Color Benchmark

Program.cs

using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Drawing;

namespace ColorTest
{
	class Program
	{
		static void Main( string[] args )
		{
			byte b;
			int loopLimit = 10000000;
			
			Color c = Color.FromArgb( 235, 128, 053 );
			Stopwatch swColor = Stopwatch.StartNew();
			for( int i = 0; i < loopLimit; i++ )
			{
				b = c.A;
				b = c.R;
				b = c.G;
				b = c.B;
			}
			swColor.Stop();
			Console.WriteLine( swColor.Elapsed );

			UnsafeColor uc = new UnsafeColor( c );
			Stopwatch swUnsafeColor = Stopwatch.StartNew();
			for( int i = 0; i < loopLimit; i++ )
			{
				b = uc.Alpha;
				b = uc.Red;
				b = uc.Green;
				b = uc.Blue;
			}
			swUnsafeColor.Stop();
			Console.WriteLine( swUnsafeColor.Elapsed );
			Console.Read();
		}
	}

	public struct UnsafeColor
	{
		public byte Alpha, Red, Green, Blue;

		public UnsafeColor( Color color )
		{
			Alpha = color.A;
			Red = color.R;
			Green = color.G;
			Blue = color.B;
		}
	}
}