CounterSampleCalculator.ComputeCounterValue Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Diagnostics

Assembly:

System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounter.dll

Computes the calculated value of a raw counter sample.

Overloads

ComputeCounterValue(CounterSample)	Computes the calculated value of a single raw counter sample.
ComputeCounterValue(CounterSample, CounterSample)	Computes the calculated value of two raw counter samples.

ComputeCounterValue(CounterSample)

Source:

CounterSampleCalculator.cs

Computes the calculated value of a single raw counter sample.

C#

public static float ComputeCounterValue(System.Diagnostics.CounterSample newSample);

Parameters

newSample

CounterSample

A CounterSample that indicates the most recent sample the system has taken.

Returns

Single

A floating-point representation of the performance counter's calculated value.

Remarks

The ComputeCounterValue(CounterSample) method overload returns meaningful results only for performance counters of the following PerformanceCounterType:

• RawFraction

• NumberOfItems32

• NumberOfItemsHEX32

• NumberOfItems64

• NumberOfItemsHEX64

For other counter types, this overload always returns a value of 0 (zero).

ComputeCounterValue(CounterSample, CounterSample)

Source:

CounterSampleCalculator.cs

Computes the calculated value of two raw counter samples.

C#

public static float ComputeCounterValue(System.Diagnostics.CounterSample oldSample, System.Diagnostics.CounterSample newSample);

Parameters

oldSample

CounterSample

A CounterSample that indicates a previous sample the system has taken.

newSample

CounterSample

A CounterSample that indicates the most recent sample the system has taken.

Returns

Single

A floating-point representation of the performance counter's calculated value.

Exceptions

InvalidOperationException

oldSample uses a counter type that is different from newSample.

Win32Exception

newSample counter type has a Performance Data Helper (PDH) error. For more information, see "Checking PDH Interface Return Values" in the Win32 and COM Development section of this documentation.

Examples

The following example demonstrates the use of the ComputeCounterValue(CounterSample, CounterSample) method overload to calculate the value of two raw counter samples.

C#

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Specialized;
using System.Diagnostics;

public class App
{
    private static PerformanceCounter avgCounter64Sample;
    private static PerformanceCounter avgCounter64SampleBase;

    public static void Main()
    {
        ArrayList samplesList = new ArrayList();

        // If the category does not exist, create the category and exit.
        // Performance counters should not be created and immediately used.
        // There is a latency time to enable the counters, they should be created
        // prior to executing the application that uses the counters.
        // Execute this sample a second time to use the category.
        if (SetupCategory())
            return;
        CreateCounters();
        CollectSamples(samplesList);
        CalculateResults(samplesList);
    }

    private static bool SetupCategory()
    {
        if ( !PerformanceCounterCategory.Exists("AverageCounter64SampleCategory") )
        {

            CounterCreationDataCollection counterDataCollection = new CounterCreationDataCollection();

            // Add the counter.
            CounterCreationData averageCount64 = new CounterCreationData();
            averageCount64.CounterType = PerformanceCounterType.AverageCount64;
            averageCount64.CounterName = "AverageCounter64Sample";
            counterDataCollection.Add(averageCount64);

            // Add the base counter.
            CounterCreationData averageCount64Base = new CounterCreationData();
            averageCount64Base.CounterType = PerformanceCounterType.AverageBase;
            averageCount64Base.CounterName = "AverageCounter64SampleBase";
            counterDataCollection.Add(averageCount64Base);

            // Create the category.
            PerformanceCounterCategory.Create("AverageCounter64SampleCategory",
                "Demonstrates usage of the AverageCounter64 performance counter type.",
                PerformanceCounterCategoryType.SingleInstance, counterDataCollection);

            return(true);
        }
        else
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Category exists - AverageCounter64SampleCategory");
            return(false);
        }
    }

    private static void CreateCounters()
    {
        // Create the counters.

        avgCounter64Sample = new PerformanceCounter("AverageCounter64SampleCategory",
            "AverageCounter64Sample",
            false);


        avgCounter64SampleBase = new PerformanceCounter("AverageCounter64SampleCategory",
            "AverageCounter64SampleBase",
            false);

        avgCounter64Sample.RawValue=0;
        avgCounter64SampleBase.RawValue=0;
    }
    private static void CollectSamples(ArrayList samplesList)
    {

        Random r = new Random( DateTime.Now.Millisecond );

        // Loop for the samples.
        for (int j = 0; j < 100; j++)
        {

            int value = r.Next(1, 10);
            Console.Write(j + " = " + value);

            avgCounter64Sample.IncrementBy(value);

            avgCounter64SampleBase.Increment();

            if ((j % 10) == 9)
            {
                OutputSample(avgCounter64Sample.NextSample());
                samplesList.Add( avgCounter64Sample.NextSample() );
            }
            else
            {
                Console.WriteLine();
            }

            System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(50);
        }
    }

    private static void CalculateResults(ArrayList samplesList)
    {
        for(int i = 0; i < (samplesList.Count - 1); i++)
        {
            // Output the sample.
            OutputSample( (CounterSample)samplesList[i] );
            OutputSample( (CounterSample)samplesList[i+1] );

            // Use .NET to calculate the counter value.
            Console.WriteLine(".NET computed counter value = " +
                CounterSampleCalculator.ComputeCounterValue((CounterSample)samplesList[i],
                (CounterSample)samplesList[i+1]) );

            // Calculate the counter value manually.
            Console.WriteLine("My computed counter value = " +
                MyComputeCounterValue((CounterSample)samplesList[i],
                (CounterSample)samplesList[i+1]) );
        }
    }

    //++++++++//++++++++//++++++++//++++++++//++++++++//++++++++//++++++++//++++++++
    //    Description - This counter type shows how many items are processed, on average,
    //        during an operation. Counters of this type display a ratio of the items
    //        processed (such as bytes sent) to the number of operations completed. The
    //        ratio is calculated by comparing the number of items processed during the
    //        last interval to the number of operations completed during the last interval.
    // Generic type - Average
    //      Formula - (N1 - N0) / (D1 - D0), where the numerator (N) represents the number
    //        of items processed during the last sample interval and the denominator (D)
    //        represents the number of operations completed during the last two sample
    //        intervals.
    //    Average (Nx - N0) / (Dx - D0)
    //    Example PhysicalDisk\ Avg. Disk Bytes/Transfer
    //++++++++//++++++++//++++++++//++++++++//++++++++//++++++++//++++++++//++++++++
    private static Single MyComputeCounterValue(CounterSample s0, CounterSample s1)
    {
        Single numerator = (Single)s1.RawValue - (Single)s0.RawValue;
        Single denomenator = (Single)s1.BaseValue - (Single)s0.BaseValue;
        Single counterValue = numerator / denomenator;
        return(counterValue);
    }

    // Output information about the counter sample.
    private static void OutputSample(CounterSample s)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("\r\n+++++++++++");
        Console.WriteLine("Sample values - \r\n");
        Console.WriteLine("   BaseValue        = " + s.BaseValue);
        Console.WriteLine("   CounterFrequency = " + s.CounterFrequency);
        Console.WriteLine("   CounterTimeStamp = " + s.CounterTimeStamp);
        Console.WriteLine("   CounterType      = " + s.CounterType);
        Console.WriteLine("   RawValue         = " + s.RawValue);
        Console.WriteLine("   SystemFrequency  = " + s.SystemFrequency);
        Console.WriteLine("   TimeStamp        = " + s.TimeStamp);
        Console.WriteLine("   TimeStamp100nSec = " + s.TimeStamp100nSec);
        Console.WriteLine("++++++++++++++++++++++");
    }
}