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public class User
{
    public int Id { get; set; }
    public string UserName { get; set; }
    public string Password { get; set; }
    public DateTime LastLogin { get; set; }
}

public static void RunActionMeasurePerformance(Action action)
{
    GC.Collect();
    var initMemUsage = Process.GetCurrentProcess().WorkingSet64;
    var stopwatch = new Stopwatch();
    stopwatch.Start();
    action();
    stopwatch.Stop();
    var currentMemUsage = Process.GetCurrentProcess().WorkingSet64;
    var memUsage = currentMemUsage - initMemUsage;
    if (memUsage < 0) memUsage = 0;
    Console.WriteLine("Elapsed time: {0}, Memory Usage: {1:N2} KB", stopwatch.Elapsed, memUsage / 1024);
}

static void Main(string[] args)
{
    var length = 1000000;
    var users = new List<User>(length);
    for (var i = 0; i < length; i++)
    {
 
        var user = new User
        {
            Id = i,
            UserName = "User" + i,
            Password = "1" + i + "2" + i,
            LastLogin = DateTime.Now
        };
        users.Add(user);
    }
 
    Console.WriteLine("Custom mapping");
    RunActionMeasurePerformance(() =>
    {
        var userList =
            users.Select(
                o =>
                    new User
                    {
                        Id = o.Id,
                        UserName = o.UserName,
                        Password = o.Password,
                        LastLogin = o.LastLogin
                    }).ToList();
    });
 
    Console.WriteLine("EmitMapper mapping");
    RunActionMeasurePerformance(() =>
    {
        var map = EmitMapper.ObjectMapperManager.DefaultInstance.GetMapper<User, User>();
        var emitUsers = users.Select(o => map.Map(o)).ToList();
    });
 
    Console.WriteLine("ValueInjecter mapping");
    RunActionMeasurePerformance(() =>
    {
        var valueUsers = users.Select(o => (User)new User().InjectFrom(o)).ToList();
    });
 
    Console.WriteLine("AutoMapper mapping, DynamicMap using List");
    RunActionMeasurePerformance(() =>
    {
        var userMap = Mapper.DynamicMap<List<User>>(users).ToList();
    });
 
    Console.WriteLine("AutoMapper mapping, Map using List");
    RunActionMeasurePerformance(() =>
    {
        var userMap = Mapper.Map<List<User>>(users).ToList();
    });
 
    Console.WriteLine("AutoMapper mapping, Map using IEnumerable");
    RunActionMeasurePerformance(() =>
    {
        var userMap = Mapper.Map<IEnumerable<User>>(users).ToList();
    });
 
 
    Console.ReadKey();
}

 Custom mapping
Elapsed time: 00:00:00.4869463, Memory Usage: 58,848.00 KB

EmitMapper mapping
Elapsed time: 00:00:00.6068193, Memory Usage: 62,784.00 KB

ValueInjecter mapping
Elapsed time: 00:00:15.6935578, Memory Usage: 21,140.00 KB

AutoMapper mapping, DynamicMap using List
Elapsed time: 00:00:00.6028971, Memory Usage: 7,164.00 KB

AutoMapper mapping, Map using List
Elapsed time: 00:00:00.0106244, Memory Usage: 680.00 KB

AutoMapper mapping, Map using IEnumerable
Elapsed time: 00:00:01.5954456, Memory Usage: 40,248.00 KB

On many of the expressions we’ve tried, these changes routinely result in throughput improvements of 3-6x, and in some cases, much more.  

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