2 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/testing/benchmark.go b/src/testing/benchmark.go
index 4fee421d39..ce1ab6da37 100644
--- a/src/testing/benchmark.go
+++ b/src/testing/benchmark.go
@@ -337,6 +337,17 @@ func (b *B) launch() {
 	b.result = BenchmarkResult{b.N, b.duration, b.bytes, b.netAllocs, b.netBytes, b.extra}
 }
 
+// Elapsed returns the measured elapsed time of the benchmark.
+// The duration reported by Elapsed matches the one measured by
+// StartTimer, StopTimer, and ResetTimer.
+func (b *B) Elapsed() time.Duration {
+	d := b.duration
+	if b.timerOn {
+		d += time.Since(b.start)
+	}
+	return d
+}
+
 // ReportMetric adds "n unit" to the reported benchmark results.
 // If the metric is per-iteration, the caller should divide by b.N,
 // and by convention units should end in "/op".
diff --git a/src/testing/benchmark_test.go b/src/testing/benchmark_test.go
index 3b1dc8275b..7e456f9a40 100644
--- a/src/testing/benchmark_test.go
+++ b/src/testing/benchmark_test.go
@@ -176,5 +176,8 @@ func ExampleB_ReportMetric() {
 		// This metric is per-operation, so divide by b.N and
 		// report it as a "/op" unit.
 		b.ReportMetric(float64(compares)/float64(b.N), "compares/op")
+		// This metric is per-time, so divide by b.Elapsed and
+		// report it as a "/ns" unit.
+		b.ReportMetric(float64(compares)/float64(b.Elapsed().Nanoseconds()), "compares/ns")
 	})
 }