Aync/Await action within Task.Run()

Question

Task.Run(()=>{}) puts the action delegate into the queue and returns the task . Is there any benefit of having async/await within the Task.Run() ? I underst

Answer 1

Is there any benefit of having async/await within the Task.Run() ?

Yes. Task.Run runs some action on a thread-pool thread. If such action does some IO work and asynchronously waits for the IO operation to complete via await, then this thread-pool thread can be used by the system for other work while the IO operation is still running.

Example:

Task.Run( async () =>
{
    DoSomeCPUIntensiveWork();

    // While asynchronously waiting for this to complete, 
    // the thread is given back to the thread-pool
    var io_result = await DoSomeIOOperation(); 

    DoSomeOtherCPUIntensiveWork(io_result);
});