Performance Metrics Reference

Intel® Graphics Performance Analyzers User Guide

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Intel® Graphics Performance Analyzers User Guide

Intel® Graphics Performance Analyzers User Guide x

Introduction to Intel® Graphics Performance Analyzers Get Help Game Optimization Methodology Install and Launch Intel® GPA Enable System-wide Time-based GPU Metrics and Enable Query-based Metrics for OpenGL* in Graphics Frame Analyzer for Ubuntu* Launch Application for Analysis Configure Analysis Settings Quick Start with Profiling Unreal Engine* Games Analyze Desktop Graphics Applications Instrumentation and Tracing Technology API Support Intel® GPA Reference Notices and Disclaimers

Launch Application for Analysis x

Start a Desktop Application with Graphics Monitor Start a Windows* Mixed Reality Application Connect to a Running Application (Windows* only) Analyze Applications in the Network Mode

Configure Analysis Settings x

Configure a Metric Set Customize Keyboard Shortcuts Set Up a Trigger Set Up Tracing Options Set Up Stream Options Set Frame Delimiters

Analyze Desktop Graphics Applications x

Manage Analysis with Graphics Monitor Monitor Real-Time Performance with System Analyzer Identify Issues in Graphics Application Execution with Trace Analyzer Analyze GPU-bound Applications with Graphics Frame Analyzer Optimize Specific Domains

Monitor Real-Time Performance with System Analyzer x

Pause and Resume a Running Application Export Metrics Data with System Analyzer

Analyze GPU-bound Applications with Graphics Frame Analyzer x

Run Render State Experiments with Frame Analyzer Use Advanced Profiling Mode Graphics Frame Analyzer Plugins

Graphics Frame Analyzer Plugins x

Create a Custom Plugin for Graphics Frame Analyzer

Optimize Specific Domains x

Optimize Shaders Analyze Textures Minimize Overdraw Optimize Graphic API States Identify Graphics Elements with Complex Geometry Visualize Color Distribution

Instrumentation and Tracing Technology API Support x

Compile and Link with ITT API Instrument Your Application Minimize ITT API Overhead Clock Domain API Counter API Domain API Marker API Metadata API Relation API String Handle API Thread Naming API Task API

Intel® GPA Reference x

Performance Metrics Reference User Interface Reference

Performance Metrics Reference x

CPU Metrics Device I/O Metrics GPU Metrics Graphics API Metrics Memory Metrics

User Interface Reference x

Graphics Monitor UI Reference Heads-Up Display (HUD) UI Reference System Analyzer UI Reference Graphics Frame Analyzer UI Reference Graphics Trace Analyzer UI Reference

Graphics Monitor UI Reference x

Graphics Monitor Context Menu Graphics Monitor Configuration Window Graphics Monitor Control Panel Graphics Monitor Window: Desktop Applications Tab Graphics Monitor Window: Universal Windows Applications Tab (Windows* only) Graphics Monitor Window: Options Dialog Box

Graphics Frame Analyzer UI Reference x

Graphics Frame Analyzer Window: Open Frame Capture Graphics Frame Analyzer Window: Multiframe View Graphics Frame Analyzer Window: Profiling View Graphics Frame Analyzer Window: Dependency Viewer

Graphics Frame Analyzer Window: Profiling View x

Main Toolbar Visualization Pane API Log Pane Resources Pane Metrics Pane Experiments Pane

Graphics Trace Analyzer UI Reference x

Graphics Trace Analyzer Window: Open Trace Capture Graphics Trace Analyzer Window: Platform View

Release Notes and System Requirements

Get Started

Intel® Graphics Performance Analyzers User Guide

Introduction to Intel® Graphics Performance Analyzers

Get Help

Game Optimization Methodology

Install and Launch Intel® GPA

Enable System-wide Time-based GPU Metrics and Enable Query-based Metrics for OpenGL* in Graphics Frame Analyzer for Ubuntu*

Launch Application for Analysis

Start a Desktop Application with Graphics Monitor

Start a Windows* Mixed Reality Application

Connect to a Running Application (Windows* only)

Analyze Applications in the Network Mode

Configure Analysis Settings

Configure a Metric Set

Customize Keyboard Shortcuts

Set Up a Trigger

Set Up Tracing Options

Set Up Stream Options

Set Frame Delimiters

Quick Start with Profiling Unreal Engine* Games

Analyze Desktop Graphics Applications

Manage Analysis with Graphics Monitor

Monitor Real-Time Performance with System Analyzer

Pause and Resume a Running Application

Export Metrics Data with System Analyzer

Identify Issues in Graphics Application Execution with Trace Analyzer

Analyze GPU-bound Applications with Graphics Frame Analyzer

Run Render State Experiments with Frame Analyzer

Use Advanced Profiling Mode

Graphics Frame Analyzer Plugins

Create a Custom Plugin for Graphics Frame Analyzer

Optimize Specific Domains

Optimize Shaders

Analyze Textures

Minimize Overdraw

Optimize Graphic API States

Identify Graphics Elements with Complex Geometry

Visualize Color Distribution

Instrumentation and Tracing Technology API Support

Compile and Link with ITT API

Instrument Your Application

Minimize ITT API Overhead

Clock Domain API

Counter API

Domain API

Marker API

Metadata API

Relation API

String Handle API

Thread Naming API

Task API

Intel® GPA Reference

Performance Metrics Reference

CPU Metrics

Device I/O Metrics

GPU Metrics

Graphics API Metrics

Memory Metrics

User Interface Reference

Graphics Monitor UI Reference

Graphics Monitor Context Menu

Graphics Monitor Configuration Window

Graphics Monitor Control Panel

Graphics Monitor Window: Desktop Applications Tab

Graphics Monitor Window: Universal Windows Applications Tab (Windows* only)

Graphics Monitor Window: Options Dialog Box

Heads-Up Display (HUD) UI Reference

System Analyzer UI Reference

Graphics Frame Analyzer UI Reference

Graphics Frame Analyzer Window: Open Frame Capture

Graphics Frame Analyzer Window: Multiframe View

Graphics Frame Analyzer Window: Profiling View

Main Toolbar

Visualization Pane

API Log Pane

Resources Pane

Metrics Pane

Experiments Pane

Graphics Frame Analyzer Window: Dependency Viewer

Graphics Trace Analyzer UI Reference

Graphics Trace Analyzer Window: Open Trace Capture

Graphics Trace Analyzer Window: Platform View

Notices and Disclaimers

Cookbook

Intel GPA Framework

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Performance Metrics Reference

This section lists the metrics that you can analyze using Intel® GPA.

Using these metrics within Intel GPA enables you to "dig deep" into exactly where your game is spending its time within the rendering pipeline on the GPU. Intel GPA helps improve the playability of your game, either by increasing the frame rate or enabling you to add new visual effects.

Depending on your host system, you can get access to different groups of metrics:

CPU metrics
GPU metrics
Graphics API metrics
Memory metrics
Device I/O metrics

Graphics Frame Analyzer provides full set of GPU metrics.

System Analyzer shows CPU, Memory, Power, Media, Graphics API (DirectX* or OpenGL*), and basic GPU metrics. The same metric set is available for the System Analyzer System View except metrics for a target application.

Heads-Up Display and Graphics Trace Analyzer show the selected subset of metrics available in System Analyzer.

For best results when using these metrics, make sure that you are familiar with both the rendering pipeline of Microsoft* DirectX* and the Intel Integrated Graphics Developer's Guide.

NOTE:

For the list of supported platforms, see Intel GPA Release Notes.
Some of the metrics described in this chapter may not be available on your particular system configuration.

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