# Are timers set to long periods heavy on performance? **URL:** \ **Category:** Debugging, Optimization, & Profiling\ **Tags:** unreal-engine, Performance, question, set-timer\ **Created:** [October 28, 2020, 1:13pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/are-timers-set-to-long-periods-heavy-on-performance/473636 "2020-10-28T13:13:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Actuss](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Actuss](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Actuss)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 1:13pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/are-timers-set-to-long-periods-heavy-on-performance/473636/1 "2020-10-28T13:13:20Z")
Hello. I have huge amount of actors. I would like to “do something” with them every let’s say 60 seconds. I would like to do it by setting a timers to do it every 60 seconds. And that is my question. Are timers heavy on performance when they are “waiting” to do something? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Everynone](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/everynone/32/1135017_2.png) [@Everynone](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Everynone)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 1:22pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/are-timers-set-to-long-periods-heavy-on-performance/473636/2 "2020-10-28T13:22:11Z")
> Are timers heavy on performance when > they are “waiting” to do something? No. But what is stopping you from spawning 10000 actors and starting their timers? See what happens. Alternatively, you can run 1 timer and ask the “huge amount of actors” to do something - that’s if _all at once_ is all you need. > I have huge amount of actors. I would > like to “do something” with them every > let’s say 60 seconds. That one frame should be fun, though. ---
**Author:** ![araz01](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/araz01/32/1028814_2.png) [@araz01](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/araz01)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2024, 7:35am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/are-timers-set-to-long-periods-heavy-on-performance/473636/3 "2024-05-20T07:35:39Z")
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