diff --git a/editor/script_editor_debugger.cpp b/editor/script_editor_debugger.cpp
index ef61aad3413..040d30e99c7 100644
--- a/editor/script_editor_debugger.cpp
+++ b/editor/script_editor_debugger.cpp
@@ -574,7 +574,38 @@ void ScriptEditorDebugger::_parse_message(const String &p_msg, const Array &p_da
 		for (int i = 0; i < arr.size(); i++) {
 			p[i] = arr[i];
 			if (i < perf_items.size()) {
-				perf_items[i]->set_text(1, rtos(p[i]));
+
+				float v = p[i];
+				String vs = rtos(v);
+				String tt = vs;
+				switch (Performance::MonitorType((int)perf_items[i]->get_metadata(1))) {
+					case Performance::MONITOR_TYPE_MEMORY: {
+						// for the time being, going above GBs is a bad sign.
+						String unit = "B";
+						if ((int)v > 1073741824) {
+							unit = "GB";
+							v /= 1073741824.0;
+						} else if ((int)v > 1048576) {
+							unit = "MB";
+							v /= 1048576.0;
+						} else if ((int)v > 1024) {
+							unit = "KB";
+							v /= 1024.0;
+						}
+						tt += " bytes";
+						vs = rtos(v) + " " + unit;
+					} break;
+					case Performance::MONITOR_TYPE_TIME: {
+						tt += " seconds";
+						vs += " s";
+					} break;
+					default: {
+						tt += " " + perf_items[i]->get_text(0);
+					} break;
+				}
+
+				perf_items[i]->set_text(1, vs);
+				perf_items[i]->set_tooltip(1, tt);
 				if (p[i] > perf_max[i])
 					perf_max[i] = p[i];
 			}
@@ -816,14 +847,14 @@ void ScriptEditorDebugger::_performance_draw() {
 		r.position += graph_sb->get_offset();
 		r.size -= graph_sb->get_minimum_size();
 		int pi = which[i];
-		Color c = get_color("success_color", "Editor");
-		c.set_hsv(Math::fmod(c.get_h() + pi * 0.7654, 1), c.get_s(), c.get_v());
-		//c = c.linear_interpolate(get_color("base_color", "Editor"), 0.9);
+		Color c = get_color("accent_color", "Editor");
+		float h = (float)which[i] / (float)(perf_items.size());
+		c.set_hsv(Math::fmod(h + 0.4, 0.9), c.get_s() * 0.9, c.get_v() * 1.4);
 
-		c.a = 0.8;
-		perf_draw->draw_string(graph_font, r.position + Point2(0, graph_font->get_ascent()), perf_items[pi]->get_text(0), c, r.size.x);
 		c.a = 0.6;
-		perf_draw->draw_string(graph_font, r.position + Point2(graph_font->get_char_size('X').width, graph_font->get_ascent() + graph_font->get_height()), perf_items[pi]->get_text(1), c, r.size.y);
+		perf_draw->draw_string(graph_font, r.position + Point2(0, graph_font->get_ascent()), perf_items[pi]->get_text(0), c, r.size.x);
+		c.a = 0.9;
+		perf_draw->draw_string(graph_font, r.position + Point2(0, graph_font->get_ascent() + graph_font->get_height()), perf_items[pi]->get_text(1), c, r.size.y);
 
 		float spacing = point_sep / float(cols);
 		float from = r.size.width;
@@ -1801,6 +1832,7 @@ ScriptEditorDebugger::ScriptEditorDebugger(EditorNode *p_editor) {
 		for (int i = 0; i < Performance::MONITOR_MAX; i++) {
 
 			String n = Performance::get_singleton()->get_monitor_name(Performance::Monitor(i));
+			Performance::MonitorType mtype = Performance::get_singleton()->get_monitor_type(Performance::Monitor(i));
 			String base = n.get_slice("/", 0);
 			String name = n.get_slice("/", 1);
 			if (!bases.has(base)) {
@@ -1812,6 +1844,7 @@ ScriptEditorDebugger::ScriptEditorDebugger(EditorNode *p_editor) {
 			}
 
 			TreeItem *it = perf_monitors->create_item(bases[base]);
+			it->set_metadata(1, mtype);
 			it->set_editable(0, false);
 			it->set_selectable(0, true);
 			it->set_text(0, name.capitalize());
diff --git a/main/performance.cpp b/main/performance.cpp
index c4b62559c7b..39b42e803cb 100644
--- a/main/performance.cpp
+++ b/main/performance.cpp
@@ -153,6 +153,44 @@ float Performance::get_monitor(Monitor p_monitor) const {
 	return 0;
 }
 
+Performance::MonitorType Performance::get_monitor_type(Monitor p_monitor) const {
+	ERR_FAIL_INDEX_V(p_monitor, MONITOR_MAX, MONITOR_TYPE_QUANTITY);
+	// ugly
+	static const MonitorType types[MONITOR_MAX] = {
+
+		MONITOR_TYPE_QUANTITY,
+		MONITOR_TYPE_TIME,
+		MONITOR_TYPE_TIME,
+		MONITOR_TYPE_MEMORY,
+		MONITOR_TYPE_MEMORY,
+		MONITOR_TYPE_MEMORY,
+		MONITOR_TYPE_MEMORY,
+		MONITOR_TYPE_MEMORY,
+		MONITOR_TYPE_QUANTITY,
+		MONITOR_TYPE_QUANTITY,
+		MONITOR_TYPE_QUANTITY,
+		MONITOR_TYPE_QUANTITY,
+		MONITOR_TYPE_QUANTITY,
+		MONITOR_TYPE_QUANTITY,
+		MONITOR_TYPE_QUANTITY,
+		MONITOR_TYPE_QUANTITY,
+		MONITOR_TYPE_QUANTITY,
+		MONITOR_TYPE_MEMORY,
+		MONITOR_TYPE_MEMORY,
+		MONITOR_TYPE_MEMORY,
+		MONITOR_TYPE_MEMORY,
+		MONITOR_TYPE_QUANTITY,
+		MONITOR_TYPE_QUANTITY,
+		MONITOR_TYPE_QUANTITY,
+		MONITOR_TYPE_QUANTITY,
+		MONITOR_TYPE_QUANTITY,
+		MONITOR_TYPE_QUANTITY,
+
+	};
+
+	return types[p_monitor];
+}
+
 void Performance::set_process_time(float p_pt) {
 
 	_process_time = p_pt;
diff --git a/main/performance.h b/main/performance.h
index 900e6434b74..21fbd7a1d2d 100644
--- a/main/performance.h
+++ b/main/performance.h
@@ -79,9 +79,17 @@ public:
 		MONITOR_MAX
 	};
 
+	enum MonitorType {
+		MONITOR_TYPE_QUANTITY,
+		MONITOR_TYPE_MEMORY,
+		MONITOR_TYPE_TIME
+	};
+
 	float get_monitor(Monitor p_monitor) const;
 	String get_monitor_name(Monitor p_monitor) const;
 
+	MonitorType get_monitor_type(Monitor p_monitor) const;
+
 	void set_process_time(float p_pt);
 	void set_physics_process_time(float p_pt);