I want to calculate performance of a function in micro second precision on Windows platform. Now Windows itself has milisecond granuality, so how can I achieve this. I tried following sample, but not getting correct results. LARGE_INTEGER ticksPerSecond = {0}; LARGE_INTEGER tick_1 = {0}; LARGE_INTEGER tick_2 = {0}; double uSec = 1000000; // Get the frequency QueryPerformanceFrequency(&ticksPerSecond); //Calculate per uSec freq double uFreq = ticksPerSecond.QuadPart/uSec; // Get counter b4 start of op QueryPerformanceCounter(&tick_1); // The ope itself Sleep(10); // Get counter after opfinished QueryPerformanceCounter(&tick_2); // And now the op time in uSec double diff = (tick_2.QuadPart/uFreq) - (tick_1.QuadPart/uFreq);