Audio Load Meter?

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Audio Load Meter?

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Audio Load Meter:
an indicator that shows how much load the system is under with respect to audio processing. Windows Task Manager reports a similar load
measurement as a percentage of CPU resource usage.
(Source: Glitch Free / Cantabile)
The LOAD indicator in the Traktor header shows how much available audio buffer is currently being used for audio processing. This is not synonymous with the computer's processor usage.
(Source: Native Instruments Website)

With the ever changing list of plug-ins and operating systems, this appears a formidable metric for choosing a suitable buffer size versus guessing and waiting for dropouts.

According to the name "CPU Mixcraft x%" Mixcraft measures the CPU cycles, which is not necessarily useful:
Note that it’s possible for a program to be waiting for something (which takes time) without consuming CPU cycles (...)
In other words there’s not necessarily a relationship between time taken and CPU resources used (...)
(Source: Glitch Free / Cantabile).

Is there any way to measure this within Mixcraft? Maybe there is a plug-in that processes that.
C# or Bb!
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