cswitch

Applies To: Windows 8, Windows 8.1

This action produces a report file that summarizes the metrics for context switches.

-a cswitch [-avail [n]] [-util [n]] [-process] [-thread] [-exc_dpcisr] [-range T1 T2]

Options

• -avail[n]**
  Shows CPU availability for n second intervals. The default is 1.

• -util[n]**
  Shows CPU utilization for n second intervals. The default is 1.

• -process
  Shows CPU usage per process as deduced from context switch data.

• -thread
  Shows CPU usage per thread as deduced from context switch data.

• -exc_dpcisr
  Excludes time spent in DPC/ISR in availability, utilization process, and thread reports. DPC/interrupt tracing must be enabled for this option to have any effect.

• -rangeT1 T2**
  Shows data between times T1 and T2, both in microseconds.

Remarks

If no report type is selected, the default is to show the CPU availability report.

See Also

Reference

Time and Timestamp Formats

Other Resources

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