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name: StatsItem
type: class
memory_category: Instances
summary: |
  A single performance metric.
description: |
  A StatsItem is an internal measurement item that is created by the engine to
  benchmark many of the backend components of Roblox. It cannot be created using
  `Datatype.Instance.new()`, but its value can be read by plugins. They can be
  found stored inside of the `Class.Stats` service.
code_samples: []
inherits:
  - Instance
descendants:
  - RunningAverageItemDouble
  - RunningAverageItemInt
  - RunningAverageTimeIntervalItem
  - TotalCountTimeIntervalItem
tags:
  - NotCreatable
deprecation_message: ''
properties:
  - name: StatsItem.DisplayName
    summary: ''
    description: ''
    code_samples: []
    type: string
    tags:
      - Hidden
      - ReadOnly
      - NotReplicated
    deprecation_message: ''
    security:
      read: PluginSecurity
      write: PluginSecurity
    thread_safety: ReadSafe
    category: Data
    serialization:
      can_load: false
      can_save: false
    capabilities: []
methods:
  - name: StatsItem:GetValue
    summary: |
      Returns the StatsItem's value.
    description: |
      Returns the StatsItem's value.
    code_samples: []
    parameters: []
    returns:
      - type: double
        summary: ''
    tags: []
    deprecation_message: ''
    security: PluginSecurity
    thread_safety: Unsafe
    capabilities: []
  - name: StatsItem:GetValueString
    summary: |
      Returns the StatsItem's value as a formatted string.
    description: |
      Returns the StatsItem's value as a formatted string.
    code_samples: []
    parameters: []
    returns:
      - type: string
        summary: ''
    tags: []
    deprecation_message: ''
    security: PluginSecurity
    thread_safety: Unsafe
    capabilities: []
events: []
callbacks: []