--- title: How to Benchmark Your Code in C# | daily.dev description: Learn how to benchmark and optimize your C# code using BenchmarkDotNet, a powerful library for accurate performance measurements. Discover why Stopwatch is not... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-benchmark-your-code-in-c--d4esovnhq twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How to Benchmark Your Code in C# | daily.dev og:description: Learn how to benchmark and optimize your C# code using BenchmarkDotNet, a powerful library for accurate performance measurements. Discover why Stopwatch is not... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-benchmark-your-code-in-c--d4esovnhq og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/d4eSOvNhQ.png og:image:alt: How to Benchmark Your Code in C# og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How to Benchmark Your Code in C# **[freeCodeCamp](https://daily.dev/sources/freecodecamp)** · [@grantdotdev](https://daily.dev/grantdotdev) · 11 min read · 75 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Learn how to benchmark and optimize your C# code using BenchmarkDotNet, a powerful library for accurate performance measurements. Discover why Stopwatch is not reliable for detailed benchmarking, understand key metrics like mean, error, and standard deviation, and explore how to measure memory allocation and garbage collection impacts. 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