diff --git a/desmume/src/GPU_osd.cpp b/desmume/src/GPU_osd.cpp
index 392553dbf..75fe34c36 100644
--- a/desmume/src/GPU_osd.cpp
+++ b/desmume/src/GPU_osd.cpp
@@ -505,6 +505,7 @@ void DrawHUD()
 	if (CommonSettings.hud.FpsDisplay) 
 	{
 		osd->addFixed(Hud.FpsDisplay.x, Hud.FpsDisplay.y, "Fps:%02d/%02d (%02d%%)%s", Hud.fps, Hud.fps3d, Hud.arm9load, driver->EMU_IsEmulationPaused() ? " (paused)" : "");
+		osd->addFixed(Hud.FpsDisplay.x, Hud.FpsDisplay.y+20, "[%07d]", Hud.cpuloopIterationCount);
 	}
 
 	if (CommonSettings.hud.FrameCounterDisplay) 
diff --git a/desmume/src/GPU_osd.h b/desmume/src/GPU_osd.h
index 722642ce4..c479d6c98 100644
--- a/desmume/src/GPU_osd.h
+++ b/desmume/src/GPU_osd.h
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ public:
 		fps = 0;
 		fps3d = 0;
 		arm9load = 0;
+		cpuloopIterationCount = 0;
 		clicked = false;
 	}
 
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ public:
 	HudCoordinates &hud(int i) { return ((HudCoordinates*)this)[i]; }
 	void reset();
 
-	int fps, fps3d, arm9load;
+	int fps, fps3d, arm9load, cpuloopIterationCount;
 	bool clicked;
 };
 
diff --git a/desmume/src/NDSSystem.cpp b/desmume/src/NDSSystem.cpp
index 4b80542d7..d7f42e8f1 100644
--- a/desmume/src/NDSSystem.cpp
+++ b/desmume/src/NDSSystem.cpp
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #include "movie.h"
 #include "Disassembler.h"
 #include "readwrite.h"
+#include "debug.h"
 
 #include "path.h"
 
@@ -52,6 +53,8 @@ PathInfo path;
 	#endif
 #endif
 
+//#undef EXPERIMENTAL_WIFI
+
 TCommonSettings CommonSettings;
 static BaseDriver _stub_driver;
 BaseDriver* driver = &_stub_driver;
@@ -1544,6 +1547,7 @@ struct TSequenceItem_GXFIFO : public TSequenceItem
 
 	FORCEINLINE void exec()
 	{
+		IF_DEVELOPER(DEBUG_statistics.sequencerExecutionCounters[4]++);
 		while(isTriggered()) {
 			enabled = false;
 			gfx3d_execute3D();
@@ -1571,14 +1575,12 @@ template<int procnum, int num> struct TSequenceItem_Timer : public TSequenceItem
 
 	FORCEINLINE u64 next()
 	{
-		//todo - change this to go through an entire overflow cycle instead of a single increment
-		//however, in order to do this, we need to change the counter read emulation to calculate its value
-		//instead of just plucking the uptodate value (which would no longer be kept uptodate)
 		return nds.timerCycle[procnum][num];
 	}
 
 	FORCEINLINE void exec()
 	{
+		IF_DEVELOPER(DEBUG_statistics.sequencerExecutionCounters[13+procnum*4+num]++);
 		u8* regs = procnum==0?MMU.ARM9_REG:MMU.ARM7_REG;
 		bool first = true, over;
 		//we'll need to check chained timers..
@@ -1646,6 +1648,8 @@ template<int procnum, int chan> struct TSequenceItem_DMA : public TSequenceItem
 
 	FORCEINLINE void exec()
 	{
+		IF_DEVELOPER(DEBUG_statistics.sequencerExecutionCounters[5+procnum*4+chan]++);
+
 		//printf("exec from TSequenceItem_DMA: %d %d\n",procnum,chan);
 		controller->exec();
 //		//give gxfifo dmas a chance to re-trigger
@@ -1698,6 +1702,7 @@ struct TSequenceItem_divider : public TSequenceItem
 
 	void exec()
 	{
+		IF_DEVELOPER(DEBUG_statistics.sequencerExecutionCounters[2]++);
 		T1WriteLong(MMU.MMU_MEM[ARMCPU_ARM9][0x40], 0x2A0, (u32)MMU.divResult);
 		T1WriteLong(MMU.MMU_MEM[ARMCPU_ARM9][0x40], 0x2A4, (u32)(MMU.divResult >> 32));
 		T1WriteLong(MMU.MMU_MEM[ARMCPU_ARM9][0x40], 0x2A8, (u32)MMU.divMod);
@@ -1724,6 +1729,7 @@ struct TSequenceItem_sqrtunit : public TSequenceItem
 
