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The include file " benchmark.mqh " has a set of macros to benchmark the execution speed of various functions to decide which function is the fastest.

 //+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//|Macro for measuring function execution time.                  |
//|Print the time in microseconds each call took (microseconds/call).    |
//| TimeIt(sum += ArrayBsearch(arr, value)); |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
#Define TimeIt (function call) //+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
//|Macro used to execute a certain function a fixed number of times.        |
//|Print the elapsed time in milliseconds (msec).                  |
//|Benchmark(repeat, sum + = ArrayBsearch(arr, value)); |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
#define benchmark (repeat, func_inspiration) //+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
//|Macro for executing a function for a fixed duration in milliseconds.        |
//|Print the number of operations per second (ops/sec).            |
//| Benchmark_opsec(msec, sum += ArrayBsearch(arr, value)); |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
#define Benchmark_opsec(ms, func_invocacy)

The library is based on the following public source code time module in Python https://docs.python.org/3/library/timeit.html and stopwatch class from C# https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.diagnostics.stopwatch

Here is a usage example script:

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📎 benchmark.mqh (9.43 KB)

📎 stopwatch.mqh (11.37 KB)

📎 benchmark_test.mq5 (1.45 KB)

Source: MQL5 #43910