Performance sensor

The Performance  sensor provides information about how fast a simulation is being run and. Typically, you would use the Real-time factor output to know how fast a simulation is. For example,
  • A real-time factor of 1 means that the simulation runs real time. Running a 10-minute simulation will take 10 minutes
  • A real-time factor of 2 means that the simulation runs twice real time. Running a 10-minute simulation will take 5 minutes
  • A real-time factor of 0.5 means that the simulation runs half real time. Running a 10-minute simulation will take 20 minutes
be added from the  Special sensors button as shown in the figure below



The  Performance  sensor provides the following fields:
Field Unit Description
Elapsed wall-clock time s Real time (i.e. measured by your clock, independently of Ashes) that has passed since the simulation was started
Real-time factor - Ratio of the simulation time step over the wall-clock time taken to simulate it; values greater than 1 mean the simulation runs faster than real time
Real-time factor (average) - Average value of the real-time factor since the start of the simulation