Timing Operations in Visual Studio 2012

using System;

using System.Linq;

using System.Windows.Forms;

using System.Diagnostics;

 

namespace SpeedTest

{

    public partial class Form1 : Form

    {

        public Form1()

        {

            InitializeComponent();

 

            // set up the labels for the initial load

            lblTest1.Text = "Test 1:  Waiting...";

            lblTest2.Text = "Test 2:  Waiting...";

 

            // display whether or not the stop watch

            // supports high resolution counters

            if (Stopwatch.IsHighResolution)

                lblHighPrec.Text = "Stopwatch is high precision";

            else

                lblHighPrec.Text = "Stopwatch is not high precision";

        }

 

        private void btnTest_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

        {

            // create a new instance of stopwatch and start it

            Stopwatch sw1 = new Stopwatch();

            sw1.Start();

            // run the task

            RunTest1();

            //stop the stop watch

            sw1.Stop();

           

            // display the time required by the task to complete

            lblTest1.Text = "Test 1:  Elapsed time was "

                + sw1.Elapsed.Milliseconds.ToString() + " msec";

           

            // repeat the steps with the second task

            // so we can compare times

            Stopwatch sw2 = new Stopwatch();

            sw2.Start();

            RunTest2();

            sw2.Stop();

 

            lblTest2.Text = "Test 2:  Elapsed time was "

                + sw2.Elapsed.Milliseconds.ToString() + " msec";

           

        }

 

 

        /// <summary>

        /// Meaningless test 1

        /// </summary>

        public void RunTest1()

        {

            lblTest1.Text = "Test 1:  Running...";

 

            for (int i = 0; i < 100000; i++)

            {

                int test = int.Parse("105532");

            }

        }

 

 

        /// <summary>

        /// Meaningless test 2

        /// </summary>

        public void RunTest2()

        {

            lblTest2.Text = "Test 2:  Running...";

 

            for (int i = 0; i < 100000; i++)

            {

                int test = Convert.ToInt32("105532");

            }

        }

 

 

        private void btnExit_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

        {

            Application.Exit();

        }

    }

}