Read Performance Counters - CSharp Operating System

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Description

Read Performance Counters

Demo Code


using System;//from   w  ww  .j  a v a  2 s  .  co  m
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Security.Principal;

class MainClass
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {

            if (!checkElevatedPrivilege())
            {
                Console.WriteLine("This recipe requires administrator rights");
                Console.ReadLine();
                Environment.Exit(1);
            }

            string categoryName = " Performance Counters";

            PerformanceCounter perfCounter1 = new PerformanceCounter();
            perfCounter1.CategoryName = categoryName;
            perfCounter1.CounterName = "Number of Items Counter";

            PerformanceCounter perfCounter2 = new PerformanceCounter();
            perfCounter2.CategoryName = categoryName;
            perfCounter2.CounterName = "Average Timer Counter";

            while (true)
            {
                float value1 = perfCounter1.NextValue();
                Console.WriteLine("Value for first counter: {0}", value1);
                float value2 = perfCounter2.NextValue();
                Console.WriteLine("Value for second counter: {0}", value2);

                // put the thread to sleep for a second
                System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(1000);
            }
        }

        static bool checkElevatedPrivilege()
        {
            WindowsIdentity winIdentity = WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent();
            WindowsPrincipal winPrincipal = new WindowsPrincipal(winIdentity);
            return winPrincipal.IsInRole(WindowsBuiltInRole.Administrator);
        }
    }

Result


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