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objective cpu usage [for qa]
hello
I need to measure cpu usage of a process for performance qa.
I would like to get an indication that would be relevant in different machines with different resources and numbers of cpu's. The value of % cpu is not good enough , because testing in a different environment [with more cpu's] will give a different value.
Is there some way [maybe a program] to get number of cpu threads or something of the sort [similar to amount of memory usage value] ?
I need to measure cpu usage of a process for performance qa.
I would like to get an indication that would be relevant in different machines with different resources and numbers of cpu's. The value of % cpu is not good enough , because testing in a different environment [with more cpu's] will give a different value.
Is there some way [maybe a program] to get number of cpu threads or something of the sort [similar to amount of memory usage value] ?
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thank you for the response.
This doesn't address my question. I know about this tool.
The problem is that it shows the percent of the cpu that a process is using.
So if for example I run that process in a machine with 4 cpu's - the percentage won't be the same as in a machine with 1 cpu.
I want to know if there is a way to get objective data. Like that number of memory bytes used by a process. The number of [cpu threads?] x of the cpu [not percentage].
thank you.
This doesn't address my question. I know about this tool.
The problem is that it shows the percent of the cpu that a process is using.
So if for example I run that process in a machine with 4 cpu's - the percentage won't be the same as in a machine with 1 cpu.
I want to know if there is a way to get objective data. Like that number of memory bytes used by a process. The number of [cpu threads?] x of the cpu [not percentage].
thank you.
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Here is a test I ran for 1 minute on my workstation using Windows Performance Monitor as an example of the types of output you can get from it... I hope it does not show too many secrets about my computer... lol
I picked on process that was currently running and would register some numbers instead of just sleeping. The process was CarboniteService and it ran for roughly one minute measuring all of the topics under the Process category. There are hundreds of categories so look it over as an option.
I picked on process that was currently running and would register some numbers instead of just sleeping. The process was CarboniteService and it ran for roughly one minute measuring all of the topics under the Process category. There are hundreds of categories so look it over as an option.
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ASKER
thank you very much for your comprehensive answer.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653
They have dozens of free and very nice tools for analysis of systems and networks.