diff --git a/benchmarks/benchmarks.clj b/benchmarks/benchmarks.clj
index d83c1ad..75d309a 100644
--- a/benchmarks/benchmarks.clj
+++ b/benchmarks/benchmarks.clj
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 (ns taoensso.nippy.benchmarks
   {:author "Peter Taoussanis"}
-  (:use [taoensso.nippy :as nippy :only (freeze-to-bytes thaw-from-bytes)]))
+  (:use     [taoensso.nippy :as nippy :only (freeze-to-bytes thaw-from-bytes)])
+  (:require [taoensso.nippy.utils :as utils]))
 
 ;; Remove stuff from stress-data that breaks reader
-(def bench-data (dissoc nippy/stress-data :queue :queue-empty :bytes))
+(def data (dissoc nippy/stress-data :queue :queue-empty :bytes))
+
+(defmacro bench [& body] `(utils/bench 10000 (do ~@body) :warmup-laps 1000))
 
 (defn reader-freeze [x] (binding [*print-dup* false] (pr-str x)))
 (defn reader-thaw   [x] (binding [*read-eval* false] (read-string x)))
@@ -11,30 +14,20 @@
 (def roundtrip        (comp thaw-from-bytes freeze-to-bytes))
 (def reader-roundtrip (comp reader-thaw reader-freeze))
 
-(defmacro time-requests
-  "Warms up, then executes given number of requests and returns total execution
-  times in msecs."
-  [num-requests & body]
-  `(do (dotimes [_# (int (/ ~num-requests 4))] ~@body) ; Warm-up
-       (let [start-time# (System/nanoTime)]
-         (dotimes [_# ~num-requests] ~@body)
-         (Math/round (/ (- (System/nanoTime) start-time#) 1000000.0)))))
-
 (comment
 
   ;;; Times
   (println
    "---\n"
-   (let [num 10000]
-     {:reader {:freeze (time-requests num (reader-freeze bench-data))
-               :thaw   (let [frozen (reader-freeze bench-data)]
-                         (time-requests num (reader-thaw frozen)))
-               :round  (time-requests num (reader-roundtrip bench-data))}
+   {:reader {:freeze (bench (reader-freeze bench-data))
+             :thaw   (let [frozen (reader-freeze bench-data)]
+                       (bench (reader-thaw frozen)))
+             :round  (bench (reader-roundtrip bench-data))}
 
-      :nippy  {:freeze (time-requests num (freeze-to-bytes bench-data))
-               :thaw   (let [frozen (freeze-to-bytes bench-data)]
-                         (time-requests num (thaw-from-bytes frozen)))
-               :round  (time-requests num (roundtrip bench-data))}}))
+    :nippy  {:freeze (bench (freeze-to-bytes bench-data))
+             :thaw   (let [frozen (freeze-to-bytes bench-data)]
+                       (bench (thaw-from-bytes frozen)))
+             :round  (bench (roundtrip bench-data))}})
 
   ;; Clojure 1.3.0, Nippy 0.9.0
   ;;  {:reader {:freeze 23573, :thaw 31923, :round 53253},
diff --git a/src/taoensso/nippy/utils.clj b/src/taoensso/nippy/utils.clj
index 6668f1c..fce02b6 100644
--- a/src/taoensso/nippy/utils.clj
+++ b/src/taoensso/nippy/utils.clj
@@ -10,4 +10,29 @@
     `(case ~e
        ~@(map-indexed (fn [i# form#] (if (even? i#) (eval form#) form#))
                       clauses)
-       ~(when default default))))
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+       ~(when default default))))
+
+(defmacro time-ns
+  "Returns number of nanoseconds it takes to execute body."
+  [& body]
+  `(let [t0# (System/nanoTime)]
+     ~@body
+     (- (System/nanoTime) t0#)))
+
+(defmacro bench
+  "Repeatedly executes form and returns time taken to complete execution."
+  [num-laps form & {:keys [warmup-laps num-threads as-ms?]
+                :or   {as-ms? true}}]
+  `(try (when ~warmup-laps (dotimes [_# ~warmup-laps] ~form))
+        (let [nanosecs#
+              (if-not ~num-threads
+                (time-ns (dotimes [_# ~num-laps] ~form))
+                (let [laps-per-thread# (int (/ ~num-laps ~num-threads))]
+                  (time-ns
+                   (->> (fn [] (future (dotimes [_# laps-per-thread#] ~form)))
+                        (repeatedly ~num-threads)
+                        doall
+                        (map deref)
+                        dorun))))]
+          (if ~as-ms? (Math/round (/ nanosecs# 1000000.0)) nanosecs#))
+        (catch Exception e# (str "DNF: " (.getMessage e#)))))
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