Where Does PresentMon Save Capture Files?
PresentMon capture CSVs land in a fixed Intel folder for the GUI app, or wherever you launched the console build.
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Which PresentMon you run decides where files land. The overlay capture app always writes its pmcap CSVs into an Intel/PresentMon/Capture folder in Local AppData, whether you want them there or not. Long sessions pile up fast, so that folder deserves periodic cleaning.
The console build behaves differently: by default it drops a PresentMon timestamp CSV into whatever directory you launched it from. Pass --output_file to pin captures to a benchmarks folder instead of scattering them across random terminals.
Where PresentMon stores this, by platform
C:\Users\[Username]\AppData\Local\Intel\PresentMon\Capture
GUI capture app output: pmcap data CSV plus a stats summary per run. Service logs live separately under %AppData%/PresentMon2Capture.
Frequently asked questions
How do I choose where PresentMon saves CSVs?
Launch the console build with --output_file pointing at your benchmarks folder. The GUI app has a fixed Capture folder, so move files out of it after each session.
What is the stats CSV next to my PresentMon capture?
A per-run summary with average, minimum and percentile FPS. Keep it beside the raw pmcap file and you can compare runs without reopening the full data.
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