diff --git a/paddle/platform/profiler.cc b/paddle/platform/profiler.cc
index 40b34b732c9d37a34ec3508370bd01d33f592140..3d95097048c8cc7db720fc4b8a00dab6256513e5 100644
--- a/paddle/platform/profiler.cc
+++ b/paddle/platform/profiler.cc
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License. */
 
 #include "paddle/platform/profiler.h"
+#include <map>
 
 namespace paddle {
 namespace platform {
@@ -70,5 +71,63 @@ std::vector<std::vector<Event>> DisableProfiler() {
   return result;
 }
 
+void PushEvent(const std::string name, const platform::DeviceContext* dev_ctx) {
+  GetEventList().Record(EventKind::kPushRange, std::move(name), kThreadId,
+                        dev_ctx);
+}
+
+void PopEvent(const std::string name, const platform::DeviceContext* dev_ctx) {
+  GetEventList().Record(EventKind::kPopRange, std::move(name), kThreadId,
+                        dev_ctx);
+}
+
+void ParseEvents(std::vector<std::vector<Event>> events) {
+  std::map<std::string, std::tuple<int, double, double>> events_table;
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < events.size(); i++) {
+    std::list<Event> pushed_events;
+    for (size_t j = 0; j < events[i].size(); j++) {
+      if (events[i][j].kind() == "push") {
+        pushed_events.push_back(events[i][j]);
+      }
+      if (events[i][j].kind() == "pop") {
+        std::list<Event>::reverse_iterator rit = pushed_events.rbegin();
+        while (rit->name() != events[i][j].name() &&
+               rit != pushed_events.rend()) {
+          ++rit;
+        }
+        if (rit != pushed_events.rend()) {
+          Event pushed_event = *rit;
+          double cpu_time = rit->CpuElapsedUs(events[i][j]);
+          double cuda_time = 0;
+#ifdef PADDLE_WITH_CUDA
+          cuda_time = rit->CudaElapsedUs(events[i][j]);
+#endif
+          if (events_table.find(rit->name()) == events_table.end()) {
+            events_table[rit->name()] = std::make_tuple(1, cpu_time, cuda_time);
+          } else {
+            std::get<0>(events_table[rit->name()]) += 1;
+            std::get<1>(events_table[rit->name()]) += cpu_time;
+            std::get<2>(events_table[rit->name()]) += cuda_time;
+          }
+          // remove the start marker from the list
+          pushed_events.erase((++rit).base());
+        } else {
+          std::cout << "Warning: can not find the start marker of event "
+                    << events[i][j].name();
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  // output events table
+  std::cout << "\nEvents\t\tCalls\t\tTotal CPU time\t\tTotal GPU time\n";
+  for (std::map<std::string, std::tuple<int, double, double>>::iterator it =
+           events_table.begin();
+       it != events_table.end(); ++it) {
+    std::cout << it->first << "\t\t" << std::get<0>(it->second) << "\t\t"
+              << std::get<1>(it->second) << "\t\t" << std::get<2>(it->second)
+              << std::endl;
+  }
+}
+
 }  // namespace platform
 }  // namespace paddle
diff --git a/paddle/platform/profiler.h b/paddle/platform/profiler.h
index 2242635024ca6a31100973017de24ab570ee5b14..5f21ff8c1c39323b5477607fc74e08b43420de23 100644
--- a/paddle/platform/profiler.h
+++ b/paddle/platform/profiler.h
@@ -173,25 +173,35 @@ inline void Mark(const std::string name,
   GetEventList().Record(EventKind::kMark, std::move(name), kThreadId, dev_ctx);
 }
 
+void PushEvent(const std::string name,
+               const platform::DeviceContext* dev_ctx = nullptr);
+
+void PopEvent(const std::string name,
+              const platform::DeviceContext* dev_ctx = nullptr);
+
 struct RecordEvent {
   explicit RecordEvent(const std::string name,
                        platform::DeviceContext* dev_ctx = nullptr) {
     if (kState == ProfilerState::kDisabled) return;
     dev_ctx_ = dev_ctx;
+    name_ = name;
     GetEventList().Record(EventKind::kPushRange, std::move(name), kThreadId,
                           dev_ctx_);
   }
 
   ~RecordEvent() {
     if (kState == ProfilerState::kDisabled) return;
-    GetEventList().Record(EventKind::kPopRange, std::string(), kThreadId,
+    GetEventList().Record(EventKind::kPopRange, std::move(name_), kThreadId,
                           dev_ctx_);
   }
   platform::DeviceContext* dev_ctx_;
+  std::string name_;
 };
 
 void EnableProfiler(ProfilerState state);
 std::vector<std::vector<Event>> DisableProfiler();
 
+void ParseEvents(std::vector<std::vector<Event>>);
+
 }  // namespace platform
 }  // namespace paddle
diff --git a/paddle/platform/profiler_test.cc b/paddle/platform/profiler_test.cc
index 5bd0a9d8599306e7437fecefa9fcaa6a00574ad6..b2f1dea46596cd9f302dea8586931016bd56f75d 100644
--- a/paddle/platform/profiler_test.cc
+++ b/paddle/platform/profiler_test.cc
@@ -67,8 +67,29 @@ TEST(RecordEvent, RecordEvent) {
 #endif
   EnableProfiler(state);
 
+  /* Usage 1:
+  *  PushEvent(evt_name, dev_ctx);
+  *  ...
+  *  code to time
+  *  ...
+  * PopEvent(evt_name, dev_ctx);
+  */
   for (int i = 1; i < 5; ++i) {
     std::string name = "op_" + std::to_string(i);
+    PushEvent(name, dev_ctx);
+    int counter = 1;
+    while (counter != i * 1000) counter++;
+    PopEvent(name, dev_ctx);
+  }
+
+  /* Usage 2:
+   * {
+   *   RecordEvent record_event(name, dev_ctx);
+   *   ...
+   * }
+   */
+  for (int i = 1; i < 5; ++i) {
+    std::string name = "evs_op_" + std::to_string(i);
     RecordEvent record_event(name, dev_ctx);
     int counter = 1;
     while (counter != i * 1000) counter++;
@@ -77,6 +98,7 @@ TEST(RecordEvent, RecordEvent) {
   int cuda_startup_count = 0;
   int start_profiler_count = 0;
   int stop_profiler_count = 0;
+  ParseEvents(events);
   for (size_t i = 0; i < events.size(); ++i) {
     for (size_t j = 0; j < events[i].size(); ++j) {
       if (events[i][j].name() == "_cuda_startup_") ++cuda_startup_count;