Counters for L1 data cache miss on core i7

[nf14]

Hi,
I need to count L1 data cache misses on intel core i7. But neither L1_DCM nor L1_DCH is available on my machine. I tried to use PAPI_L1_DCA - MEM_LOAD_RETIRED:L1D_HIT. But the results look odd and really high cache misses. Is this the correct way? If not, what might be an alternative?

Thanks

[vweaver1]

Unfortunately there are various known problems with getting L1 dcache misses on i7.

Can you try the "L1D:REPL" counter and see if that gives you results close to what you expect?