 	FORCEINLINE void exec()
 	{
+		IF_DEVELOPER(DEBUG_statistics.sequencerExecutionCounters[3]++);
 		T1WriteLong(MMU.MMU_MEM[ARMCPU_ARM9][0x40], 0x2B4, MMU.sqrtResult);
 		T1WriteLong(MMU.MMU_MEM[ARMCPU_ARM9][0x40], 0x2B0, MMU.sqrtCnt);
 		MMU.sqrtRunning = FALSE;
@@ -2029,6 +2035,7 @@ static void execHardware_hstart()
 
 void NDS_Reschedule()
 {
+	DEBUG_statistics.sequencerExecutionCounters[0]++;
 	sequencer.reschedule = true;
 }
 
@@ -2091,6 +2098,9 @@ void Sequencer::execHardware()
 {
 	if(dispcnt.isTriggered())
 	{
+
+		IF_DEVELOPER(DEBUG_statistics.sequencerExecutionCounters[1]++);
+
 		switch(dispcnt.param)
 		{
 		case ESI_DISPCNT_HStart:
@@ -2280,6 +2290,10 @@ void NDS_exec(s32 nb)
 
 	sequencer.nds_vblankEnded = false;
 
+	nds.cpuloopIterationCount = 0;
+
+	IF_DEVELOPER(for(int i=0;i<32;i++) DEBUG_statistics.sequencerExecutionCounters[i] = 0);
+
 	if(nds.sleeping)
 	{
 		gpu_UpdateRender();
@@ -2292,6 +2306,7 @@ void NDS_exec(s32 nb)
 	{
 		for(;;)
 		{
+			nds.cpuloopIterationCount++;
 			sequencer.execHardware();
 
 			//break out once per frame
@@ -2334,6 +2349,8 @@ void NDS_exec(s32 nb)
 		}
 	}
 
+	//DEBUG_statistics.printSequencerExecutionCounters();
+
 	//end of frame emulation housekeeping
 	if(LagFrameFlag)
 	{
diff --git a/desmume/src/NDSSystem.h b/desmume/src/NDSSystem.h
index 3d64c5c07..416ad1ac1 100644
--- a/desmume/src/NDSSystem.h
+++ b/desmume/src/NDSSystem.h
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ typedef struct
 	s32 idleCycles;
 	s32 runCycleCollector[16];
 	s32 idleFrameCounter;
+	s32 cpuloopIterationCount; //counts the number of times during a frame that a reschedule happened
 
 	//if the game was booted on a debug console, this is set
 	BOOL debugConsole;
diff --git a/desmume/src/debug.cpp b/desmume/src/debug.cpp
index ddceac9c7..610ca6bb0 100644
--- a/desmume/src/debug.cpp
+++ b/desmume/src/debug.cpp
@@ -124,6 +124,12 @@ void DebugStatistics::print()
 	}
 }
 
+void DebugStatistics::printSequencerExecutionCounters()
+{
+	for(int i=0;i<21;i++) printf("%06d ",sequencerExecutionCounters[i]);
+	printf("\n");
+}
+
 void DEBUG_reset()
 {
 	DEBUG_statistics = DebugStatistics();
diff --git a/desmume/src/debug.h b/desmume/src/debug.h
index 15963a610..de712f0f3 100644
--- a/desmume/src/debug.h
+++ b/desmume/src/debug.h
@@ -36,7 +36,10 @@ struct DebugStatistics
 		u32 arm[4096];
 	} instructionHits[2]; //one for each cpu
 
+	s32 sequencerExecutionCounters[32];
+
 	void print();
+	void printSequencerExecutionCounters();
 };
 
 extern DebugStatistics DEBUG_statistics;
diff --git a/desmume/src/types.h b/desmume/src/types.h
index 0fc41753c..150a13d2f 100644
--- a/desmume/src/types.h
+++ b/desmume/src/types.h
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@
 #include "config.h"
 #endif
 
+#ifdef DEVELOPER
+#define IF_DEVELOPER(X) X
+#else
+#define IF_DEVELOPER(X)
+#endif
+
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
 #define ENABLE_SSE
 #define ENABLE_SSE2
diff --git a/desmume/src/windows/main.cpp b/desmume/src/windows/main.cpp
index 9fc2fcd9f..e9eda43a8 100644
--- a/desmume/src/windows/main.cpp
+++ b/desmume/src/windows/main.cpp
@@ -1279,6 +1279,8 @@ static void StepRunLoop_User()
 		load = std::min(100,std::max(0,(int)(load*100/1120380)));
 		Hud.arm9load = load;
 	}
+
+	Hud.cpuloopIterationCount = nds.cpuloopIterationCount;
 }
 
 static void StepRunLoop_Throttle(bool allowSleep = true, int forceFrameSkip = -1)