There is an edge that JMH (read the jmh resources page for other posts and related nuggets) has over other frameworks. That edge is so sharp you may well cut yourself using it, but given an infinite supply of bandages you should definitely use it :-) This edge is the ultimate profiler, the perfasm (pronounced PERF-AWESOME!, the exclamation mark is silent). I've been meaning to write about it for a while and as it just saved my ass recently...