If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
— Abraham Maslow
Benchmarking is only one of the performance investigation steps. In this chapter, you will find a brief overview of the some important diagnostic tools that can be useful for the whole investigation. We will learn the following kinds of tools:
Benchmarking harness
This tool automatically benchmarks the specified method and displays corresponding metrics. It tells you how much time it takes to perform this method, but it doesn’t always tell you why you have such values.
Performance profiler
This tool measures ...
