This metric shows how often CPU was stalled on L3
cache, or contended with a sibling Core. Avoiding cache misses (L2 misses/L3
hits) improves the latency and increases performance.
Interpreting General Exploration Data
Explore the Intel® VTune™ Amplifier General Exploration viewpoint for the PMU analysis based on the top-down microarchitecture analysis method that uses key hardware metrics organized by execution categories so that you could easily identify what portion of the pipeline is responsible for the majority of execution time.