How to: Retrieve Raw Performance Counter Values

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You retrieve raw performance counter values by retrieving the current value of the RawValue property on the PerformanceCounter class.

To retrieve a counter's raw value

  1. Create a PerformanceCounter instance and configure it to interact with the desired category and counter. For more information, see How to: Create PerformanceCounter Component Instances or How to: Configure PerformanceCounter Component Instances.

  2. Retrieve the current value of the RawValue property.

    The following example illustrates how to use the RawValue property to retrieve the current value of the % Processor Time counter:

    Dim MyCounter As New PerformanceCounter()
MyCounter.CategoryName = "Processor"
MyCounter.CounterName = "% Processor Time"
MyCounter.InstanceName = "_Total" 
Dim raw As Int64
raw = MyCounter.RawValue

         System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounter myCounter =
           new System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounter();
        myCounter.CategoryName = "Processor";
        myCounter.CounterName = "% Processor Time";
        myCounter.InstanceName = "_Total";
        long raw = myCounter.RawValue;

See Also

Tasks

How to: Retrieve Calculated Performance Counter Values

How to: Retrieve Performance Counter Samples

How to: Retrieve Lists of Counters and Categories

Concepts

Performance Counter Value Retrieval