async-await Getting started with async-await execute synchronous code asynchronous

Example

If you want to execute synchronous code asynchronous (for example CPU extensive calculations), you can use Task.Run(() => {}).

public async Task DoStuffAsync()
{
    await DoCpuBoundWorkAsync();
}


private async Task DoCpuBoundWorkAsync()
{
    await Task.Run(() =>
    {
        for (long i = 0; i < Int32.MaxValue; i++)
        {
            i = i ^ 2;
        }
    });
}