There are five main types of table in performance_schema. They are current events tables, event history tables, event summary tables, object instances tables, and setup (configuration) tables:
mysql> SHOW TABLES LIKE '%current%';+------------------------------------------+| Tables_in_performance_schema (%current%) |+------------------------------------------+| events_stages_current || events_statements_current || events_transactions_current || events_waits_current |+------------------------------------------+4 rows in set (0.00 sec)mysql> SHOW TABLES LIKE '%history%';+------------------------------------------+| Tables_in_performance_schema (%history%) |+------------------------------------------+| events_stages_history ...