the More Options menu.
You can also add custom profiles to WPR. For more information, see Authoring Recording Profiles and Add or Remove a Custom Recording Profile.
Resource Analysis Profiles
The following table describes the built-in profiles that record resource analysis.
| Profile name | Recording |
|---|---|
CPU usage |
CPU utilization for each CPU on the system |
Disk I/O activity |
All disk I/O activity |
File I/O activity |
All file I/O activity |
Registry I/O activity |
All changes to the registry |
Networking I/O activity |
All networking I/O activity |
Heap usage |
All allocations and de-allocations from the heap for the specified process |
Pool usage |
Pool allocations and de-allocations |
VirtualAlloc usage |
All virtual allocations |
Power usage |
Power utilization and idle and sleep states |
GPU activity |
Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)-specific events, such as GPU utilization |
Handle usage |
Usage of handles |
XAML activity |
Events from XAML-related providers |
HTML activity |
Events from HTML-related providers, such as Internet Explorer and JavaScript |
Desktop composition activity |
All desktop composition activity |
Resident Set analysis |
All changes to the resident set |
Scenario Analysis Profiles
The following table describes the built-in profiles that record specific scenarios.
| Profile | Recording |
|---|---|
Audio glitches |
All glitches that occur during streaming audio |
Video glitches |
All glitches that occur during streaming video |
Internet Explorer |
Windows Internet Explorer performance |
Minifilter I/O activity |
Minifilter I/O activity |
XAML application analysis |
XAML app-related activity |
HTML application analysis |
HTML app-related activity |