1. A process implemented by a computer system, having at least one host, a processor, memory, a display, and user controls, for concurrently displaying multiple views of a statistic to analyze the performance of said computer system, comprising the computer system implemented steps of: receiving by said processor an event-causing command from said user controls; in response to receiving said event-causing command, generating by said processor an event on said host that produces said statistic; receiving by said processor at least a first sampling interval command and a second sampling interval command from said user controls; capturing by said processor first samples of said statistic at .said first sampling interval; concurrently capturing by said processor second samples of said statistic at said second sampling interval; and concurrently displaying by said processor said captured first and second samples on said display, thereby permitting a comparison of said first samples with said second samples of said statistic.