LogViewer for AIDA64 is available !

[TomWoB 4]

Introduction

I like AIDA64, especially the logging functionality, but it's difficult to analyze this data. The diagrams within AIDA64 are very limited and there is no possibility to compare the influence of different settings (e.g. graphic) to the overall performance of a system. So I decided to implement a tool, 

• which allows to illustrate AIDA64 log data in several diagrams and 
• to compare multiple log-files side-by-side in one diagram !

 

User Guide

Before you can use the tool, you have to generate an AIDA64 log file with at least the following marked settings:

• Log sensor readings to CSV log file
• UpTime

 

The tool is very simple to use: no installation necessary, just start "GenericLogViewer.exe". At the top you can select

• how many diagrams with
• how many log-files

should be presented by the tool.

 

Open an AIDA64 log file by clicking the "Open File" button, select application type "AIDA64", select an AIDA64 log file and press "Open" (AIDA64 csv-log-files have typically the filename pattern: *_log.csv). After parsing the file, the logging duration of the file is shown and by default the "Timeline" diagram of the first log category. You can change the shown diagram with:

• Timeline/Statisic RadioButton
• Log Category ComboBox
• Change all buttons (changes category in every diagram)

The Y-axis shows the values of the seleted Log Category in ComboBox (unit is within [..])

 

If an opened file is still updated with logging-data by AIDA64, you can simple update/refresh it by clicking on the "Reload"-Button:

 

 

At the top left corner of every diagram you can find the arithmetic average of the corresponding curve:

 

 

If there are too many different values on Y-axis in "Statistic" mode, the values are grouped into ranges. If this is the case, the following control is shown, which allows to increase of decrease the number of ranges (or to disable quantisation).

 

 

Splitter between the diagrams allow you to adjust the height of all diagrams:

 

 

After opening all log files you can hide the file area by unmarking "Show file area" to get more space for diagrams.

 

New feature since version 2.1: Simple Mode

I added a "two columns" feature, which doubles the number of diagrams. But if you use "two columns" with a high "number of diagrams" the diagrams are very small. That's why I introduced the "Simple mode" which:

• simplifies header and footer
• decreases line thickness

Tip: use the "Tab"-key to toggle between 'Standard' and 'Simple' mode !

 

New feature since version 3.0: Time Window Definition

If you click the "Edit"-button in the file area, a new window will be opened to define Start- and End-time of a time window for the logfile (see user guide at the top of this window). It allows you

• to show only a part of a single logfile or
• to synchronize multiple logfiles

Attention: time window start-time is "normalized" to "00:00:00", otherwise synchronization of multiple log-files will not work !

 

Button description:

• "Set": defines Start/End time of time window
• "Reset": resets Start/End time to "file borders"
• "Zoom": zooms into diagram with the actual defined Start/End times for fine-tuning (from Start-10% to End+10%). Remark: works only in case of Start/End is more then 10% from "file Start/End times")
• "Cancel": closes window without any change
• "Apply": yes, take the actual defined Start/End times as the used time window for all diagrams !

 

New features since version 4.0 (August 2018):

• possibility to compare different categories of one file in one diagram
• possibility to present diagrams in a "dark style"

If you have only file loaded, it's now possible to add up to two more ComboBoxes for category selection in any diagram. Addtional you can change the background color of the diagram  section to black.

 

Tips for analyzing log files:

• Number of diagrams: 2
• First diagram: Timeline
• Second diagram: Statistic
• Select on both diagrams same log category
• Use "Change all" buttons for synchronous changes in both diagrams

 

Requirements

• Microsoft Windows
• Microsoft Framework .NET 4.6.1 (at least)
• no installation necessary, just start "GenericLogViewer.exe"

 

Download

The zip file (SHA-1 hash, Version 4.0: EB8551E052CC968BB230C95007F6958EA47A8981) contains the binary files of the tool.

