This blog defines the Performance Counter in
c#.
using
System;
using
System.Diagnostics;
using
System.Linq;
namespace
ConsoleApplication1
{
class Program
{
static void
Main(string[] args)
{
var processorCategory =
PerformanceCounterCategory.GetCategories()
.FirstOrDefault(cat
=> cat.CategoryName == "Processor");
var countersInCategory =
processorCategory.GetCounters("_Total");
DisplayCounter(countersInCategory.First(cnt => cnt.CounterName ==
"% Processor Time"));
}
private static
void DisplayCounter(PerformanceCounter
performanceCounter)
{
while (!Console.KeyAvailable)
{
Console.WriteLine("{0}\t{1}
= {2}",
performanceCounter.CategoryName, performanceCounter.CounterName,
performanceCounter.NextValue());
System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(1000);
}
}
}
}