Windows Performance Recorder

Applies To: Windows 8, Windows 8.1

Included in the Windows® Assessment and Deployment Kit (Windows ADK), Windows® Performance Recorder (WPR) is a performance recording tool that is based on Event Tracing for Windows (ETW). It records system events that you can then analyze by using Windows® Performance Analyzer (WPA).

You can download WPR by visiting https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=293840.

What’s New in WPR

For a list of the newest features in WPR, see the WPR section of What's New in the Windows Performance Toolkit.

In This Section

Introduction to WPR

Gives a brief introduction to WPR.

WPR Quick Start

Introduces the basic features that you will use to create WPR recordings.

WPR Features

Describes WPR features in detail.

WPR How-to-Topics

Gives detailed procedures about how to use WPR.

WPR Scenarios

Provides WPR scenarios.

WPR Reference

Provides complete reference material about how to use command-line options, create XML profiles, and use Xperf.

See Also

Concepts

Windows Performance Toolkit Technical Reference
Windows Performance Analyzer

Other Resources

Xperf Command-Line Reference