GenericLogViewer - Version 4.0.zip

 

Version history:

• 1.0: Initial version
• 1.1: "Change log category" buttons added
• 1.2: User Interface improvements
• 1.2: Switch to GenericLogViewer
• 1.3: Bugfix: depending on Windows Region Settings there could be a problem during DateTime conversion (older versions)
• 2.0: Many internal changes, new features see post below
• 2.1: New features see post below
• 2.2: Bugfix: log-files, created on a PC which was running > 24 hours couldn't be loaded -> fixed
• 3.0: New feature: Time Window Definition
• 3.1: Bugfix: sometimes log-files can't be opened after AIDA64 was stopped -> fixed
• 3.2: Bugfix: sometimes log-files can't be opened, case reported by mkos1 below -> fixed
• 4.0: Different categories of one file in one diagram and dark mode

[Fiery 346]

Thank you for posting this, it looks like a very useful tool

[TomWoB 4]

New version 1.3 available !

 

Information see above, please update to latest version.

[TomWoB 4]

New version 2.0 available !

 

New features:

• Reload-Button: to refresh active logging-files
• arithmetic averages of all curves are shown
• quantisation can be disabled if wanted

 

Why new major version 2?

I did a lot of internal changes and code is now completly verified by Unit-Tests.

[TomWoB 4]

New version 2.1 available !

 

New features:

• up to 6 diagrams
• in up to 2 columns (-> max = 12 diagrams)
• Simple mode (for small diagrams)
• Tooltip with horizontal line

I added a "two columns" feature, which doubles the number of diagrams. But if you use "two columns" with a high "number of diagrams" the diagrams are very small. That's why I introduced the "Simple mode" which:

• simplifies header and footer
• decreases line thickness

Tip: use the "Tab"-key to toggle between 'Standard' and 'Simple' mode !

 

Another new feature is that you can create a horizontal line in a "Timeline" diagram:

go with mouse "on curve where the horizontal line should be", wait until tooltip pops up (with value) and click -> line stays there until you click on another tooltip or you change category.

 

Hope you enjoy my new features ... Tom

[TomWoB 4]

New version 2.2 available !

 

Bugfix:

Log-files, created on a PC which was running > 24 hours couldn't be loaded -> fixed

 

Tip:

for "long time control" (e.g. PCs running 24/7), you can use the "Numbers of hours between opening new log files" feature, which allows to generate e.g. "one file per day". Such log-files can be perfectly compared, because

• all files have same duration
• arithmetic averages are calculated on same base

 

 

[TomWoB 4]

New version 3.0 available !

 

New feature: time window definition per logfile possible:

• to show only a part of a single logfile or
• to synchronize multiple logfiles

See detailed description in first post of this thread ...

[TomWoB 4]

New version 3.1 available !

 

Bugfix:

• Sometimes log-files can't be opened after AIDA64 was stopped -> fixed

[mkos1 0]

Help! I have the logging set up the way it needs to me but I can not get the log viewer to open my file. Could I email you my log file and you can tell me what I am doing wrong.

[mkos1 0]

After doing A LOT of testing and retrying I was finally able to open 1 log file out of 50 tries doing different things. Mostly 1 am getting an "Array Index out of bounds" error. But also some other errors about my log file being manipulated or corrupted. 

[TomWoB 4]

Hello mkos1,

 

I'm sorry that you had some trouble with my LogViewer. Let's check some stuff: under menu "File -> Preferences" you should configure the "Logging" section like the following example (interface has a little bit changed):

 

 

The configuration filename "Aida64log" generates log-filenames like "Aida64log_2016-02-14_15-51-14_log.csv" !

 

Today I generated an example logfile (attached below) with the settings above:

• 00:00 - 00:26: Project Cars
• 00:27 - 00:47: F1 2015
• 00:47 - 00:51: nothing -> cool down

Everything is working fine on my PC: no problem during opening the file or during checking the diagrams ...

Btw: I can't believe that the LogViewer is responsible for "manipulated or corrupted" logfiles as you described. The LogViewer opens logfiles in "read-only* mode, so it will never change a file!

