Built-in Profiles

To display all the currently known profiles, run the following command:

xperf -profiles

The command displays the entire InSequentialFile and InBuffer profiles in the profile file (perf.xpp) as shown in the following table.

Profile Name Description
perf!DWMProfiles.InSequentialFile
DWM tracing profile in sequential file
perf!DWMProfiles.InBuffer
DWM tracing profile in buffer
perf!FileIOProfiles.InSequentialFile
File I/O tracing profile in sequential file
perf!FileIOProfiles.InBuffer
File I/O tracing profile in buffer
perf!GamingProfiles.InSequentialFile
Games tracing profile in sequential file
perf!GamingProfiles.InBuffer
Games tracing profile in buffer
perf!GeneralProfiles.InSequentialFile
Common system metrics tracing profile in sequential file
perf!GeneralProfiles.InBuffer
Common system metrics tracing profile in buffer
perf!HibernateProfiles.InSequentialFile
Resume from hibernation tracing profile in sequential file
perf!HibernateProfiles.InBuffer
Resume from hibernation tracing profile in buffer
perf!IE7Profiles.InSequentialFile
IE7 tracing profile in sequential file
perf!IE7Profiles.InBuffer
IE7 tracing profile in buffer
perf!MediaCenterProfiles.InSequentialFile
MediaCenter tracing profile in sequential file
perf!MediaCenterProfiles.InBuffer
MediaCenter tracing profile in buffer
perf!MemoryProfiles.InSequentialFile
Memory usage tracing profile in sequential file
perf!MemoryProfiles.InBuffer
Memory usage tracing profile in buffer
perf!MultimediaProfiles.InSequentialFile
Multimedia tracing profile in sequential file
perf!MultimediaProfiles.InBuffer
Multimedia tracing profile in buffer
perf!PerfCoreProfiles.InSequentialFile
Basic system metrics tracing profile (included with all built-in profiles) in sequential file
perf!PerfCoreProfiles.InBuffer
Basic system metrics tracing profile (included with all built-in profiles) in buffer
perf!RegistryProfiles.InSequentialFile
Registry tracing profile in sequential file
perf!RegistryProfiles.InBuffer
Registry tracing profile in buffer
perf!SleepProfiles.InSequentialFile
Resume from sleep tracing profile in sequential file
perf!SleepProfiles.InBuffer
Resume from sleep tracing profile in buffer
perf!StdProfile
Common definitions used in built-in profiles (not startable)