Read frame timing data with ProfilerRecorder

You can use the ProfilerRecorder API to get custom and built-in Profiler counter values, and to read FrameTimingManager values.

The benefit of this is that when you use the ProfilerRecorder API, FrameTimingManager only records values when you attach a recorder to a specific counter. This behavior enables you to control which counters collect data and reduces the impact that the FrameTimingManager has on performance.

The following example tracks only the CPU Main Thread Frame Time variable with the ProfilerRecorder API:

using Unity.Profiling;
using UnityEngine;

public class ExampleScript : MonoBehaviour
{
    ProfilerRecorder mainThreadTimeRecorder;

    void OnEnable()
    {
        mainThreadTimeRecorder = ProfilerRecorder.StartNew(ProfilerCategory.Internal, "CPU Main Thread Frame Time");
    }

    void OnDisable()
    {
        mainThreadTimeRecorder.Dispose();
    }

    void Update()
    {
        var frameTime = mainThreadTimeRecorder.LastValue;

        // Your code logic here
    }
}

Additional resources

• Get frame timing data
• Adding profiling information to your code