 

Example logfile (zipped):  Aida64log_2016-02-14_15-51-14_log.zip

[mkos1 0]

I believe I found the problem. When you have the option "Log started and stopped processes" turned ON it causes errors when reading the log files. It would be nice to be able to leave that option turned on in some future update/release.

[TomWoB 4]

Hi mkos1,

 

I assume this should be not the problem. I checked the code and

• log lines like  "* Processes started: dllhost.exe, Photoshop.exe"  are handle correctly, but
• I found a potential problem in case of such a "Start/Stop" log-line contains the "value delimiter" semikolon (";"), but I never saw such a line so far !

Here is an example of a logfile, which has "Log started and stopped processes" turned ON and the LogViewer doesn't have any problem with this file:

Aida64log_2016-02-17_17-27-48_log.zip

[mkos1 0]

Your tool has worked fine for me since turning that option off. I was just opening and closing apps like MS Word and Adobe PDF reader for testing purposes and seemed to have problems with the option on. The tool has proven very usefull for monitoring what I have needed it for. (Tracking the performance impact of an automated data backup solution)

[n1kobg 0]

THANK YOU, VERY GOOD TOOL. 
I HAVE A QUESTION. HOW CAN I SEE MY FPS VALUES?
AND I NEED A INTERFACE TO IMPLEMENT SOME REGISTRY & BATCH GAMING TWEAKS IN A PROGRAM BUT I DONR HAVE SUFFITIENT KNOWLEDGE. CAN YOU MAKE SOMETHING THAT I CAN JUST ADD ON/OFF BUTTONS? JUST GENERIC MOST BASIC INTERFACE THAT CAN BE MADE INTO EXE FILE? PLEASE  

[TomWoB 4]

Hello n1kobg,

you can typically see your FPS when you start FRAPS (http://www.fraps.com/) before you start AIDA64. If you do this, you can find in the log-settings an entry for FRAPS:

I think this works up to DX11 games, but not for games running with DX12 !

For Registry setting changes I propose you write registry files, which are simple text files (ask Google). The same for batch-files (simple text files, ask Google).

Best regards TomWoB

 

[n1kobg 0]

Hey TomWoB, Ye I know these things , My 1st pc was more than 20 years ago but im not a developer or it specialist. For Fraps I use FrafsBenchViewer.
 I have a bunch of .reg & batch files that i want to implement in a simple app. My goal is to be able to optimize Windows in several different ways depending on what you want to do. I remember there was some Ashampoo program that make a gadget app with simple buttons that i can assign to do few different options. I understand thats alot

Thas my blog i started for the guys from my clan:
n1kobg.blogspot.bg

[TomWoB 4]

New version 3.2 available !

Bugfix:

    Sometimes log-files can't be opened, case reported by mkos1 above -> fixed

 

[TomWoB 4]

New version 4.0 available !

Hi all, I spent some time to improve the GenericLogViewer, so Version 4.0 has two new features:

• possibility to compare different categories of one file in one diagram
• possibility to present diagrams in a "dark style"

1) Multiple categories of one file in one diagram
If you have only one file loaded, you can find a new "+" button on the right side of the category ComboBox in every diagram:

This button allows you to add up to two more category ComboBoxes. Attention: be aware of comparing same units (within [..]) Comparing CPU [MHz] with CPU [%] doesn't make sense ... . You can reset the "number of category ComboBoxes" to one with the follwing trick:

1. Select "number of files" = 2
2. Select "number of files" = 1

2) Diagrams in a dark style
Together with YouTuber F2F Tech I developed a "dark style" for the diagram section. In the header of GenericLogViewer you can find a CheckBox "Dark mode" which enables/disables the dark style in the diagrams. Why not a complete dark style like "Metro Style"? I personally like the contrast between the control and diagram sections  

... two more things:

• Upgrade from Visual Studio 2010 -> 2017
• Upgrade from .NET 4.0 -> 4.6.1 (released November 2015)

Hope you enjoy the new features ... Tom