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Visual Studio Performance Tools

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Overview

The Visual Studio Performance Tools provide a comprehensive suite for diagnosing and improving application performance. They integrate seamlessly with the IDE and support native, .NET, and mixed-language projects.

CPU Usage Tool

Capture detailed CPU consumption data, view call stacks, and identify hot paths.

CPU Usage Timeline (placeholder)
dotnet-counters monitor --process-id <PID>

Memory Usage Tool

Analyze memory allocation patterns, find leaks, and inspect object lifetimes.

Memory Snapshot (placeholder)
dotnet-gcdump collect --process-id <PID>

Concurrency Visualizer

Visualize thread activity, synchronization, and contention points.

Concurrency Timeline (placeholder)

Performance Wizard

Guided wizard to set up performance profiling sessions quickly.

Step 1 – Choose Target +

Select the application or process you want to profile.

Step 2 – Select Tools +

Choose from CPU, Memory, I/O, and GPU profiling options.

Step 3 – Run Session +

Start the profiling session and let the wizard collect data.

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