This Section contains a complete table of the PAPI_ performance counters that can be used with the Bencho Framework. Please note, that if the PAPI library is not installed on your system, all performance counters will fall back to simple time measurement.
| PAPI_EVENT | Event measured |
|---|---|
| PAPI_L1_DCM | Level 1 data cache misses |
| PAPI_L1_ICM | Level 1 instruction cache misses |
| PAPI_L2_DCM | Level 2 data cache misses |
| PAPI_L2_ICM | Level 2 instruction cache misses |
| PAPI_L3_DCM | Level 3 data cache misses |
| PAPI_L3_ICM | Level 3 instruction cache misses |
| PAPI_L1_TCM | Level 1 total cache misses |
| PAPI_L2_TCM | Level 2 total cache misses |
| PAPI_L3_TCM | Level 3 total cache misses |
| PAPI_CA_SNP | Snoops |
| PAPI_CA_SHR | Request for access to shared cache line (SMP) |
| PAPI_CA_CLN | Request for access to clean cache line (SMP) |
| PAPI_CA_INV | Cache Line Invalidation (SMP) |
| PAPI_CA_ITV | Cache Line Intervention (SMP) |
| PAPI_L3_LDM | Level 3 load misses |
| PAPI_L3_STM | Level 3 store misses |
| PAPI_BRU_IDL | Cycles branch units are idle |
| PAPI_FXU_IDL | Cycles integer units are idle |
| PAPI_FPU_IDL | Cycles floating point units are idle |
| PAPI_LSU_IDL | Cycles load/store units are idle |
| PAPI_TLB_DM | Data translation lookaside buffer misses |
| PAPI_TLB_IM | Instruction translation lookaside buffer misses |
| PAPI_TLB_TL | Total translation lookaside buffer misses |
| PAPI_L1_LDM | Level 1 load misses |
| PAPI_L1_STM | Level 1 store misses |
| PAPI_L2_LDM | Level 2 load misses |
| PAPI_L2_STM | Level 2 store misses |
| PAPI_BTAC_M | BTAC miss |
| PAPI_PRF_DM | Prefetch data instruction caused a miss |
| PAPI_L3_DCH | Level 3 Data Cache Hit |
| PAPI_TLB_SD | Translation lookaside buffer shootdowns (SMP) |
| PAPI_CSR_FAL | Failed store conditional instructions |
| PAPI_CSR_SUC | Successful store conditional instructions |
| PAPI_CSR_TOT | Total store conditional instructions |
| PAPI_MEM_SCY | Cycles Stalled Waiting for Memory Access |
| PAPI_MEM_RCY | Cycles Stalled Waiting for Memory Read |
| PAPI_MEM_WCY | Cycles Stalled Waiting for Memory Write |
| PAPI_STL_ICY | Cycles with No Instruction Issue |
| PAPI_FUL_ICY | Cycles with Maximum Instruction Issue |
| PAPI_STL_CCY | Cycles with No Instruction Completion |
| PAPI_FUL_CCY | Cycles with Maximum Instruction Completion |
| PAPI_HW_INT | Hardware interrupts |
| PAPI_BR_UCN | Unconditional branch instructions executed |
| PAPI_BR_CN | Conditional branch instructions executed |
| PAPI_BR_TKN | Conditional branch instructions taken |
| PAPI_BR_NTK | Conditional branch instructions not taken |
| PAPI_BR_MSP | Conditional branch instructions mispredicted |
| PAPI_BR_PRC | Conditional branch instructions correctly predicted |
| PAPI_FMA_INS | FMA instructions completed |
| PAPI_TOT_IIS | Total instructions issued |
| PAPI_TOT_INS | Total instructions executed |
| PAPI_INT_INS | Integer instructions executed |
| PAPI_FP_INS | Floating point instructions executed |
| PAPI_LD_INS | Load instructions executed |
| PAPI_SR_INS | Store instructions executed |
| PAPI_BR_INS | Total branch instructions executed |
| PAPI_VEC_INS | Vector/SIMD instructions executed |
| PAPI_FLOPS | Floating Point Instructions executed per second |
| PAPI_RES_STL | Cycles processor is stalled on resource |
| PAPI_FP_STAL | FP units are stalled |
| PAPI_TOT_CYC | Total cycles |
| PAPI_IPS | Instructions executed per second |
| PAPI_LST_INS | Total load/store instructions executed |
| PAPI_SYC_INS | Synchronization instructions executed |
| PAPI_L1_DCH | L1 D Cache Hit |
| PAPI_L2_DCH | L2 D Cache Hit |
| PAPI_L1_DCA | L1 D Cache Access |
| PAPI_L2_DCA | L2 D Cache Access |
| PAPI_L3_DCA | L3 D Cache Access |
| PAPI_L1_DCR | L1 D Cache Read |
| PAPI_L2_DCR | L2 D Cache Read |
| PAPI_L3_DCR | L3 D Cache Read |
| PAPI_L1_DCW | L1 D Cache Write |
| PAPI_L2_DCW | L2 D Cache Write |
| PAPI_L3_DCW | L3 D Cache Write |
| PAPI_L1_ICH | L1 instruction cache hits |
| PAPI_L2_ICH | L2 instruction cache hits |
| PAPI_L3_ICH | L3 instruction cache hits |
| PAPI_L1_ICA | L1 instruction cache accesses |
| PAPI_L2_ICA | L2 instruction cache accesses |
| PAPI_L3_ICA | L3 instruction cache accesses |
| PAPI_L1_ICR | L1 instruction cache reads |
| PAPI_L2_ICR | L2 instruction cache reads |
| PAPI_L3_ICR | L3 instruction cache reads |
| PAPI_L1_ICW | L1 instruction cache writes |
| PAPI_L2_ICW | L2 instruction cache writes |
| PAPI_L3_ICW | L3 instruction cache writes |
| PAPI_L1_TCH | L1 total cache hits |
| PAPI_L2_TCH | L2 total cache hits |
| PAPI_L3_TCH | L3 total cache hits |
| PAPI_L1_TCA | L1 total cache accesses |
| PAPI_L2_TCA | L2 total cache accesses |
| PAPI_L3_TCA | L3 total cache accesses |
| PAPI_L1_TCR | L1 total cache reads |
| PAPI_L2_TCR | L2 total cache reads |
| PAPI_L3_TCR | L3 total cache reads |
| PAPI_L1_TCW | L1 total cache writes |
| PAPI_L2_TCW | L2 total cache writes |
| PAPI_L3_TCW | L3 total cache writes |
| PAPI_FML_INS | FM ins |
| PAPI_FAD_INS | FA ins |
| PAPI_FDV_INS | FD ins |
| PAPI_FSQ_INS | FSq ins |
| PAPI_FNV_INS | Finv ins |