Measure execution time in C#

Question

I want to measure the execution of a piece of code and I\'m wondering what the best method to do this is?

Option 1:

DateTime StartTime = DateTime.Now         


        

Answer 1

I generally use StopWatch for this kind of situation.

From MSDN page:

StopWatch

Provides a set of methods and properties that you can use to accurately measure elapsed time.

In the following post I use it to compare the execution time of LINQ vs PLINQ:

Parallel LINQ (PLINQ) with Visual Studio 2010