measured cycles
The total amount of cycles counted in the instruction cycle counting mode while a program is being profiled. This information appears in the Details tab of the Run Summary window and in the log file.
When you use the /SaveTextData option, the number of measured cycles is included in the comment section of the text file. Measured time (the number of measured cycles divided by the processor speed), timed time (the number of timed cycles divided by the processor speed), application time (the sum of measured and timed cycles, divided by the processor speed), and elapsed time is also reported.
Performance data always excludes the profiling process itself. The numbers you see are the time your program would take when it is not being profiled.
See also timed cycles and elapsed time in the glossary.
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