using System; public class Test { public static void Main() { var y = 1.0; var x = 1.0; var sw = new System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch(); sw.Start(); for (int i = 0; i < 10000; i++) { x *= y; x *= y; x *= y; x *= y; x *= y; x *= y; x *= y; x *= y; x *= y; x *= y; } sw.Stop(); Console.WriteLine("Time = {0} ms", sw.Elapsed); } }