Benchmarking mobile devices

A computer-implemented method for monitoring performance of a mobile device, the mobile device comprising a memory and a processor, the memory including computer readable instructions stored thereon associated with a diagnostic application, which when executed on the processor, has a first level of permissions for accessing the mobile device, and a performance monitoring component, which when executed on the processor, has a second level of permissions for accessing the mobile device, the method comprising:

• at the diagnostic application on the mobile device:
• sending a monitoring request to the performance monitoring component to retrieve performance-related data associated with execution of an application on the mobile device, wherein the performance-related data is accessible using the second level of permissions;
• receiving and storing performance related data from the performance monitoring component for analysing the performance of the mobile device executing the application;
• at the performance monitoring component on the mobile device:
• receiving the monitoring request from the diagnostic application to retrieve the performance-related data associated with the mobile device;
• monitoring and storing the performance-related data accessible with second level of permissions of the mobile device during execution of the application;
• and
• sending the performance-related data to the diagnostic application for analysing the performance of the mobile device executing the application.