PS.: Original code is from https://code.google.com/p/cpp-stopwatch/ (Author: tunnuz) How to use this code ==================== Not surprisingly, Stopwatch is a class representing a stopwatch. Stopwatch swatch(); A Stopwatch object can be used to measure execution time of code, algorithms, etc., the Stopwatch can be initialized in two time-taking modes, CPU time and real time: watch.set_mode(REAL_TIME); CPU time is the time spent by the processor on a certain piece of code, while real time is the real amount of time taken by a certain piece of code to execute (i.e. in general if you are doing hard work such as image or video editing on a different process the measured time will probably increase). How does it work? Basically, one wraps the code to be measured with the following method calls: swatch.start("My astounding algorithm"); // Hic est code swatch.stop("My astounding algorithm"); A string representing the code ID is provided so that nested portions of code can be profiled separately: swatch.start("My astounding algorithm"); swatch.start("My astounding algorithm - Super smart init"); // Initialization swatch->stop("My astounding algorithm - Super smart init"); swatch.start("My astounding algorithm - Main loop"); // Loop swatch.stop("My astounding algorithm - Main loop"); swatch.stop("My astounding algorithm"); Note: ID strings can be whatever you like, in the previous example I have used "My astounding algorithm - *" only to enforce the fact that the measured code portions are part of My astounding algorithm, but there's no connection between the three measurements. If the code for a certain task is scattered through different files or portions of the same file one can use the start-pause-stop method: swatch.start("Setup"); // First part of setup swatch.pause("Setup"); swatch.start("Main logic"); // Main logic swatch.stop("Main logic"); swatch.start("Setup"); // Cleanup (part of the setup) swatch.stop("Setup"); Finally, to report the results of the measurements just run: swatch.report("Code ID"); Thou can also provide an additional std::ostream& parameter to report() to redirect the logging on a different output. Also, you can use the get_total/min/max/average_time() methods to get the individual numeric data, without all the details of the logging. You can also extend Stopwatch to implement your own logging syntax. To report all the measurements: swatch.report_all(); Same as above, you can redirect the output by providing a std::ostream& parameter. License ======= See LICENSE file. Drop a line =========== If you use this code for your software, please let me know with a mail message at tunnuz@gmail.com, or not.