For me, this is a storm in a teacup. I use Netbeans Profiler regularly, and it produces decent results for me. It's only when the profile starts getting pretty

For me, this is a storm in a teacup. I use Netbeans Profiler regularly, and it produces decent results for me. It's only when the profile starts getting pretty flat that the inaccuracies of this method start showing up, but for run of the mill performance problems where you have nice fat spikes sticking up here and there, it is perfectly adequate.