Microsecond resolution timestamps on Windows

Question

How do I get microsecond resolution timestamps on Windows?

I am loking for something better than QueryPerformanceCounter and QueryPerformanceFrequ

Answer 1

I don't think you're going to find a solution better than QueryPerformanceCounter. The standard technique is to set up your code to catch and discard backward time jumps and massive outliers that might result from a thread switching CPUs. If you're measuring very small intervals (if not, then you don't need that precision), then it's not a common occurrence any way. Just make it a tolerable error rather than a critical error.

In the rare cases where you absolutely need to be sure that it never happens, then locking your threads down by setting the processor affinity mask is the only option.