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Asked: May 11, 20262026-05-11T00:49:43+00:00 2026-05-11T00:49:43+00:00

How accurate is System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch ? I am trying to do some metrics for different

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How accurate is System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch? I am trying to do some metrics for different code paths and I need it to be exact. Should I be using stopwatch or is there another solution that is more accurate?

I have been told that sometimes stopwatch gives incorrect information.

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  1. 2026-05-11T00:49:44+00:00Added an answer on May 11, 2026 at 12:49 am

    Why don’t you profile your code instead of focusing on microbenchmarks?

    There are some good open source profilers, like:

    • NProf
    • Prof-It for C#
    • NProfiler
    • ProfileSharp
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