This table contains the values for each category of the counters that measure CPU performance.
| Counter Name | Category | Value |
|---|---|---|
| usage | ||
| unit | Percentage, precision to 1/100 percentage point. 1 = 0.01%. A value between 0 and 10000. | |
| description | CPU usage as a percentage over the interval of collection. | |
| statistic type | rate | |
| rollup type | average, minimum, maximum | |
| entity | host, virtual machine | |
| usagemhz | ||
| unit | MHz | |
| description | CPU usage in MHz over the interval of collection. | |
| statistic type | rate | |
| rollup type | average, minimum, maximum | |
| entity | host, virtual machine, compute resources and resource pools | |
| system | ||
| unit | millisecond | |
| description | CPU time spent on system processes. | |
| statistic type | delta | |
| rollup type | summation | |
| entity | virtual machine, device instance only | |
| wait | ||
| unit | millisecond | |
| description | CPU time spent on wait state. | |
| statistic type | delta | |
| rollup type | summation | |
| entity | virtual machine, device instance only | |
| ready | ||
| unit | millisecond | |
| description | CPU time spent on ready state. | |
| statistic type | delta | |
| rollup type | summation | |
| entity | virtual machine, device instance only | |
| extra | ||
| unit | millisecond | |
| description | CPU time that is extra. | |
| statistic type | delta | |
| rollup type | summation | |
| entity | virtual machine, device instance only | |
| used | ||
| unit | millisecond | |
| description | CPU time that is used. | |
| statistic type | delta | |
| rollup type | summation | |
| entity | virtual machine, device instance only | |
| guaranteed | ||
| unit | millisecond | |
| description | CPU time that is guaranteed for the virtual machine | |
| statistic type | delta | |
| rollup type | summation | |
| entity | virtual machine, device instance only | |
| reservedCapacity | ||
| unit | MHz | |
| description | CPU reserved capacity | |
| statistic type | absolute | |
| rollup type | average | |
| entity | host, virtual machine, resource pools |