To launch the AMDuProf GUI program:
- On Windows, launch the GUI from C:\Program Files\AMD\AMDuProf\bin\AMDuProf.exe or using the Desktop shortcut.
- On Linux, launch the GUI from /opt/AMDuProf_X.Y-ZZZ/bin/AMDuProf binary.
The Welcome screen is displayed.
Figure 1. AMD uProf Welcome Screen
It has multiple sections.
- The Start Here section provides quick links to start profile for the various profile targets.
- Recently used profile configurations are listed in Recently Used Configuration(s) section. You can click on this configuration to reuse that profile configuration for subsequent profiling.
- Recently opened profile sessions are listed in Recently Opened Session(s) section. You can click on any one of the sessions to load the corresponding profile data for further analysis.
- The Quick Links section contains two entries which lets you to start profiles with minimal configuration.
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- Click See what’s keeping your System busy to start a system-wide time-based profiling until you stop it and then display the collected data.
- Click See what’s guzzling power in your System to select various power and thermal related counters and display a live view of the data through graphs.
- AMD uProf Resources section provides links to the AMD uProf release page and AMD server community forum for discussions on profiling and performance tuning.