popcyclical-blog-archive/posts/2010-03-20-simplified-performance-counters-in-net.md

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title: "Simplified Performance Counters in .NET"
date: 2010-03-20T21:00:54.891-05:00
slug: simplified-performance-counters-in-net
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I just posted an article on [CodeProject](http://www.codeproject.com) about a generalized code block which can be used in a common scenario for simple performance benchmarking.  Check out ["Simplified Performance Counters for Timed Operations" here](http://www.codeproject.com/KB/dotnet/simpleperfcounters.aspx)… 

[![OperationPerformanceCounter_AddCounters](http://popcyclical.com/content/binary/images/SimplifiedPerformanceCountersin.NET_E293/OperationPerformanceCounter_AddCounters_thumb.png)](http://popcyclical.com/content/binary/images/SimplifiedPerformanceCountersin.NET_E293/OperationPerformanceCounter_AddCounters.png) [![OperationPerformanceCounter_OperationsPerSecond](http://popcyclical.com/content/binary/images/SimplifiedPerformanceCountersin.NET_E293/OperationPerformanceCounter_OperationsPerSecond_thumb.png)](http://popcyclical.com/content/binary/images/SimplifiedPerformanceCountersin.NET_E293/OperationPerformanceCounter_OperationsPerSecond.png) [![OperationPerformanceCounter_AverageDuration](http://popcyclical.com/content/binary/images/SimplifiedPerformanceCountersin.NET_E293/OperationPerformanceCounter_AverageDuration_thumb.png)](http://popcyclical.com/content/binary/images/SimplifiedPerformanceCountersin.NET_E293/OperationPerformanceCounter_AverageDuration.png)