Application Performance Testing - Beginner Question

First, I want to apologize, because i'm sure this is answered somewhere already. I have searched and searched, but fear that I am not searching for the right terms. I have never really done testing before, and was hoping someone could point me in the right
direction.
Basically, I have an application (client side/not web) made in Visual Studio (C# Winforms) and I want to test it and determine how much time is being spent in each method, hoping this will narrow down where the slow downs are being created.
Can someone point me in the right direction?
Thank you!

Hi Firemaple109,
I feel that the test is not a solution for this issue, I suggest you use certain tool like the VS Profiler tool to really collect the time of every functions.
Reference:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd264994.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396
Instrumentation: Collects detailed timing information about each function call.
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From an Oracle's comprehensive internal performance testing,
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